LOS ANGELES — Representatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River.

As Trump’s appointees inherit the task of writing new rules for dealing with the river’s chronic water shortages, the three states are raising ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado is falling behind other states in road conditions, a new study has found, ranking 43rd, while neighboring Utah ranked 8th.

The study done by the Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank that analyzes transportation issues, ranked the states across 13 categories including spending, pavement condition, fatalities, deficient ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — For nearly two decades now, Glendene Grant has had only memories of her daughter. That’s because Jessica Foster, at the age of 21, went missing in North Las Vegas in March 2006 after coming here for an extended stay.

For Grant, who still lives in British Columbia, Canada, where Foster grew up, the pain of not having had Foster ...Read more

As safety concerns over the Sig Sauer P320 handgun continue to mount, a growing number of police departments across the United States are rethinking their use of the popular semiautomatic firearm.

Released in 2014, Sig Sauer’s P320 model has become one of the most popular guns in America, with more than 2.5 million units sold. The P320 also ...Read more

Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in federal funding. California Institute of Technology is leaving postdoctoral positions unfilled. A University of Washington researcher is wondering about a climate and health grant after a government site was taken ...Read more

Concern turned to grief this weekend as fans of Big Bear’s beloved bald eagle couple Shadow and Jackie learned one of the three eaglets that hatched in the pair’s nest this month did not survive a winter storm.

Throngs of fans flocked to the popular 24-hour live feed of the eagles’ nest to celebrate when the pair welcomed the fuzzy new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has invoked a centuries-old immigration law to ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants amid signs of frustration within the administration over the pace of efforts to deliver on one of his top priorities.

A federal judge blocked Trump’s proclamation soon after, the Associated Press reported.

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MIAMI — Ocean Drive and much of South Beach was again devoid of signs that spring break was in full swing Saturday — no large party crowds, a minimum of loud music and families galore.

Visitors to Miami Beach lauded the changes. But business people say they noticed a drop in sales.

Despite the quieter commerce, they were more than happy to...Read more

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar outdrew Prime Minister Viktor Orban at dueling rallies that underscored the changing political landscape a year before elections.

Tens of thousands braved drizzly weather to pack Budapest’s iconic Andrassy Avenue for Magyar’s rally on the March 15 revolution day, compared to the few thousand who ...Read more

President Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating jumped 5 points as worries among French citizens over international crises soared, according to a poll by Ipsos-Cesi école d’ingénieurs for La Tribune Dimanche newspaper.

Support for Macron’s actions rose to 27% in March, the survey published late Saturday showed. Concerns over international ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has invoked a centuries-old immigration law to ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants amid signs of frustration within the administration over the pace of efforts to deliver on one of his top priorities.

A federal judge blocked Trump’s proclamation soon after, the Associated Press reported.

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Concerns are growing for Big Bear's beloved bald eagle couple Shadow and Jackie after one of the three eaglets that hatched in the pair's nest this month disappeared from view.

Throngs of fans flocked to the popular 24-hour live feed of the eagles' nest to celebrate when the pair welcomed the fuzzy new arrivals, the last of which broke out of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he ordered military attacks against sites in Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia after months of disruption to shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

Trump said on Saturday the strikes came in response to the Houthis’ maritime attacks on vessels sailing through the Suez Canal and southern ...Read more

NEW YORK — The pilot of a small glider plane has died after crashing near an airport in southern Connecticut, state police announced Saturday.

Bradley Daar, 70, of Clinton, was piloting a single-engine ultralight glider on Friday afternoon when the aircraft crashed into the woods in the Town of Deep River, roughly 35 miles east of New Haven. ...Read more

FRANKFORT, Ky. — They weren’t the final days of the legislative session in Frankfort, but in many ways they might as well have been.

Over the course of the last week, the GOP-led General Assembly moved fast to pass priority legislation on topics including flood relief, higher education and abortion.

Although the legislature doesn’t ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Republicans in the Kentucky legislature unveiled and passed significant changes to the state’s Medicaid program in the final hours of Friday, the last day they could pass a bill able to withstand the governor’s veto.

Those changes include a new work requirement, a provision tying the state more closely to the policy of ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Some scrambled to wind down projects that suddenly lost funding, some brushed up their resumes after being told this week they were being let go.

The Trump administration’s slashing of $800 million in USAID grants to Johns Hopkins University created immediate but also longer-range angst: How does the university that is more ...Read more