Investor Icahn signals interest in buying FirstEnergy stock
<p>AKRON, Ohio — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has signaled an interest in making a large purchase of voting shares from one of the country's...
Fate of Honest Abe statues under review in Chicago, honestly
A city commission is determining the fate of monuments to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington and other historical figures in Chicago as part of...
Black Indiana lawmakers face Republican boos during debate
INDIANAPOLIS — Tempers flared among Indiana legislators during a debate Thursday when Black lawmakers were shouted down and booed by some Republicans and two...
Solicitor finds no fault with Baltimore prosecutor’s travel
<p>BALTIMORE — Baltimore's state's attorney, a prominent figure in the racial justice movement, is not at fault for taking trips to conferences around the...
Religious leader sentenced for 1980s child deaths
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A woman who once ran a Florida religious group described as a cult by prosecutors has been sentenced for the 1980s...
Most Mississippi state vaccination sites closed due to storm
GULFPORT, Miss. — All but one Mississippi State Department of Health vaccination sites will be closed Tuesday due to the winter storm that’s slamming...
Statue of US chief justice who oversaw Plessy to be moved
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine county board voted to move the statue of Melville Fuller, who was an Augusta native and served as the...
Epstein ex-girlfriend alleges abuse by guard in federal jail
<p>NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend claimed through her lawyer Tuesday that a guard physically abused her at a federal lockup in Brooklyn,...
Clemson clamps down on virus rules as businesses suffer
City officials in Clemson are extending the community’s mask ordinances and other COVID-19 restrictions to at least March 15.
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Indiana lawmakers send COVID-19 lawsuit shield to governor
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — A bill giving Indiana businesses and others broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 was given final approval...