By MIKE STOBBE and ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services one year ago, he has defended his upending of federal health policy by saying the changes will restore trust in America's ...

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. U.S. District ...

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, they're called to mind by the holiday lyric "chestnuts ...

By AMANDA EGGERT/Montana Free Press Montana Free Press While Montana might not be viewed as an artificial intelligence hotbed, it is considered among the top states in the country with potential to "power the AI revolution." An analysis CNBC published last July based on grid reliability ...

By ROCIO HERNANDEZ/The Nevada Independent The Nevada Independent A women's rights group is trying to keep a Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo-led proposed ballot initiative, which would limit transgender female student athletes to school sports based on their sex at birth, off the 2026 ...

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle has reached a $29 million settlement with the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck by a speeding police officer as she crossed a street in 2023. Jaahnavi Kandula was hit by Officer Kevin ...