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ABBOTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of four men killed in a collision between a utility truck and a septic tanker truck in Pennsylvania. The York County coroner’s office says the victims of the crash reported just after 7:30 a.m. Monday in Paradise Township were 36-year-old Gregory Butcher Jr. of West Chester, […]

DENVER (AP) — Two Colorado nurses will serve time in jail after pleading guilty to stealing opioids from health care facilities. U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer’s office announced Tuesday that 43-year-old Lisa Marie Jones was sentenced to 14 months in prison. Jones pleaded guilty to theft and tampering with a consumer product. Prosecutors say she stole […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than 20 Portland police cars got a messy, May Day paint job. The police department says vandals splashed the white paint before dawn Tuesday. The vehicles were parked outside a station in the northeast part of the city. No arrests have been made. It’s unknown if the vandalism is tied […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are including a debated anti-abortion clause in a bill to expand health coverage through telemedicine. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the House and Senate have both passed the bill despite concerns over a clause saying the law will be nullified if a court ever strikes down a passage forbidding […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s secretary of state is reminding voters not to post ballot selfies as the June primary election approaches. Secretary of State Shantel Krebs says posting on social media a photo of a marked ballot showing how someone voted is illegal. State law says people can’t publicize official ballots after they’re […]

DENVER (AP) — Arizona’s largest water provider is trying to defuse a dispute over how it manages its share of the Colorado River, a critical but over-used waterway that serves 40 million people in seven U.S. states and Mexico. The Central Arizona Project said Tuesday it “regrets using language” that angered other river users. The […]

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A black bear spotted sleeping in a tree near a New Jersey home this week has made its way to another tree in a neighboring town. The bruin was spotted Tuesday in Ridgewood, one day after Paramus (puh-RAM’-uhs) police were unable to capture it. Animal control workers used noisemakers on Monday […]

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar is challenging the ballot eligibility of one of his opponents. Thanedar says Tuesday he wrote to the state Elections bureau that fellow Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has not been a registered voter over the four years leading up to this fall’s general election for governor — a […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Republicans have filed a lawsuit against their own party, claiming they were discriminated against because accommodations were not made for their disabilities at party meetings. The Deseret News reports Aaron Heineman, who is deaf, and Eliza McIntosh Stauffer, who is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair, […]

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FLEMINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A company owned by former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is teaming up with a West Virginia cannabis farm. News outlets report officials announced Monday that Tyson Holistic and West Virginia’s Almost Heaven Agriculture are partnering to put a hemp extraction facility at the latter’s existing greenhouse. Tyson Holistic Chief […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of conservative Republicans has hired a firm to persuade Utah voters to remove their names from a ballot initiative petition that would cement Utah’s candidate nominating system. Fundraising disclosure forms show Keep My Voice spent $174,000 on the effort. Backer Dave Bateman tells the Salt Lake Tribune that […]

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s parliament has voted in support of a new constitution that would abolish the prime minister and allow the longtime president to serve two more terms. Lawyer Senoussi Ali Abdoulaye tells Chadian National Radio the vote means more power will be concentrated in the hands of President Idriss Deby, who has […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Officials have come to the defense of the Santa Fe County jail in the wake of an apparent suicide of a jailed man accused of torturing and killing a child. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports a county spokeswoman says staff at the facility addresses mental health issues and suicide […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and 16 other U.S. states are suing the Trump administration over its plans to scrap standards for how much greenhouse gases vehicles can emit. California Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the lawsuit Tuesday. It takes aim at a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to scrap […]

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is looking to help more veterans get through degree and certificate programs quicker by translating their military training and work experience into academic credit. Officials met Tuesday to talk about policies that need to be in place to facilitate awarding course credit. Minnesota and Kansas sent representatives to […]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Reno man is again appealing his conviction for murdering his ex-wife and trying to assassinate the judge in their divorce 12 years ago. Darren Mack was the target of an international manhunt before the local prosecutor persuaded him to surrender in Mexico. The former wealthy pawn shop owner claimed he […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Professional hair braiders would face fewer regulations under a bill passed by the Missouri Legislature. House lawmakers voted 137-11 Tuesday to pass the bill, which already has approval from the Senate. If made law, hair braiders no longer would need to get a cosmetology license. That can take considerable time […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Two people charged in connection with an Indiana house fire that killed an 85-year-old woman have made their first court appearances. Forty-eight-year-old Noel Montes Cazares and 44-year-old Misty Lou Allen appeared before a Monroe County judge during Mondays’ initial hearings. The Herald-Times reports they were returned to Indiana last week following […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Republican is suing to try and get on the primary ballot for a U.S. Senate race. Ivan Raiklin filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the Republican Party of Virginia and the state Board of Elections. He alleges that party and state officials have unfairly kept him off […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say four people were taken to a hospital following a crash involving a bus and a car in downtown Pittsburgh. A Port Authority of Allegheny County spokesman said 20 people were aboard the bus at the time of the 10:20 a.m. Tuesday crash. He said four people were taken to UPMC […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and the city of Milwaukee have reached a tentative $1.9 settlement in a lawsuit alleging the city police department’s stop-and-frisk policy unfairly targets minorities. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the city’s Judiciary and Legislation Committee unanimously approved the settlement Monday. The agreement must next […]

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — An Aug. 8 trial start has been scheduled for a woman accused of killing her former husband in northeast Iowa’s Buchanan County. Court records say 32-year-old Hillary Hunziker has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. She’s accused of stabbing to death Jason Hunziker at his home northwest of Independence. A criminal […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Oklahoma truck driver Timothy Jackson was recovering from emergency heart surgery when he learned he’d lost his job — and his health insurance along with it — because managers at the company’s Indiana headquarters decided he wasn’t healthy enough to work. The multimillionaire who owns that business, former Indiana state Rep. Mike […]