By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Deadly shootings at a signature New Orleans cultural event — a neighborhood "second-line" parade — left authorities pleading with witnesses to come forward with information or cell phone video while seeking to reassure the public ...
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fossil fuel executive Chris Wright, Donald Trump's choice for Energy secretary, is a strong supporter of oil and gas development, including fracking, a key pillar of the president-elect's quest for U.S. "energy dominance" in the global ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing said in a notice filed with Washington's Employment Security Department on Monday that it has so far laid off 2,199 workers in the state, among job cuts that will eventually total about 17,000 across the company. The aerospace giant announced in October that it planned ...
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Twenty years since Bill Clinton opened his presidential library and museum before a rain-soaked crowd, the area around the glass and steel facility has been transformed. The museum fueled development around Little Rock's ...
By JOSH BOAK and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's decision on a treasury secretary is about far more than whose name will be printed on America's money. The choice of how to fill his highest-profile outstanding Cabinet selection will be ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — More than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina were allowed to drink and bathe using water from their home faucets on Monday, nearly two months after Hurricane Helene destroyed much of the local water system. Clay Chandler, a spokesman for the city of ...
YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Six monkeys were still on the loose early Monday after dozens escaped earlier this month from a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, according to authorities. Two more Rhesus macaques were trapped Sunday outside the Alpha Genesis ...
WEDDINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A house exploded and caught fire in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina, injuring two people, authorities said. Reports came in Sunday morning of an explosion at a home in Weddington that was felt across Union County, the sheriff's office said. First responders found ...
MEDIA, Pa. (AP) — A man who was 15 when he was involved in a gunbattle outside a high school football game that ultimately led to the death of an 8-year-old girl has been sentenced to 14 to 28 years in prison. Nineteen-year-old Angelo Ford was sentenced Friday in Delaware County in several ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Jason Stephens, who has presided for the past two years over one of the most tumultuous periods in recent Ohio House history, said Monday that he will not seek another term as speaker. Stephens, 53, announced his decision during a Statehouse news conference ...
