At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus
DEDZA, Malawi — More than a year after COVID-19 began sweeping the world, abruptly cutting short her Peace Corps stint, Cameron Beach is once...
Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge
RICHMOND, Va. — When Sigal Chattah goes to federal court to challenge a school mask mandate issued by the governor of Nevada, she'll likely...
Climate impact of coal sales from US lands scrutinized
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials on Thursday launched a review of climate damage caused by coal mining on public lands as the Biden administration...
Booming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’
GREELEY, Colo. — "Go West, young man,'' Horace Greeley famously urged.
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States banning mask mandates could face civil rights probes
In an escalating battle with Republican governors, President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered his Education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that...
Mustang roundups fuel deepening debate as drought grips West
TOOELE, Utah — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain....
Biden admin to appeal order blocking oil, gas lease pause
NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden's administration filed notice Monday that it is appealing a federal judge’s order that blocked Biden’s suspension of new...
Little justice for child sex abuse victims in Indian Country
The convicted child rapist emerged from the tree line without warning, walked quickly past the elders who feared him and entered the Navajo home,...
EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials on Monday are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the...
California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West
QUINCY, Calif. — Thousands of Northern California homes were threatened Sunday by the nation's largest wildfire and officials warned the danger of new blazes...