FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — As dry, windy weather fueled a big wildfire near a city in central Oregon, a fourth firefighter died after he and several colleagues last month were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border, authorities said Saturday. Nathan Matthews, 43, of ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — The stage is in battleground Pennsylvania. The stakes are control of the House. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday unveiled the party's Fighting for an Affordable America agenda, as he kicked off 100 days until the midterm elections and works to focus ...
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) — Two people have died in flash floods caused by torrential rains in West Virginia this week, the governor's office said Thursday. An emailed statement from Lars Dalseide, communications director for Gov. Patrick Morrisey, did not provide details on where the bodies ...
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The stage is in battleground Pennsylvania. The stakes are control of the House. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday will unveil the party's Fighting for an Affordable America agenda, as he kicks off 100 days until the midterm elections and ...
By JESSICA HILL Associated Press Police say two men climbed over the glass wall of Seattle's iconic Space Needle on Friday, flipped over the edge and parachuted down from the 605-foot structure. A report provided Saturday says the Seattle Police Department is searching for the jumpers, who ...
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Temperatures hit sweltering highs across much of the central United States on Saturday as forecasters warned that dangerously hot weather from Dallas to North Dakota would push into next week, with roughly 80 million people facing ...
By PATRICK WHITTLE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a race that could decide which ...
By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — As water shot into an open stock tank atop a high country mesa, a trickle soaked the dusty earth below. Scott Snyder rose from the shade to fasten a hose and stop the spillage. "It's just so much work. I hate dropping any of ...
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Trump's tariffs are headed to court — again. Two lawsuits filed by small businesses are challenging Trump's sweeping tariffs announced Thursday that impose double-digit levies on 60 trading partners. The tariffs, implemented under ...
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A police shooting in Wisconsin's progressive capital city this week put the spotlight on persistent and deep racial divisions, prompting cancellations and other changes to popular summertime events as protesters said they were ...
By SAFIYAH RIDDLE and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press When Damarion Spann, 18, saw an Instagram flier calling for a massive gathering on a beach near downtown Chicago, he immediately wanted to go. Thousands of others joined him that night on the sand, blasting music and dancing. The ...
What's for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack's house, it's whatever is on sale. Jack scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she grabs the weekly circular to look for coupons she might have missed. If the shelf prices look too high, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A suspect in two separate stabbings on New York City streets was arrested Friday on attempted murder and charged with hate crimes relating to both victims, a Jewish man and an Asian man. Raul Morales, 51, allegedly yelled the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" while attacking the ...
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX's mammoth Starship rocket blasted off Friday on another test flight stretching halfway around the world, this time releasing 20 of the most advanced Starlinks. Towering 407 feet (124 meters), Starship soared from the company's base at the southern ...
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and NOAH BERGER Associated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters battling two of the largest blazes burning in Oregon were bracing for windy and dry conditions forecast to arrive in some areas of the state Friday and into Saturday. Crews have been able to build some ...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Genevieve formed Friday in the Pacific Ocean as Hurricane Fausto strengthened into a Category 2 storm and is expected to approach the Hawaiian Islands next week, forecasters said. The risk of some impacts from wind and rainfall in the area is increasing, the ...
By JAIMIE DING Associated Press Eight people, including six children, were found dead in a Michigan home after a fire, some with gunshot wounds, law enforcement said Friday. Police and fire authorities responded just before noon to a house fire in Grand Haven Township, on the eastern ...
By ED WHITE, JOEY CAPPELETTI and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Friday, in a race with Abdul El-Sayed that has become a focal point for the party's fight between its ...
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden on Friday dropped a lawsuit in which he sought block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before the Delaware Democrat was elected president, paving the way for the ...
By KATHY McCORMACK, DAVE COLLINS and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The pilot of a float plane that crashed on a remote island near Washington's border with Canada, injuring all 11 people on board, changed course to avoid a thunderstorm before it went down, the company that ...