HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A sperm whale that beached itself on a popular South Carolina resort island was euthanized late Sunday after veterinarians determined it was too sick to […]
Massive repair job on leaky NYC aqueduct will take a few more years to finish
A $2 billion project to fix a massive leak in a water tunnel that supplies about half of New York City’s water that was already paused recently due to drought […]
NY prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death
UTICA, N.Y. — A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was […]
Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species
Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether industry had […]
Thousands of machinists union members go on strike at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — About 3,000 labor union members went on strike early Monday at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and […]
Balancing Trump critique, Ossoff walks fine line on bipartisanship in Georgia
MARIETTA, Ga. — There’s the Jon Ossoff who built his political career around criticizing Donald Trump. There’s also the Ossoff who works with Republicans, advancing the interests of Georgia’s farmers […]
South Dakota students weigh protest against university honors for Noem
MADISON, S.D. — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have been […]
Coastal restoration project is in peril amid claims state concealed a critical report
BATON ROUGE, La. — An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coast that was devastated by the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been thrown deeper into […]
Man goes on trial accused of 8 killings in metro Phoenix in 2017
PHOENIX — The key to cracking a series of fatal shootings in the Phoenix area in 2017 came when police were called to a blood-spattered apartment where they arrested a […]
Indigenous people raise awareness about their missing and murdered
Indigenous people across North America are calling this week for sustained responses to the violence in their communities, much of it against women and girls. In prayer walks, self-defense classes, […]