Indigenous tribes from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin have united to oppose a utility's loan request aimed at funding a natural gas-fired power plant near Lake Superior.
Residents of Paden City, a community in northern West Virginia, have received the green light to resume using their tap water after a nearly month-long period of restricted use.
The estate of a former Highland Park High School graduate has made a $5 million donation to the school, which is located in a disadvantaged Topeka neighborhood.
Hawaii health officials are warning residents about hazardous air quality generated by volcanic smog, or "vog," following a volcanic eruption on Sunday.
A California school district has agreed to pay $2.25 million to a former student molested by former teacher Laura Whitehurst, whose student abuses have cost $8.25 million.
A scuba diving excursion for a couple from Connecticut turned into a mission to save a young shark in Rhode Island that had its head stuck in a work glove.
Glynn Ray Simmons, who was accused of murder in 1974, was freed after spending five decades behind bars. A prosecutor in Oklahoma said she will not seek to retry the convicted killer.
Alvin Wyatt, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, fatally shot a 10-year-old at a high school football game in 2019. He was sentenced to 70 years behind bars.
A Washington teenager and his accomplice have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2022 shooting and stabbing death of his mother's ex-fiancé.
The Biden administration is set to unveil a proposal aiming to enhance the rights and safety of immigrant farm workers. This initiative seeks to revamp the H-2A visa program.
A federally-established oversight body for horse racing has released a report regarding the deaths of 12 horses at Churchill Downs during the spring season.
As the nation's capital grapples with soaring violent crime and homicides, the city's 911 center struggles with short-staffed shifts and longer response times.