SEATTLE — A surge in robberies at licensed cannabis shops — including a pistol-whipping, gunshots and killings in Washington state last month — is helping fuel a renewed push for federal banking reforms that would make the cash-dependent stores a less appealing target. "It makes absolutely no sense that legal businesses are being forced to [...]
HOUSTON — While Deshaun Watson's NFL career has resumed with the Cleveland Browns after grand juries declined to indict him on any criminal charges over sexual misconduct allegations, his legal problems remain far from over. Lawsuits filed in Houston by 22 women who have accused him of sexual assault and harassment remain unresolved, with no [...]
MADISON, Wis. — During an offseason in which more than one out of every five Football Bowl Subdivision programs changed head coaches, the Big Ten was the lone conference that didn't see a single move. But that doesn't mean the league stood pat. While all 14 Big Ten members returned their head coaches from last [...]
LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households. It's part of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, which uses simple technology: Water is piped from a lower reservoir — the lake, in this case [...]
WASHINGTON — Two House committees have launched an investigation into the government's use of facial recognition software that was most recently used by the Internal Revenue Service, but stopped after complaints from lawmakers and privacy advocates. Critics of the software said facial recognition databases could become a target for cyberthreats. They also expressed concerns about [...]
There are some signs in recent months that the central Ohio housing market, which has been sizzling hot for more than a decade, could be slowing down — at least a little. Home sales through the first three months of the year are down slightly, 0.4 percent, compared to the same period a year ago, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has been working for months to prepare people to re-think their personal risk calculations as the nation gets used to the idea of living with an endemic COVID-19. But that measured approach disappeared abruptly when a federal judge on Monday threw out the federal requirement to mask up [...]
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California's death row, students at one of the country's most unique colleges discuss the 9/11 attacks and issues of morality, identity and nationalism. Dressed in matching blue uniforms, the students only break from their discussion when a [...]