NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) – What started in April with a few members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has become one of North Dakota’s newest and biggest communities. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people have set up tents and shelters near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, joining tribal…
ATLANTA (AP) – Jimmy Carter says the United States is experiencing “a resurgence of racism” and he’s calling on Baptist faith leaders to foster change in their communities. The former U.S. president spoke Thursday at a summit hosted by the New Baptist Covenant, which he convened in 2007 to unite Baptists. Carter’s keynote address came…
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Paul Ryan says he released his tax returns and “I think we should” do so. But he said he’ll defer to Donald Trump on timing. Ryan was the Republican nominee for vice president in 2012 and released his tax returns at that time. He made his comments in response to…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has approved a $10 billion water projects bill that includes money for Flint, Michigan – nearly a year after a public health emergency was declared there because of lead-contaminated water. Senators approved the bill by a 95-3 vote. It goes to the House, where approval of a similar bill –…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of Mylan will face lawmakers’ questions at a hearing next week on steep price hikes for the company’s life-saving EpiPen injector device. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch and officials from the Food and Drug Administration will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Republican chairman of the committee…
LISBON, Ohio (AP) – A 4-year-old Ohio boy pictured in police photos in the back seat of a car while his grandmother and her boyfriend were slumped over from a drug overdose is moving in with other relatives. Columbiana County Juvenile Court administrator Dane Walton tells The Associated Press that the boy’s great uncle and…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration says it has lodged a complaint against China at the World Trade Organization alleging excessive government support for rice, wheat and corn that drives up production. The administration says China’s support for those products in 2015 exceeded by $100 billion the levels China committed to when joining the WTO.…
