$300M Tyson investment to bring 376 more jobs to Virginia
DANVILLE, Va. — Tyson Foods will invest $300 million to establish a manufacturing facility in Virginia's Pittsylvania County, a project expected to create 376...
Lawsuit over Florida school mask mandates now before judge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The attorney for parents suing to overturn Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order banning strong student mask mandates told a...
Texas GOP pushes ahead on voting bill with Democrats back
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans on Thursday pressed forward on a third try at passing new voting restrictions after Democrats returned from a 38-day...
Nearly 120 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose market
Nearly 120 organic dairy farms in the Northeast, including 28 in Vermont, will lose their contracts with an organic dairy company when it stops...
Florida, domestic violence agency settle fight over CEO pay
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will receive $5 million in a settlement with a nonprofit domestic violence agency and its former CEO, who were sued...
IU biology staff want building named for noted Black teacher
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — More than 100 staff members with Indiana University’s biology department are calling for a department building once named after a 19th...
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...
Indonesia set to free Chicago woman who helped kill mother
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her then-boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on Indonesia’s...
‘Making a Murderer’ subject Avery appeals latest defeat
MADISON, Wis. — “Making a Murderer” subject Steven Avery has appealed his latest unanimous legal defeat, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the...
Remains of WWII soldier found in Germany are identified
HARTFORD, Conn. — Human remains found in a cemetery in Belgium have been identified as those of a U.S. Army sergeant from Connecticut who...