MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST, Oregon (AP) — An Oregon Army National Guard helicopter safely hoisted an injured logger from a remote national forest after steep, rugged terrain prevented other means of rescue, fire department officials said. A falling tree struck and pinned the logger Thursday ...
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship. After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the ...
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — State senators on Friday grilled the former special prosecutor who led the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump about communications his team had with federal investigators. But their efforts were largely ...
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration finding of high cancer risks at manufacturing ...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it might suspend maritime shipping requirements under a more than century-old law known as ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University completed a drug treatment program that allowed him early release from federal prison, even though he was convicted of a terrorism charge ...
By ALLEN G. BREED, MICHAEL R, SISAK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A man was charged Friday with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old Dominion ...
By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen's lawyer said. The victim's family had ...
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, BEN FINLEY and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed while supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle ...
By ROBIN ERB/Bridge Michigan In lockdown and confusion and fear following an attack at nearby Temple Israel, the staff at Soul Café made pizza — cheese, mushroom, and margherita. As dozens of police cars and fire trucks and ambulances screamed outside and bomb detection teams arrived at ...
By STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Grenell, an ally of President Donald Trump who oversaw far reaching changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many artists to abandon the iconic performing arts venue, will step down as the institution's president. Trump ...
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be. Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will ...
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs last month. If the effort succeeds, congressional Democrats warn in a study ...
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration finding of high cancer risks at manufacturing ...
By YANA KUNICHOFF/Arizona Luminaria A former prison in Marana slated to become an immigration detention center has a capacity of 513 people, according to state documents. But a procurement order released by the federal government aims to push that capacity to 775. That's a change that local ...
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a pair of executive orders aimed at showing his commitment to improving home affordability — a key issue for many voters going into November's election for control of the House and Senate. Under ...
By ERIN NOLAN/Honolulu Civil Beat The deadly wildfires that devastated Maui in August 2023 triggered an island-wide mental health crisis, according to new research from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization and the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study. The study, published ...
By CARLOS NOGUERAS RAMOS/The Texas Tribune The Texas Tribune If Texas wants to continue to be a leader in oil, the Permian Basin needs more energy. That's the warning influential trade groups representing oil companies have been telling state lawmakers and regulators for years. A dearth ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper accused of ramming his vehicle into an SUV during a high-speed chase leading to the death of an 11-year-old girl was convicted of manslaughter Friday at his second trial. Prosecutors say Christopher Baldner, 47, rammed the SUV twice on ...
By THEO PECK-SUZUKI/The Connecticut Mirror The truth is out there, and state Rep. Joe Hoxha, R-Bristol, wants to find it. Hoxha authored a bill, H.B. 5422, that calls for the University of Connecticut to partner with various state agencies to study unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs ...