Families of 34 killed in dive boat disaster sue Coast Guard
LOS ANGELES — Family members of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba diving boat off the California coast two years...
Study: Warmer Arctic led to killer cold in Texas, much of US
Warming of the Arctic caused by climate change has increased the number of polar vortex outbreaks, when frigid air from the far north bathes...
Fisk Jubilee Singers get $1.5M gift to start endowment
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Fisk Jubilee Singers, a vocal group at Fisk University whose tradition dates back 150 years, received a $1.5 million anonymous...
Indiana legislators not rushing to follow Texas abortion law
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature has approved numerous abortion restrictions over the past decade but its top leaders said Thursday it won’t hurry to...
EXPLAINER: How California could recall Gov. Gavin Newsom
LOS ANGELES — California’s Sept. 14 recall election could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. Just over 5 million mail-in ballots —...
Deadly 1921 coal miner revolt in West Virginia remembered
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fed up with poor wages, work and living conditions, thousands of coal miners a century ago marched in an effort to...
New Texas abortion law pushes women to out-of-state clinics
Even before a strict abortion ban took effect in Texas this week, clinics in neighboring states were fielding growing numbers of calls from women...
Judge OKs settlement with US Steel over 2017 Indiana spill
HAMMOND, Ind. — A federal judge has approved a revised settlement with U.S. Steel, more than four years after one of the steelmaker's Indiana...