PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The owner of a Greek oil tanker has been ordered by a U.S. judge to pay $2.25 million in fines and penalties after...
RANSOM, Kan. — An armed man was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy Tuesday when police coaxed him out of a central Kansas house where...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson, the lone Democratic member of the “ Tennessee Three ” who narrowly survived a Republican-led expulsion effort, has...
MADISON, Wis. — A longshot candidate for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin who has never run for office in the state before plans to launch her candidacy...
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge blocked a proposed water pipeline through a wilderness area in southwest Montana that was intended to help a rare fish...
PORTLAND, Maine — The largest newspaper group in Maine is becoming a nonprofit with Tuesday’s completion of the sale of more than 20 daily and weekly...
OMAHA, Neb. — A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating...
OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of parents, faith leaders and a public education nonprofit sued Monday to stop Oklahoma from establishing and funding what would be...
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell faces up to life in prison without parole Monday as she is sentenced in the murders of...
BISMARCK, N.D. — Hundreds of new laws will take effect Tuesday in North Dakota, including greater enforcement of seat belt use and restrictions regarding gender identity,...
