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Plagiarism guidelines posted on the website of the Naval Postgraduate School, where David Clarke -- the Milwaukee County Sheriff who will be leaving for a gig at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security -- got his master's degree. According to CNN, Clarke plagiarized in at least 47 parts of his thesis.
Amount that the band U2 cost Santa Clara, Calif.'s Valley Transportation Authority when it performed past the city's 10 p.m. curfew last week. The VTA had to add after-hours trains so that concertgoers weren't stranded at the venue.
The Texas House passed a whittled down though still controversial bill Sunday night that would bar transgender students from using school bathrooms that best align with their gender identity.
Texas GOP Chairman Tom Mechler announced his resignation Saturday, citing personal reasons. It's effective immediately, he said.
President Donald Trump plans to propose $1.7 trillion in cuts to a category of spending that includes major social and entitlement programs for lower-income Americans, as part of an effort to balance the budget within a decade.
Utah's new toughest-in-the-nation drunken driving law contains a little-noticed provision that would impose a not-a-drop-of-alcohol-before-driving standard for two years on foreign immigrants who obtain driving licenses here.
Oregon budget writers plan to meet Tuesday with state health officials to discuss concerns that the state has kept thousands of people on Medicaid while their eligibility is in question.
A new law signed by Gov. Phil Scott Wednesday creates a legal protection for information given to journalists by confidential sources or conversations that take place “off-the-record."
It soon will be against the law in Colorado to lock people in jail when they are picked up on mental health holds.
Americans who died of a meth overdose in 2015, which is almost triple the number in 2010 and a 30 percent increase from 2014. Compared to opioids, it's harder to overdose on methamphetamine.
Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, breaking down in tears last week while apologizing for a proclamation that honored a man who killed one of the city's police officers. The proclamation has since been retracted, and the mayor blamed the mistake on human error.
A mayoral candidate in Carlisle, Pa., was shot with a Taser and arrested this week after he challenged police to a fight when they responded to a call for an out-of-control person, officials say.
Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley on Thursday night emotionally apologized to the police union after the city "mistakenly" issued a proclamation in honor of a man who killed Officer Sonny Kim nearly two years ago.
State officials plan to stop releasing water down the mangled main spillway at Oroville Dam on Friday, allowing workers to begin months of round-the-clock repairs to the chute and to an emergency spillway that is also badly damaged.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a law on Wednesday outlawing licensed therapists from attempting to talk children out of being gay, an exercise that leading medical organizations say has been scientifically disproven.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry entered into politics in his home state again this week, while touting his efforts on criminal justice reform during his tenure as Texas governor.
The massive cyberattack that has infected computers in at least 150 countries this past week hasn’t had a major impact on the federal government.
Attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a motion Thursday to intervene in a long-running lawsuit over a core part of the Affordable Care Act.
It's the logical home for people-management expertise. We need to re-define its function.
Cyber breaches can cost the taxpayers a lot of money. But the consequences aren't just financial.
They're disproportionately harmed by fossil fuels, and they need the jobs this growing industry provides. Some states are showing the way.
Plans to close an infamous plant were just announced. Such closures can be devastating for local economies -- even more so than when mining and manufacturing ceases to exist in a town.
The education secretary's complaints about the city's schools highlight one of her biggest priorities -- and one of her biggest battles.
Between gag orders and secret funds, the governor isn't living up to his campaign promise of transparency.
Their heroic image is a political asset -- one that makes changes to the profession difficult.
The opioid epidemic has killed tens of thousands over the last two years, but another deadly but popular drug, methamphetamine, also has been surging in many parts of the country.
There's a wide range of dependence across and within the states. Here's a state-by-state look at how welfare, education and roads could be impacted by the next budget that Trump signs.
People with pre-existing conditions who could face higher premiums if the House's Obamacare replacement plan becomes law.
Barnaby Min, Miami's deputy city attorney, making his case for why the city won't allow medical marijuana shops even though a state ballot measure permits it.
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