(CHARLESTON, W.Va., AP) — Federal regulators plan to hold public hearings in six states on a proposed stream protection rule. The U.S. Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation says the… Read more »

By EMILY SCHMALL (ARLINGTON, Texas, AP) — An unarmed, black college football player tried to smash through the locked glass door of a North Texas car dealership showroom to escape… Read more »

(WEST ALLIS, Wis., AP) — High-wire daredevil Nik Wallenda has completed his longest tightrope walk ever during an appearance at the Wisconsin State Fair. TV station WTMJ reports Wallenda on… Read more »

By JAMES MacPHERSON (BISMARCK, N.D., AP) — Thirteen states led by North Dakota asked a federal judge on Monday to delay a new rule that gives federal authorities jurisdiction over… Read more »

By SAM HANANEL (WASHINGTON, AP) — Prison reform advocates who have spent years campaigning against solitary confinement are counting on a powerful new ally in their quest to end the… Read more »

By LINDA ZHANG and JANIE HAR (LOS ANGELES, AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders vowed that he would fight harder than any other presidential candidate to end institutional racism in… Read more »

By MARK SHERMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — Wherever their summer travels have taken them, Supreme Court justices probably will weigh in on Texas’ plans to execute two death row inmates in… Read more »

By IVAN MORENO (DENVER, AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says the mine waste spill into Colorado waters is much larger than originally estimated. But an EPA official said Sunday… Read more »

By ELLIOT SPAGAT (SAN DIEGO, AP) — As Jason Thrasher lowered his helicopter to a park with seven firefighters aboard, he saw what he thought was another firefighting chopper battling… Read more »

By JOSH LEDERMAN EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story (WASHINGTON, AP) — Republicans seeking their party’s… Read more »