State pine trees’ affliction prompts a search for culprits
Forestry experts have released an interim report that identifies a mix of factors they believe contributed to concerns regarding the health of thousands of acr…
Forestry experts have released an interim report that identifies a mix of factors they believe contributed to concerns regarding the health of thousands of acr…
DECATUR, Ga. -- A judge upheld the disqualification of a candidate who had planned to run against the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's 2020…
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment pract…
m Grammy Award-winning R&B singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Fri…
NEW YORK -- As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across the U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some uni…
United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people…
KYIV -- Russia hammered Ukraine's electrical grid with nearly two dozen missiles overnight Saturday, officials said, in the latest assault on the country's ene…
PRETORIA, South Africa -- South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that i…
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities on Saturday were investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front…
Richard Cordray, who has led the Federal Student Aid office since 2021, is stepping down at the end of June, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Friday.
Regulators seize
UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims …
NEW YORK -- U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide.
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in G…
FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas has good, dedicated public defenders, but they're overworked, understaffed and underpaid, bringing the system to the verge of crisis, …