Education Dept. funding released for after-school and summer programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs,…
17-year-old charged in paddleboarder’s killing at Maine pond
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine said Friday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the…
Questions about surrogacy raised with removal of 21 children from a Los Angeles-area couple
The removal of 21 children from the custody of a Los Angeles-area couple has put a spotlight on…
Trump administration pulls federal funding for California high-speed rail
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying…
Wisconsin elections officials find clerk broke laws over uncounted ballots
MADISON, Wis . (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials declared Thursday that the former clerk of the state’s capital…
Emails show DeSantis administration left county officials in the dark about ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the…
Trump’s interior secretary must sign off on all wind and solar projects
WASHINGTON (AP) — All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved…
Why the magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Alaska was notable
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that…
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ has been canceled by CBS
CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a…
Trump administration hands over nation’s Medicaid enrollee data, including addresses, to ICE
WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s…
US retail sales bounce around in a whipsaw trade environment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers picked up their spending in June after an earlier pullback, despite anxiety over tariffs…
Most say Trump’s policies haven’t helped them: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them…