AP interview: Census director aims to restore trust in count
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The next U.S. census isn’t until 2030, but already Census Bureau leaders are looking for ways to adapt to a…
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Only 20 women have won the National Book Award for fiction—here’s who they are
Using the National Book Foundation website, Stacker looked at the 20 women who have won the National Book Award for fiction and listed them starting…
Continue ReadingRussia blames sabotage as blasts rock another military facility in Crimea
By Uliana Pavlova, Alex Stambaugh, Fred Pleitgen, Vasco Cotovio and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN A blast at an ammunition depot in the village of…
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Acquisition of Shaw Reservoir will benefit people and wildlife in San Luis Valley
ALAMOSA, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District…
Continue Reading Oklahoma governor grants 60-day reprieve to Richard Glossip
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is granting death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of…
Continue Reading Elvis death anniversary increases tourism at his birthplace
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, has welcomed an increasing number of visitors as fans…
Continue Reading Immigration advocates sue LexisNexis over personal data
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Immigration advocates are accusing the data broker LexisNexis Risk Solutions of violating…
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Immigration advocates sue LexisNexis over personal data
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Immigration advocates are accusing the data broker LexisNexis Risk Solutions of violating…
Continue Reading Protection sought for rare butterflies at Nevada site
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists suing to block a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad…
Continue Reading Protection sought for rare butterflies at Nevada site
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists suing to block a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad…
Continue Reading Police suspect militants fatally shot local Hindu in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Assailants have killed a Kashmiri Hindu man and injured his brother in a shooting that police blame on militants fighting…
Continue ReadingThe West’s historic drought is threatening hydropower at Hoover Dam
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Standing atop the Hoover Dam today, the millions of tourists who visit each year can get a real sense of the climate crisis in…
Continue ReadingNew water cuts coming for Southwest as Colorado River falls into Tier 2 shortage
By Ella Nilsen and Rachel Ramirez, CNN An extraordinary drought in the West is drying up the Colorado River and draining the nation’s largest…
Continue Reading Court upholds Arkansas’ use of sedative in executions
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld Arkansas’ use of the sedative midazolam in its…
Continue Reading ‘Pop Idol’ and stage star Darius Campbell Danesh dies at 41
LONDON (AP) — Performer Darius Campbell Danesh, who went from a British reality television show to a stage and music career, has died at the age of…
Continue Reading Drug dealer who bribed DEA agent gets 11+ years in prison
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted California drug trafficker who paid bribes to a corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration agent has been…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico cruise ship docks face $425M public-private deal
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has announced a public-private partnership to overhaul the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 16: Primaries, Gas prices, Air travel, Recalls, Ukraine
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN NASA’s Artemis I rocket is scheduled to launch on a historic mission later this month that will go beyond the moon and…
Continue Reading Former ITT Tech students get $3.9B in debt cancellation
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will…
Continue ReadingTop House Democrats accuse DHS watchdog of obstructing investigation into missing Secret Service text messages
By Annie Grayer, CNN Two top House Democrats are accusing the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General of obstructing their investigation…
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