Amazon announces plans to build solar farm in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — Amazon has announced plans to build a solar farm in Mississippi and in at least 10 other states, including Arkansas and...
Biden White House launches public push for child tax credit
WASHINGTON — The White House sought Monday to raise awareness of the federal government's new expanded child tax credit, which will start paying out...
Mississippi city added to Marquis de Lafayette trail
NATCHEZ, Miss. — A city in Mississippi is now part of a trail commemorating what was then a nationwide tour by a French general...
‘Protected them to death’: Elder-care COVID rules under fire
Barbara and Christine Colucci long to remove their masks and kiss their 102-year-old mother, who has dementia and is in a nursing home in...
Federal holiday pressures companies to give Juneteenth off
NEW YORK — The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the...
Rabid dog imported into US sparks multi-state investigation
NEW YORK — A rabid dog imported into the United States this month has sparked a public health investigation across several states.
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MOVE’s ‘Minister of Confrontation,’ Consuewella Africa, dies
Consuewella Dotson Africa, a longtime member of the Black organization MOVE and mother of two children killed in the 1985 bombing of the group's...
Texas joins list of states dropping permit rules for guns
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will now let people carry handguns without first getting a background check and training, becoming the latest and largest on...
Aide says Tom Ridge had stroke at suburban Washington home
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge suffered a stroke Wednesday at his home in suburban Washington, D.C., a longtime aide...
New owners try to get Bally’s Atlantic City back in the game
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Phil Juliano was looking at Bally's casino through rose-colored glass. Or more accurately, rose-colored glass flecked with jarringly out-of-place blue...
