State Wires

Lawsuit seeks $150M from closed Indiana online schools

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INDIANAPOLIS — The leaders of two now-closed Indiana online charter schools are accused in a new lawsuit of defrauding the state of more than...

Democratic primary in Ohio emerges as test for progressives

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CLEVELAND — Amid relentless sunshine and intensifying humidity, Nina Turner led a small procession of voters last week to a polling place on Cleveland’s...

Biden calls Cuba ‘remarkable’ protests a ‘call for freedom’

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday called protests in Cuba “remarkable" and a “clarion call for freedom,” praising thousands of Cubans who took...

Backstreet Boys back in Las Vegas for a Christmas residency

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NEW YORK — Everybody, Backstreet's back — in Vegas. The pioneering...

Driver ticketed in crash that killed motorcyclist in Vermont

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MARSHFIELD, Vt. — One man is dead following a crash involving a car and motorcycle in Vermont. ...

Salon owner sells business for $1 to ‘worthy’ employee

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Salon owner Pio Imperati took a chance and hired hairstylist Kathy Moura right out of technical high school 15 years...

Pyer Moss wows with couture show honoring Black inventors

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IRVINGTON, N.Y. — This time, the weather gods were smiling on Kerby Jean-Raymond and his label, Pyer Moss. So too were the fashion gods. ...

House fire leaves one dead in Massachusetts

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SAUGUS, Mass. — A second person has died following a house fire in Saugus Saturday morning. ...

Back in Cannes, Sean Penn directs again, with daughter Dylan

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CANNES, France — Sean Penn has been to the Cannes Film Festival about a dozen times — from bumming around with Robert De Niro...

Buffalo mayoral candidate says hardship prepared her for job

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — If a majority of voters, along with the four-term incumbent, mostly ignored political newcomer India Walton’s campaign for mayor during the...