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…
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…
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…
UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’
OXFORD, England — Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way…
6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
JACKSON, Miss — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal…
As a Mississippi town reels from a devastating tornado, a displaced family finds its way home
ROLLING FORK, Miss. — As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had…