Trump and DeSantis to hold dueling campaign events in New Hampshire after squabbling over timing
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are set to hold dueling campaign events in New Hampshire.
States clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments and federal gridlock
Spurred on by train derailments, some states crisscrossed by busy freight railroads aren’t waiting for federal action to improve safety.
California’s law aimed at fast food wages is on hold. Lawmakers may have found a way around it
A new California law aimed in part at increasing salaries for fast food workers has been delayed.
Work begins to clean up train derailment in Montana’s Yellowstone River
Work is underway to clean up rail cars carrying hazardous materials that fell into the Yellowstone River in southern Montana after a bridge collapsed over the weekend.
Kansas must undo gender changes for trans people in state records, attorney general says
The conservative Republican attorney general of Kansas says a new Kansas law requires the state to reverse any previous gender changes in its records for trans people’s birth certificates and driver’s licenses while also preventing such changes going forward.
Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first US spread since 2003, CDC says
Five cases of malaria have been detected in the U.S. in the last two months.
Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students
Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year.
Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
A new study has found that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk with their kids.
Richard Ravitch, public servant who shepherded New York through fiscal crisis, dies at 89
New York’s former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader Richard Ravitch has died at the age of 89.
The Supreme Court won’t let a North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school
The Supreme Court has left in place an appellate ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts to school.