By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to show they can act to rein in distribution of the deadly drug. The bill passed the Senate ...
By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia judge determined embryos are not property that can be divided up, rejecting a previous analysis by the court saying such fertilized eggs could be considered divisible "goods or chattel" based on ...
By PETER SMITH Associated Press When the Episcopal Church recently announced cuts to its national staff, it was the latest in a long-running cycle among historic U.S. Protestant denominations — declines in members leading to declines in funding and thus in staff. And it wasn't ...
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to nearly 300 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that's airborne and spreads easily when an infected person ...
A man was charged Friday with intoxication manslaughter after five people were killed and several injured in a late-night wreck in Austin, Texas, that involved over a dozen vehicles on Interstate 35, authorities said. Authorities said that the five people killed in the crash that involved 17 ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son's playing time while 9- and 10-year-olds practiced nearby. A jury found Daryl Clemmons, 45, guilty last month of assault and armed ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The power started to come back on Thursday at the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock several hours after an explosion inside a maintenance hole set off fires and power outages, leading school officials to issue evacuation orders for several buildings and cancel ...
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press When severe weather hits the United States, there are ways people across the country can prepare for the potential impact of hail, rain, damaging wind and more. Tornadoes can take down power for thousands of people, cause catastrophic property damage and ...
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A man rescued from a burning home in Connecticut told a shocking story of cruelty and constant hunger as he was held captive in a single room for 20 years by his father and stepmother, according to a newly released arrest warrant. The man told authorities ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal financial information, such as credit or debit cards or bank ...
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The White House withdrew the nomination of former Florida congressman Dr. David Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because he wasn't assured of getting enough Republican support to be confirmed. The ...
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers inserted several medical exceptions into Kentucky's near-total abortion ban on Thursday, seeking to offer clarity to doctors fearful of breaking the law for terminating pregnancies while treating expectant ...
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Fulton County, where past elections have been marred by long lines, slow precinct reporting and even false claims of voter fraud, conducted an "organized and orderly" election last year, a team of independent monitors ...
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's acting chief counsel, William Paul, has been removed from his role at the agency and replaced by Andrew De Mello, an attorney in the chief counsel's office who is deemed supportive of Elon Musk's ...
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale inflation decelerated last month, suggesting that price pressures are easing for now. But the progress may not last as President Trump intensifies his trade wars. The Labor Department reported Thursday that its producer ...
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press SAUGATUCK, Mich. (AP) — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced that he will not seek an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, a move that leaves the door wide open for him to seek a much bigger role as his party's next presidential ...
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are asking retailers to pull a small number of acne creams from their store shelves after government testing found they contain slightly elevated levels of a chemical associated with cancer. The Food and Drug ...
Ireland's Mallinckrodt will buy U.S. drugmaker Endo in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $6.7 billion. The companies said Thursday that Endo shareholders will receive a total of $80 million in cash and own nearly 50% of the combined company. Mallinckrodt shareholders will have a stake of ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $6 a dozen. But the move has been delayed in part because of concerns it could jeopardize chicken exports worth billions ...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The FBI has joined the search for a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing nearly a week ago while on spring break in the Dominican Republic tourist town of Punta Cana, police said Tuesday. Dominican police said they are ...