NEW ORLEANS — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina changed the face of education in New Orleans forever. The school system was utterly destroyed and then utterly transformed, becoming the first […]
Rural Colorado mourns 6 who died from suspected gas exposure at dairy farm
Six workers who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, an incident that left rural Colorado communities […]
Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts
WASHINGTON — Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do […]
Texas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race
HOUSTON — Just as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred was holding a town hall near the Mexican border as part of an “unrig Texas” campaign tour, the state’s Democratic […]
US heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest, poses extreme risk in California and Arizona
SEATTLE — Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, […]
Judge strikes down Minnesota law banning religious tests for college credit program
MINNEAPOLIS — Religious colleges that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a popular Minnesota program that lets high school students take college courses for […]
21 hospitalized after bus carrying junior high football team crashes near Pittsburgh
ECONOMY BOROUGH, Pa. — A bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed Saturday north of Pittsburgh, sending 21 of the 28 people on board to the […]
Beaches reopen in New York and North Carolina after Hurricane Erin
NEW YORK — New York and North Carolina have begun to reopen beaches that had been closed due to Hurricane Erin, which sent strong winds and dangerous waves across the […]
Texas Gov. Abbott vows to approve GOP-leaning congressional voting map
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday promised to quickly sign off on a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map gerrymandered to help the GOP maintain its slim majority […]
The Menendez brothers were denied parole. They have to wait at least 18 months for their next chance
LOS ANGELES — Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole by a California board this week after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills […]