West News Report: California Encourages Rebuilding in Fire-Prone Areas SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California state and local officials are encouraging rebuilding in areas destroyed by wildfires at a time... Read More
West News Mesa to Settle With Parents Whose Son Was Killed by Officer PHOENIX (AP) — The parents of a Texas man fatally shot five years ago by a Mesa police officer at... Read More
International News Gas Explosion in Central China Kills at Least 12 BEIJING (AP) — At least 12 people were killed and 39 seriously injured Sunday after a gas line explosion tore... Read More
West News Judge Upholds Dismissal of Case Against Resort Developer HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. bankruptcy judge has upheld court decisions that the state of Montana lacked legal standing... Read More
Southeast News Heavy Rains Soak Parts Of Appalachia, Northern Mississippi MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Storms with soaking rains drenched a wide swath of Appalachia and northern Mississippi this week, swamping... Read More
West News Regulators Withdraw Controversial California Work Mask Rules SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s workplace regulators have withdrawn a controversial pending mask regulation while they consider a rule that... Read More
Southeast News Heavy Rains Cause Flooding Across Northern Mississippi OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Heavy rainfall this week has flooded roads and neighborhoods in parts of north Mississippi, and forecasters... Read More
West News Wildfires Smolder Across Dry, Drought-Stricken Southwest A wildfire in Arizona that had neighboring New Mexico breathing in smoke was one of several blazes scorching the drought-stricken... Read More
Texas / South Central News Coast Guard: Capsized Lift Boat Cracking as Salvage Planned NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The offshore service vessel that capsized in the Gulf of Mexico in a deadly April disaster... Read More
News Meat Company JBS Confirms it Paid $11M Ransom in Cyberattack The world’s largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who broke into its... Read More