BOSTON — In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is trying to dismantle piece-by-piece a popular program that […]
Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 07-19-21-54-63, Powerball: 21, Power Play: 2 (seven, nineteen, twenty-one, fifty-four, sixty-three, Powerball: twenty-one, Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: […]
Skydiving plane goes off NJ runway, crashes into woods, sending 15 to hospital
Fifteen people were taken to the hospital after a skydiving aircraft radioed it was having engine trouble after takeoff and crashed on landing near an airport in southern New Jersey […]
Search for a woman who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn’t return
JUNEAU, Alaska — Authorities were searching for a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials […]
How a GOP rift over tech regulation doomed a ban on state AI laws in Trump’s tax bill
NEW YORK — A controversial bid to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade seemed on its way to passing as the Republican tax cut and spending bill […]
Chicago police say a shooting has wounded multiple people
CHICAGO — Chicago police said they were responding to a shooting Wednesday night in which multiple people were hit. No additional details on the shooting were immediately available, including the […]
Monsoon season brings the promise of rain for the arid southwestern US
ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — Clouds build up in the early afternoon and gusty winds push in every direction. The skies darken and then comes the rain — often a downpour that […]
Man charged with killing former Minnesota House speaker is due back in court after delay
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is due back in […]
Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists’ commitment to abolition
GROTON, Mass. — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a […]
Military veteran gets a life sentence for plotting an FBI attack after his Jan. 6 arrest
WASHINGTON — A military veteran was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for plotting to attack an FBI office and assassinate law enforcement officers in retaliation for his arrest on […]