Mormon vaccine push ratchets up, dividing faith’s members
SALT LAKE CITY — After more than a year of attending church virtually, Monique Allen has struggled to explain to her asthmatic daughter why...
20 states sue over Biden admin school, work LGBT protections
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys general from 20 states sued President Joe Biden's administration Monday seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections...
EXPLAINER: What happens when an ICU reaches capacity?
ATLANTA — The latest surge in coronavirus cases is overwhelming many intensive care units, causing hospitals and states to run out of ICU beds...
Woman banned from Yellowstone after walking on thermal areas
HELENA, Mont. — A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to seven days in jail, must pay more than $2,000 in fines and fees and...
Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kids
Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states that are seeing record numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a surge that is overwhelming...
Asian giant hornet nest destroyed in Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. — Officials in Washington state said Thursday they had destroyed the first Asian giant hornet nest of the season, which was located...
Gaps in wildfire smoke warning network leave people exposed
BILLINGS, Mont. — Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created blind spots in the warning system for wildfire smoke...
California wildfire dangers may be spreading south
LOS ANGELES — A wildfire that burned several homes near Los Angeles may signal that the region is facing the same dangers that have...
Scientists launch effort to collect water data in US West
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River...
Oregon, once a virus success story, struggles with surge
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon was once the poster child for limiting the spread of the coronavirus, after its Democratic governor imposed some of the...