Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs.
Gas prices in New Jersey are dropping as the Labor Day weekend and the end of the summer driving season approaches.
The Mississippi Supreme Court says the state Department of Mental Health can't refuse a judge's order committing patients, even if the department disagrees that a state mental hospital is the right place for a patient.
Georgia officials say the past year was the busiest ever for movies and TV shows filmed in the state.
Federal authorities say the cause of a central Pennsylvania fire that preceded a building collapse that killed two firefighters earlier this year will remain undetermined.
The Detroit mayor's office wants to hear residents' ideas on how to improve the city's quality of life, better protect the public health and provide greater economic opportunities.
When San Benito, Texas, school leaders learned of an influx of children to a migrant shelter in their small town near the U.S.-Mexico border, they felt obliged to help.
Bicyclists will get to tour central Illinois farms, vineyards and breweries during a new, five-day ride scheduled as part of Illinois' Bicentennial celebration.
Springfield city officials have agreed to pay $684,000 toward federal cleanup of a long-abandoned steel-producing company.
South Carolina's state-owned utility has opted to postpone this month's meeting amid confusion over its leadership as state leaders continue to grapple with the fallout from a multibillion-dollar nuclear construction debacle.
Maine is celebrating one of its smallest and most beloved agricultural products, the wild blueberry.
Vermont's 14 hospitals will be presenting their proposed budgets to regulators in public hearings starting this coming week.
New Jersey businesses say steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration are beginning to pinch, and lawmakers are pushing measures to ease the pain.
In Britain, there is a growing sense of Brexit deja vu.
A nurse is suing a Michigan hospital for allegedly honoring a patient's request to not be cared for by a black woman.
The agency overseeing development in Maine's vast wilderness is considering dramatic changes that would alter restrictions on where subdivisions and businesses can be built.
President Donald Trump is accusing social media companies of "totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices" and says "we won't let that happen."
The state health department is trying to kick dogs out of local craft brewpubs, where they've long been as much of a tradition as cornhole, vintage board games and extra-hoppy India Pale Ales.
Back-to-school shoppers can soon expect at least a 6.35 percent break on their purchases.
Millions of Ohio electricity customers could end up paying more for power because of a recent decision in a key regional power company's bankruptcy case.
As jurors weigh Paul Manafort's fate in a sprawling financial fraud case, the former Trump campaign chairman still has another trial looming in the nation's capital - and prosecutors there have a whole new set of charges and a huge volume of evidence.
