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The largest public power company in the U.S. is launching a program to develop and fund new small modular nuclear reactors as part of its strategy to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The board for the Tennessee Valley Authority last week authorized the program to assess moving forward with new nuclear technology, with up to [...]
As some of the last statewide mask mandates near an end, decisions about whether students and teachers should continue to wear masks in school are shifting to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most combustible issues of the pandemic. "Unfortunately, this is an issue where you are not going [...]
As omicron numbers drop at Denver Health, Dr. Anuj Mehta is reminded of the scene in the 1980 comedy "The Blues Brothers" when John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd pile out of a battered car after a police chase. Suddenly, all the doors pop off the hinges, the front wheels fall off and smoke pours from [...]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Ohio is targeted to receive $46 million in federal money to clean up abandoned coal mines in the state. The money is part of nearly $725 million in federal funding available this fiscal year to 22 states and the Navajo Nation for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines and cleanup of [...]
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Super Bowl will come as a culmination of sorts for the NFL's return to the Los Angeles area, a game featuring the home team that will bring Hollywood glamor to a superstar stadium in Inglewood, where Lakers, Kings and thoroughbreds once thrilled crowds. "Football was not in LA for a [...]
With hospitals facing a dire shortage of nurses amid a slogging pandemic, many are looking abroad for health-care workers. And it could be just in time. There's an unusually high number of green cards available this year for foreign professionals, including nurses, who want to move to the United States — twice as many as [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans looking to start their own business is on the rise, as the coronavirus pandemic creates opportunities for some would-be entrepreneurs. People are starting businesses for a variety of reasons: some lost their job during the pandemic and decided to make their "side hustle" their main occupation. Others [...]
CONROE, Texas (AP) — There was something different next to the "TRUMP WON!" T-shirts, the "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" hats and the "LET'S GO BRANDON" flags for sale at former President Donald Trump's recent Texas rally: a collection of "DeSantis 2024" bumper stickers. Nikki Rye, who lives in Florida and has been selling Trump gear [...]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If someone is black or Hispanic in a conservative state that already limits access to abortions, they are far more likely than a white woman to have one. And if the U.S. Supreme Court allows states to further restrict or even ban abortions, minority women will bear the brunt of it, [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — For teachers at a middle school in New Mexico's largest city, the first inkling of a widespread tech problem came during an early morning staff call. On the video, there were shout-outs for a new custodian for his hard work, and the typical announcements from administrators and the union rep. But [...]