Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, warning it could happen anywhere
By FRANK BAJAK and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Three members of Congress are asking the U.S. Justice Department to…
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Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok blocked by judge who says it’s unconstitutional
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Montana’s first-in-the-nation law banning the…
Continue ReadingFormer Wisconsin GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingMontana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium prices
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press The owner of two precious metals mines in south-central Montana is stopping work on an expansion project and…
Continue ReadingHaslam family denies allegation from Warren Buffett’s company that it bribed truck stop chain execs
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An attorney for the billionaire Haslam family has called the bribery allegations from Warren…
Continue ReadingFlorida’s GOP chairman is a subject in a rape investigation
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The chairman of Florida’s Republican Party is the subject of a rape…
Continue ReadingLongtime Kentucky lawmaker Kevin Bratcher announces plans to seek a metro council seat in Louisville
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state Rep. Kevin Bratcher has announced plans to run for a Louisville Metro…
Continue ReadingIndiana man suspected in teen girl’s disappearance charged with murder after remains found
ARLINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A 59-year-old man suspected in the June disappearance of a 17-year-old neighbor has been charged with murder after human…
Continue ReadingEntertainment consultant killed by woman who stalked his film director friend, prosecutors say
By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a high-profile entertainment marketing consultant was…
Continue ReadingPublishing industry heavy-hitters sue Iowa over state’s new school book-banning law
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press The nation’s largest publisher is suing over Iowa’s new law that bans public school libraries and classrooms…
Continue ReadingInfrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail in Mississippi, survey shows
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Most people in Mississippi’s county jails have been held at least three months…
Continue ReadingUS prosecutors say plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were part of a campaign of planned killings
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say in court papers that the plot driven by a government official…
Continue ReadingMississippi Supreme Court delays decision on whether to set execution date for man on death row
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has temporarily delayed ruling on…
Continue ReadingDon’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. health officials say consumers should not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source. That comes…
Continue ReadingHouse passes resolution to block Iran’s access to $6 billion from prisoner swap
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a measure that would permanently freeze the $6 billion recently…
Continue ReadingCasino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A bill that would end smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos continues to go nowhere. The…
Continue ReadingHurricane season that saw storms from California to Nova Scotia ends Thursday
By FREIDA FRISARO and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A busy Atlantic hurricane season is now coming to a close. This…
Continue ReadingFamily of Marine killed in Afghanistan fails to win lawsuit against Alec Baldwin
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A lawsuit against Alec Baldwin filed by relatives of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan has…
Continue ReadingSen. Rand Paul performed Heimlich maneuver on choking Sen. Joni Ernst during GOP lunch
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa, was choking on food during a luncheon when fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky…
Continue ReadingEyeing 2024, Michigan Democrats expand voter registration and election safeguards in the swing state
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a package of bills adding more protections for…
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