Tag: U.S. news
What Trump’s big tax law could mean for the youngest Americans
WASHINGTON – The impact of the massive spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day is expected to filter down...
Video game performers vote on contract that could end nearly three-year-long battle over AI
LOS ANGELES – Results from a union member vote on a tentative contract between video game performers and their employers are expected Wednesday evening.If...
The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren’t keeping up
WASHINGTON – After deadly flooding in central Texas in 1987, some thought they'd proven they could handle Mother Nature's best punch. Then came this...
Asian American, Pacific Islander comics are the main event in an LA comedy and cuisine festival
With the Belly Laughs Festival, an ambitious Asian American and Pacific Islander-centered comedy festival, the food is as important as the talent line-up. Every...
Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood
Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm's way before a flash flood swept...
A deadly 1987 flood scarred the same Texas county that is reeling through another disaster
Cindy Manley was a summer camp counselor in 1987 when a different devastating flood scarred the Texas Hill Country. The Heart O’ the Hills...
Funeral home owner accused of stashing decaying bodies expected to plead guilty in federal court
DENVER – A funeral home owner in Colorado accused of storing nearly 190 decomposing bodies in a room-temperature building and defrauding the federal government...
Army will end most of its ceremonial horse programs and adopt out the animals
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army's history is closely tied to its cavalry units, those soldiers who rode into battle on horseback. But the service...
These Texas twins shared made-up games and story time. They died together at Camp Mystic
Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence were happy children who shared the kind of bond twins do, but the 8-year-old girls from Dallas were also different...
PETA sues American Kennel Club over standards for French bulldogs, other breeds
NEW YORK – The animal rights group PETA sued Tuesday to try to force the American Kennel Club to abandon the standards it backs...