Some smaller news outlets in swing states can’t afford election coverage. AP is helping...
NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the swing states in this fall's election contain small, independent news organizations that can't afford comprehensive election coverage....
Houston keeps buckling under storms like Beryl. The fixes aren’t coming fast enough
HOUSTON (AP) — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week,...
Marathon Oil reaches $241 million settlement with EPA for environmental violations in North Dakota
The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company's oil and gas...
Philadelphia labor union powerbroker gets 6 years for bribery and theft
READING, Pa. (AP) — A former Philadelphia labor leader who wielded significant clout in Pennsylvania politics was sentenced on Thursday to six years in...
Houston utility says 500K customers still won’t have electricity next week as Beryl outages...
HOUSTON (AP) — About 500,000 customers still won’t have electricity into next week as wide outages from Hurricane Beryl persist and frustration mounts over...
Lawsuit filed in case of teen who died after eating spicy chip as part...
BOSTON (AP) — A lawsuit was filed Thursday against Hershey, Walgreens and several others in the case of a Massachusetts teen who died after...
US, Canada and Finland look to build more icebreakers to counter Russia in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their...
Here’s what seems to work in Miami to keep deaths down as temperatures soar
Despite a record 46-day streak of triple digit feels-like temperatures, Miami's unprecedented brutal summer last year wasn't that deadly, contrasting with the rest of...
Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal...
MOUNT STORM, W.Va. (AP) — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are...
Disaster revisits Vermont as Beryl’s remnants flood the state a year after catastrophic rainfall
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Beryl dumped heavy rain on Vermont, causing flooding that washed away an apartment building, knocked out...