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SAN JOSE, Calif. — With the recount for California’s Congressional District 16 race in full swing, preliminary results show Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian leading Assemblyman Evan Low by one vote.

On April...Read more

Fishing for lake sturgeon in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan is not a threat to the ancient species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concluded in its decision not to list the giant fish under the Endangered Species ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore issued an executive order Monday establishing an environmental literacy program in an effort to empower Maryland youth to conserve and restore the state’s natural resources in the face of ...Read more

The Jewish holiday cycle is, to a large extent, an exploration and commemoration of the experience of exile. The fall festival of Sukkot, for example, is celebrated in small booths, temporary shelters that recall the ...Read more

Though Hollywood movies about courtroom dramas often glamorize the closing arguments given by lawyers, in reality the opening statement is likely the most important single event of a trial.

Such was the case in ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my sister and I took our kids on vacation together. She and I get along but have never been close. Sometimes I walk on eggshells around her because I never know what might make her upset.

I ...Read more

The shutdown of vessel traffic in and out of Baltimore’s harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse March 26 has caused shipping delays but so far no widespread price increases, a Federal Reserve report says.

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ST. LOUIS — The region's largest coal plant, the Labadie (Missouri) Energy Center, last year emitted far more of a major air pollutant than any plant in the country, a Post-Dispatch analysis has found.

Companywide, the ...Read more

Nicki Minaj proved to not be here for the nonsense after a fan threw an object at her during a concert — she threw it right back.

The 12-time Grammy nominated rapper was captured on video intercepting a pink bracelet ...Read more

BOSTON — According to scientists at the Vatican, “the Climate Crisis is upon us” and it will get worse before it gets better.

In light of that disconcerting finding and at the invitation of the Pope, Massachusetts ...Read more

Perhaps your summers hold fond memories of strolling along the beach, hiking mountains or trying new foods at a destination hundreds of miles from home. If so, are you planning to keep the travel streak going this year? ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday decried the slaying of Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca over the weekend while reiterating that “it can’t be policing alone” that solves the city’s longtime issues with...Read more

RICHMOND, California — PG&E’s top boss held out hope Monday to the utility’s beleaguered ratepayers that they can expect customer monthly bills to flatten out and someday even fall below the current sky-high utility ...Read more

ATLANTA — In a blistering 100-page contempt order, a federal judge has found Georgia Department of Corrections officials willfully disregarded requirements to improve deplorable conditions inside the high-security ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices sounded sharply split Monday over whether to give cities in the West more authority to restrict homeless encampments on sidewalks and other public property.

The court’s three ...Read more

Until Friday, the phrase "union victory at Chattanooga" could mean only one thing: the defeat of a Confederate army by forces under U.S. Grant at the Battle of Chattanooga in late November 1863.

No longer. On Friday, the ...Read more

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to tweak the massive, delayed rebuild of O’Hare International Airport got a major vote of confidence Monday from Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.

Johnson wants to change the ...Read more