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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 The proclamation has since been retracted, and the mayor blamed the mistake on human error.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.
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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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St. Louis International could become the largest airport in the country under private control.
A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked a Justice Department order that called on a local immigrant-rights organization to stop some of its legal work. His ruling also applies to similar groups around the country.
Chicago police officials on Wednesday announced policy changes intended to cut back on questionable shootings and other uses of force that have haunted the department for years.
A white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man last year has been found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter after nine hours of jury deliberations.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. will leave office next month to accept a federal appointment as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The embattled state lawmaker who was outed as the founder of a controversial online forum resigned Wednesday, House Speaker Shawn Jasper said.
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