Proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment draws rival crowds to Capitol for crucial votes

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the…

Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release

BANGKOK — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for…

Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93

PITTSBURGH — Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on…

Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores

ISLAMABAD — When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week,…

Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements

Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to…

Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to…

Specialty lab exec gets 10-year prison term for 11 deaths from tainted steroids in Michigan

HOWELL, Mich. — A Michigan judge sentenced the former executive of a specialty pharmacy to at…

US pledges money and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms

U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday…

Kansas’ governor vetoes a bill for extending child support to fetuses

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ Democratic governor on Friday vetoed a bill aimed at ensuring that child…

Biden administration plans to raise tariffs on electric vehicles from China

Employees work on the assembly line of C11 electric SUV at a factory of Chinese EV…