Category Archives: Headlines

Yosemite Fire Grows as Crews Protect Iconic Sequoias
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working in difficul...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2022

Ruling Clears Louisiana to Enforce Near-Total Abortion Ban
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana can now enforce its ban on almost all abortions under a judge's order issued Friday amid a flurry of court challenges to state "trigger" laws crafted to take effect when t...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2022

Maryland Transit Ridership Below Pre-Pandemic Mark
BALTIMORE (AP) - Ridership for Maryland Transit Administration bus and rail lines has yet to rebound to pre-pandemic levels.That's according to a report Friday from The Daily Record, which found that ...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2022

Army Sees Progress on Fort Detrick Groundwater Contamination
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - The U.S. Army says it is making progress in the long-running effort to address groundwater contamination at part of Fort Detrick that was used as a test site for the Army's biolo...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2022

Virginia-Based Van, Training Targets Opioid Overdoses
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) - No parent wants the words "in memory of" listed in front of their child's name, but Angela Pope hopes a vehicle dedicated to her daughter will save other families from the p...
Syndicated Author Jul 11, 2022

FAA to Give Airports $1 Billion for Terminals and Upgrades
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is giving nearly $1 billion to 85 airports to expand and upgrade terminals and other facilities, using money approved in last year's huge infrastructure...
Syndicated Author Jul 08, 2022

US to Diversify Infant Formula Industry to Avoid Shortages
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is trying to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry after the closure of the l...
Syndicated Author Jul 07, 2022

Appeals Arguments Heard on Immigrants Brought to US as Kids
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Attorneys hoping to save an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children told a federal appeals court Wednesday that endi...
Syndicated Author Jul 07, 2022

Police: Parade Shooting Suspect Contemplated 2nd Shooting
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then f...
Syndicated Author Jul 07, 2022

Judge OKs Transfer Plan for Beagles from Troubled Facility
CUMBERLAND, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday approved a plan that calls for transferring about 4,000 dogs currently housed at a troubled Virginia breeding facility to shelters where they can be a...
Syndicated Author Jul 07, 2022
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