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High winds cause power outages and property destruction as wild March weather blows in
Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake.
Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume.
SNAP has provided grocery help for 60-plus years. Here’s how it works.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help...
Truck driver sues Mark Sanchez and Fox after violent fight over parking space
A 69-year-old truck driver who was seriously injured in a fight that prosecutors say was started by Mark Sanchez is now suing the former NFL QB and his employer, Fox...
Derecho with at least one 99 mph gust swept the Upper Plains and Midwest, weather service says
Strong storms in an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho.
Rural hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans’ $1 trillion Medicaid cut
Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area's aging farmers delaying care until they end up in his emergency room.
Daylight saving time is coming — and the golf industry can’t wait
Looking forward to daylight saving time? Many in the golf industry like the time change, too, and they are pushing to make that annual switch permanent.
Persistent heat wave in the US expected to shatter new records as it bakes West and swelters in East
Forecasters say a long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. will persist, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that will soar into the...
Midwestern flooding collapses a bridge, forces evacuations and kills at least 1
Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. collapsed a railroad bridge and tested a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued...
Arrests roil campuses nationwide ahead of graduation as protesters demand Israel ties be cut
From New York to California, students protesting the Israel-Hamas war slept in tents at college campuses, as some universities moved to shut down encampments and arrested dozens of demonstrators.