Leaking underground propane tank found at Virginia home before deadly house explosion
STERLING, Va. (AP) — When firefighters arrived at a home in a Washington, D.C., suburb to investigate a report about a gas smell Friday...
Saving democracy is central to Biden’s campaign messaging. Will it resonate with swing state...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Just blocks from the shuttered Bethlehem Steel plant, the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley was bustling on a recent day with...
Dandelions and shrubs to replace rubber, new grains and more: Are alternative crops realistic?
Katrina Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip...
What does it mean to claim the US is a Christian nation, and what...
Many Americans believe the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and the idea is energizing some conservative and Republican activists. But the...
Another endangered whale was found dead off East Coast. This one died after colliding...
Federal authorities said the second critically endangered North Atlantic right whale found dead in the last month showed injuries consistent with a collision with...
Christian-nation idea fuels US conservative causes, but historians say it misreads founders’ intent
The U.S. Constitution doesn’t mention Christianity or any specific religion. The Declaration of Independence famously proclaims that people’s rights come from a “Creator” and...
State governments looking to protect health-related data as it’s used in abortion battle
Some state governments and federal regulators were already moving to keep individuals' reproductive health information private when a U.S. senator’s report last week offered...
Explosion at Virginia home kills 1 firefighter and injures 11 others, including 9 firefighters
STERLING, Va. (AP) — One firefighter was killed and nine others were injured when an explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday leveled...
Venezuela bribery witness gets light sentence in wake of Biden’s pardoning of Maduro ally
MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan businessman who helped hide almost $17 million in bribe payments by an ally of President Nicolas Maduro was sentenced...
A $355 million penalty and business ban: Takeaways from Trump’s New York civil fraud...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president and his companies to...
