EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1000 miles from landfall
Natural and some man-made ingredients came together, causing the weakened but still soggy remnants of Hurricane Ida to devastate the Northeast more than 1,000...
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...
PNC to raise base wages to $18 an hour, latest bank to do so
NEW YORK — PNC Bank is the latest large U.S. financial services company to increase wages in a bid to keep and attract employees,...
Experts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software
ATLANTA — Republican efforts questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential race have led to voting system breaches that election security experts say pose...
Bojangles closing eateries for 2 days; workers won’t be paid
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The North Carolina-based Bojangles chain of restaurants announced Friday it will close all of its company-owned establishments on two upcoming days,...
Conservative hoaxers face $5.1M fine for election robocalls
LANSING, Mich. — Two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal robocalls to wireless phones without the owners' consent...
Teen, 16, arrested in shots fired at officers; 1 grazed
PHILADELPHIA — A teenager has been arrested in connection with shots fired at Philadelphia police officers, one of whom suffered a graze wound on...
Nine women now serving as governors in US, tying a record
Taking over on short notice for a scandal-plagued predecessor in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul began her tenure...
Students’ lack of routine vaccines muddies start of school
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The vaccinations that U.S. schoolchildren are required to get to hold terrible diseases like polio, measles, tetanus and whooping cough in...
Bus driver shortages are latest challenge hitting US schools
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana school district is dangling $4,000 bonuses and inviting people to test drive big yellow school buses in hopes of...