International News Number of Brazil Amazon Fires Hits Five-Year High in August MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly... Read More
East News New Hampshire to Get $40.5M in Opioids Case Settlement CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $40.5 million in a settlement with New Hampshire... Read More
West News California Wildfires Prompt Evacuations amid Heat Wave CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — California wildfires chewed through rural areas north of Los Angeles and east of San Diego on... Read More
Southeast News Alabama Train Engineer Indicted in Death of Worker on Rails MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A train engineer who was allegedly chatting on video when his locomotive struck heavy equipment on... Read More
News Starbucks Executives, Directors are Sued over Diversity Policies Starbucks Corp. executives and directors have been sued by a conservative think tank that believes the coffee chain’s efforts to... Read More
News GM’s Cruise Recalls 80 Self-Driving Cars Due to Risk of Crash General Motors Co.’s Cruise self-driving car unit has recalled an older version of software used by its robotaxis at the... Read More
News Low Rate of Flood Insurance Cover Spells Danger as Climate Crisis Deepens Insured losses from floods doubled to $80 billion globally during 2011-2020 compared to the previous decade, while insurance penetration lingered... Read More
West News California OKs Bill to Protect Workers who Use Pot at Home SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon become the seventh state to make sure people won’t lose their jobs if... Read More
East News Body of Construction Worker, 30, Found After Site Collapse CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — State police say the body of a worker was found in the rubble of a collapse... Read More
Southeast News Could be Months Before Sanctuary Reopens After Bird Flu It could be months before a Georgia animal sanctuary reopens after being closed by bird flu that killed wild vultures... Read More