By COLLEEN SLEVIN and SAVANNAH PETERS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out ...
By The Associated Press It's far from clear if the weather is planning to cooperate, but spring arrives — technically, at least — Friday. The vernal equinox arrives on Friday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in the Southern Hemisphere. On ...
By SETH BORENSTEIN, SARAH BRUMFIELD and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chaotic weather, from surprising heat in California to damaging winds around Washington, D.C., put over half the U.S. population in the path of extreme conditions Monday. Storms across the nation's ...
By RIO YAMAT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security screeners dragged into a second month. The ...
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration's push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around the world, including Haiti and Syria. The justices refused to ...
By STEVEN SLOAN, HILLEL ITALIE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center's board of directors voted on Monday to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations. The widely expected decision comes in the wake of numerous ...
By MEGAN TAGAMI/Honolulu Civil Beat Parents, lawmakers and county leaders across Hawaiʻi have made a recurring request to the education department in recent years: open up school playgrounds and fields for the public when classes aren't in session. The ask seemed to be gaining traction at ...
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors aimed to drive home their argument that a Utah woman who published a children's book about grief after the death of her husband killed him for his money as closing arguments in her murder trial got underway ...
By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but plans to continue working through her treatment, retaining her place as one of President Donald Trump's closest aides during a period of ...
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and SAVANNAH PETERS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years on a federal fraud charge, nearly the maximum allowed under the ...
By CLEO KREJCI/MinnPost MinnPost As the U.S. Supreme Court decides a case on the constitutionality of reverse location warrants, Minnesota lawmakers look to enact a ban. While some call reverse location warrants a critical tool for criminal investigations, others call them a breach of the ...
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are down, and stocks are up Monday, though such moves have been quick to reverse since the war in Iran began. The S&P 500 jumped 1.1% and was on track for its best day in five weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up ...
By THOMAS HEATON/Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaiʻi's 6,500 farms range from small operations that produce food and raise livestock for their families and their communities to large companies that supply big box stores and export coffee, macadamia nuts and other luxury foods. But what exactly ...
By BRITTANY PETERSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants began striking Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said was the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in four ...
By ISABEL LOHMAN/Bridge Michigan One of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature initiatives has been to expand the availability of early childhood education. But efforts like offering free pre-kindergarten and providing grants to open new classrooms have not resolved a central problem: Attracting ...
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer At least seven people in three states, including young children, have been sickened by E. coli food poisoning linked to cheddar cheese made from raw milk, federal health officials said Monday. California-based Raw Farm made the cheese that is the "likely ...
By ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ/The Texas Tribune Bob Sanders bumps along the dirt roads of his 1,100-acre ranch in a beat up burgundy Chevrolet Suburban, the engine roaring as his sprawling cattle operation, known locally for its wagyu beef, stretches around him. A shotgun rides in the passenger ...
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — An Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities, according to officials. Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, died at Parkland ...
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will accept the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia on the eve of July 4 in a remote broadcast from Rome but won't travel to the U.S. during its 250th birthday celebrations this year. Leo, the first American pope, will ...
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The antitrust trial of Live Nation and Ticketmaster resumed Monday in a New York federal court with three dozen states remaining in the case a week after the Justice Department settled its claims and withdrew. Judge Arun Subramanian ...