September 25, 2020

The Latest: NM voters submit 250K absentee ballot requests

SANTA FE, N.M. — Voters across New Mexico have submitted nearly 250,000 absentee ballot requests with especially strong demand among Democrats for alternatives to in-person […]
September 25, 2020

In despair, protesters take to streets for Breonna Taylor

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Some of them raised their fists and called out “Black lives matter!” Others tended to the letters, flowers and signs grouped together […]
September 25, 2020

Groups decry proposal to roll back Alaska forest protections

JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to exempt the country’s largest national forest from a ban on timber harvests and road building […]
September 24, 2020

Trial on Harvey plant fire resumes after COVID-19 delay

HOUSTON — A trial in which a chemical manufacturer is facing charges over a fire at its suburban Houston plant during Hurricane Harvey that sent […]
September 24, 2020

Ex-Backpage execs want judge in their criminal case recused

PHOENIX — Former executives of Backpage.com are seeking the recusal of the federal judge presiding over a criminal case in which they are accused of […]
September 24, 2020

Trump lawyers: DA's fight for tax returns built on innuendo

NEW YORK — A New York prosecutor engaged in a long-running battle to obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns is resorting to “speculation and innuendo” to […]
September 24, 2020

Hacked software provider won't say if ransomware involved

DALLAS — A day after informing customers that it had been hacked by an unknown intruder, a major U.S. provider of software services to state […]
September 24, 2020

Duluth businesses re-examine production after making personal protective equipment

Two of those businesses, Frost River Trading Co. and Duluth Pack, have made thousands of units of equipment for health care workers. One of them, […]
September 24, 2020

Innocent Madoff investors must pay back profits, court rules

NEW YORK — Investors who profited from Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme even though they knew nothing of it must still pay back their profits, […]
September 24, 2020

Health officials seek to block Trump rally in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia health official is warning of a “severe public health threat” if a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump goes […]