BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — A shooting at a birthday party in New Jersey that left two people dead and 12 injured was not a random act and was a reflection of gun violence that has swept the nation, Gov. Phil Murphy said.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water to farmers from a critical reservoir and said they would not send extra water to dying salmon downstream or to a half-dozen wildlife refuges that harbor millions of migrating birds each year.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana drivers would have to use a handsfree device or put their cellphones on speaker mode to talk on the phone while driving or risk a fine from police, under a proposal that won House backing.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A weeklong manhunt for a suspect wanted in the killings of four people ended without another shot fired Monday morning as hundreds of officers surrounded him in South Carolina, authorities said.
DETROIT (AP) — A former Michigan State University basketball star was arrested Monday in the fatal shooting of a 66-year-old man in Detroit, police said.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People along rivers in seven states from Missouri to Louisiana may see a low-flying helicopter towing a long cylinder, starting late this month and going into July.
(AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised a return to normal for the nation’s largest public school system on Monday as he announced that classrooms will open for in-person instruction in September with no remote option.
(AP) — Stocks are broadly higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday as investors regained an appetite for risk after the market notched two straight weeks of losses.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that he’s doubling U.S. emergency spending to help communities prepare for hurricanes and other extreme weather events, while launching a new effort at NASA to better understand and track the impact of climate change.