New Orleans seeks expert to evaluate vulnerabilities after terrorist attack
A vehicle is driven over a protective gate Jan 4, 2025, on Toulouse Street near Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Mayor LaToya Cantrell has asked for the federal government to…
Trump to be sentenced in hush money case but avoid jail time
President-elect Donald Trump prepares to speak at the conservative gathering AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec. 29, 2024. (Photo by Gage Skidmore | CC BY-SA 2.0) WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump…
Fetterman says he’ll work with McCormick for a ‘better Pennsylvania’
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) at a campaign event for President Joe Biden at Montgomery County Community College January 5, 2024. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)…
Former President Jimmy Carter starts last journey through Georgia from Plains to Atlanta
The hearse carrying the late former President Jimmy Carter stopped briefly in front of the state Capitol on the journey to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta. (Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder)…
‘Perfect storm’ of factors hits Washington apple farmers, driving bankruptcies, consolidation
Tim Calhoun inspects an row of apples on his Wapato farm in October shortly after harvest. (Henry Brannan/The Columbian) WAPATO — A perfect storm of economic challenges is pushing Washington…
Protection for Owyhee Canyonlands dies in Congress, Oregon leaders to try again in 2025
The Owyhee Canyonlands are in remote southeastern Oregon and include Leslie Gulch Tuff, which is rhyolite ash that erupted 15.5 million years ago. (Bob Bush/Getty Images) A proposal to protect…
Former President Jimmy Carter starts last journey through Georgia from Plains to Atlanta
The hearse carrying the late former President Jimmy Carter stopped briefly in front of the state Capitol on the journey to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta. (Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder)…
Judges topple gun restrictions as courts chart an uncertain path forward
Assault rifles (Photo by Getty Images). More than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally expanded its interpretation of the Second Amendment, federal courts throughout the country continue to…
As ‘smart cities’ tools grow nationwide, so do privacy and ethical concerns
A LiDAR sensor from technology company Ouster, shown in an intersection in Colorado, uses a laser to create anonymous 3-D models of the people and vehicles at street level. (Photo…
States help child care centers expand in bid to create more slots, lower prices
Anna Pickel stands outside her recently opened child care center, Happy Go Lucky ChildCare, in Portland, Ore., more than three years after she began working to expand her business from…