HOUSTON (AP) 鈥� A massive fire at a chemical plant in rural Texas on Wednesday sent a plume of black smoke into the sky as officials closed down a local highway and ordered residents to take shelter for several hours.Authorities had asked residents within a one-mile radius of a chemical plant ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� The Nashville district attorney called on Wednesday for the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution after a man who was previously released for incompetence to stand trial was accused of shooting an 18-year-old college student ...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) 鈥� Voters have approved a tax on mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in New Mexico's capital city of Santa Fe.Uncertified election results on Wednesday show that nearly three-fourths of ballots were cast in favor of the new tax on home sales of over $1 ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� Former President <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> will stay on the Minnesota primary ballot after the state supreme court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking end his candidacy under a rarely-used constitutional ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) 鈥� Persistent drought conditions in Alabama prompted <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/kay-ivey">Gov. Kay Ivey</a> on Wednesday to issue a statewide ban on any outdoor burning.Ivey's order prohibits all outdoor burning across the state because of ...
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A woman filed a lawsuit Wednesday against former Grammy Awards CEO Neil Portnow, accusing him of a 2018 sexual assault, and against the Recording Academy for negligence.The woman, who was not named, filed the lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Manhattan under <a ...
