Southwest US to bake in first heat wave of season and records may fall
PHOENIX — Parts of California, Nevada and Arizona are expected to bake this week as the first heat wave of…
A Hawaii military family avoids tap water at home. They’re among those suing over 2021 jet fuel leak
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Richelle Dietz, a mother of two and wife of a U.S. Navy officer, often…
California is rolling out free preschool. That hasn’t solved child care challenges
CONCORD, Calif. — A year before I-Ting Quinn’s son was old enough for kindergarten, she and her husband had the…
12 students and teacher killed in Columbine school shooting remembered at 25th anniversary vigil
DENVER — A girl who wrote to God in her diaries, a boy with learning disabilities who was just learning…
Morning sickness? Prenatal check-ups? What to know about new rights for pregnant workers
Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers…
Biden returns to his Scranton roots to pitch tax plan
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden returns to his childhood hometown of Scranton on Tuesday to open three straight days of…
Lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down governor’s 400-year veto
MADISON, Wis. — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys with Wisconsin‘s largest business lobbying group asked the state Supreme Court on…
Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern
WASHINGTON — Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern: The presidential candidates…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convenes hundreds in Iowa to try for access to November ballot
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a one-day blitz Saturday…
The O.J. Simpson case forced domestic violence into the spotlight, boosting a movement
PHILADELPHIA — Thirty years ago, as women’s rights advocates worked to pass the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, domestic violence…