California seeks to pair home energy storage, rooftop solar
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators have proposed changes to the state’s robust residential…
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Arkansas governor recommends school funding increase
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is recommending his state increase public school funding…
Continue ReadingMontana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights supporters secured another win Thursday as voters in Montana rejected a…
Continue ReadingCourt: Death during appeal no longer means exoneration
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court says a white man whose murder conviction in the killing of a…
Continue ReadingDems maintain narrow leads in Arizona Senate, governor races
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats maintained their narrow leads in key Arizona contests on Thursday, but the races…
Continue ReadingMegachurch volunteer charged with murder of her own daughter
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The mother and grandfather of an 11-year-old California girl who was allegedly tortured and…
Continue ReadingMusk warns Twitter’s survival is at stake as staff quits
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk warned Twitter employees Thursday to brace for “difficult times ahead” that might end with…
Continue ReadingCalifornia sues over ‘forever chemicals’ that taint water
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the…
Continue ReadingWoman to stand trial in deaths of 2 Michigan bicyclists
IONIA, Mich. (AP) — A woman has been ordered to stand trial on second-degree murder and other charges after five bicyclists were struck by her…
Continue ReadingWhy Arizona election results are taking days
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Polls closed three days ago in Arizona, but counting for the 2022 midterm elections continued…
Continue ReadingVegas elections chief: Counting going ‘as quickly as we can’
By KEN RITTER Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Both Republicans and Democrats were correct about the issues that motivated close to…
Continue ReadingWarnock, Walker pivot to overtime in Georgia Senate contest
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, are pivoting to a…
Continue ReadingNew York emerges as exception to strong election for Dems
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press While Democrats were celebrating a stronger-than-expected midterm performance across much of the U.S. this…
Continue ReadingGreece: New York flight recalled over scare, nothing found
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece ordered an Emirates flight to New York to return to Athens international airport and grounded a second…
Continue ReadingAmmunition maker to invest $60M in Georgia plant, hiring 600
ELLABELL, Ga. (AP) — An Italian-owned company will invest $60 million in coastal Georgia to build a plant to make and distribute ammunition, with…
Continue ReadingKansas board recommends ending Native American mascots
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The Kansas State Board of Education is recommending that school districts end the use of Native America mascots…
Continue ReadingIllinois elects Democrat Eric Sorensen to US House seat
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A battleground race between newbies aiming to fill retiring U.S. Rep. Cheri…
Continue ReadingJury orders Filmmaker Paul Haggis to pay $7.5M in rape suit
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis to pay at least $7.5 million to a…
Continue ReadingNevada passes sweeping version of Equal Rights Amendment
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada voters have adopted what is widely considered the most comprehensive…
Continue ReadingFuture of American democracy loomed large in voters’ minds
By GARY FIELDS and NUHA DOLBY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This week’s ballot had an unspoken candidate — American democracy. Two years…
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