Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake
CALIPATRIA, Calif. — Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water left...
Donations pour in after Marine from Wyoming killed in Kabul
CASPER, Wyo. — Donations are pouring in for the widow and unborn child of a U.S. Marine from Wyoming killed in a bombing in...
Minnesota court deals yet another setback to pipeline foes
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a decision by state pollution regulators to issue a water quality certification for Enbridge...
Indiana high school student boarding bus hit, killed by car
COLUMBUS, Ind. — A high school student preparing to board a school bus was struck and killed Monday morning in south-central Indiana by a...
As districts insist on vaccines, some teachers push back
PORTLAND, Ore. — Some of the biggest school systems in the U.S. are taking a hard line with teachers and staff members who are...
Astronaut gets special ice cream delivery for 50th birthday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A space station astronaut is celebrating her 50th birthday with the coolest present ever — a supply ship bearing ice...
West Virginia woman pleads guilty to entering US Capitol
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A college student from West Virginia who was seen taking a “Members Only” sign near the Senate chambers after entering the...
Wisconsin governor: $680K for election probe is ‘outrageous’
MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Monday that it was “outrageous” that Republicans planned to spend $680,000 on an investigation into the...
Chicago agency probes officer’s encounter with Black woman
CHICAGO — Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a white officer's struggle with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a lakefront...
Trial set to begin for prisoner accused of killing guards
CAIRO, Ga. — Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of one of two Georgia prisoners accused of killing two guards...