What Lies Beneath: Vets worry polluted base made them ill
FORT ORD NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. (AP) — For nearly 80 years, recruits reporting to central California’s Fort Ord considered themselves the lucky ones, privileged to live and work amid sparkling seas, sandy dunes and sage-covered hills.
Alabama lawmakers advance transgender students bathroom ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday night approved legislation that would bar transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that match their current gender identity.
High court won’t get involved in Wisconsin murder case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to disturb a decision that a Wisconsin man convicted of poisoning his wife should get a new trial. The
Florida GOP ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances in House
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida House Republicans on Tuesday advanced a bill to forbid discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, rejecting criticism from Democrats who said the proposal demonizes LGBTQ people.
India sends wheat to Afghanistan after deal with Pakistan
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities have sent tons of wheat to Afghanistan to help relieve desperate food shortages, after they struck a deal with neighboring rival Pakistan to allow the shipments across the shared border.
Biden wants to cut into China’s electric battery dominance
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden highlighted his efforts to counter China's dominance of the electric battery market on Tuesday as he touted domestic efforts to mine and process lithium and rare metals necessary to create the technology th...
Missouri senator protests punishment for wearing overalls
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state senator punished for wearing overalls on the Senate floor blocked any work from getting done Tuesday in protest.
US Navy: 4 die in Hawaii crash of contractor’s helicopter
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Tuesday four people have died in the crash of a contractor’s helicopter on the Hawaii island of Kauai. The Pacific
Murkowski concerned with how court may rule in abortion case
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday she's concerned with the direction the U.S. Supreme Court could take on the issue of abortion.
Donald Trump’s DNA, not deposition sought in defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for a woman who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s and then filed a defamation lawsuit against him said Tuesday she will not seek to depose Trump prior to
