BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Department of the Interior on Friday canceled a rule intended to protect plants and animals considered endangered, the latest step by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle key provisions of the landmark Endangered Species Act at the industry’s behest. Instead of receiving automatic protections, endangered species will need individualized protection
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has revoked another license for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, the state announced Friday, marking a major victory in the hotel heiress’ years-long fight for reforms in what is commonly known as the troubled teen industry. The Utah Department of Health and
ARLINGTON, Va. — A lawmaker sponsoring a key piece of federal legislation on college sports said he believes the bill likely has the support it needs to pass the upper chamber. “We probably have 60 votes,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said Friday at the Associated Press sports editors’ meeting. Schmitt called the next two weeks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A shell gun company has been ordered to pay more than $100 million for the death of a Kentucky teenager who had purchased the company’s gun-building kit online. The verdict, believed to be the largest ever handed down against a gun dealer, was handed down by a jury Wednesday following a trial
SAN FRANCISCO– Police have recovered the body of a woman who was one of three people missing after a boat sank this week in San Francisco Bay. The body was identified as Tondra Madruga, 58, also known as Tondra Miller, the San Francisco medical examiner said Friday. Madruga’s body was recovered Thursday by a police
Weeks before the first day of school, teachers across Mississippi say state leaders have made it harder for them to access money for school supplies. Educators have to complete the training before they can spend the money the state gives them on school supplies, but teachers say it’s been difficult to access live training: Online