The Latest: Maine Senate gives initial OK to budget
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Latest on legislative efforts to avoid a state government shutdown (all times local):
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Wall Street closed out the final day of the second quarter with slight gains after a broad rally faded in the last few minutes of trading Friday.
DENVER (AP) — Colorado has nearly 129,000 underground oil and gas pipelines within about 1,000 feet (300 meters) of occupied buildings, according to energy company reports ordered by the state after a fatal house explosion blamed on a severed gas…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison police say a person of interest has been taken into custody in an armed robbery at a Culver's restaurant that left a contractor dead.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota agency is trying to collect millions of dollars in oil and gas royalties that it says is owed to the state.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaching, the Iowa Supreme Court on Friday struck down a portion of the state's drunken boating law that allows officers to seek alcohol breath tests, ruling that it…
Gundersen Health System will host Farmer’s Markets from 3 to 7 p.m. July 27 and Aug. 31 at South Sixth and Farnam streets.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A police officer in San Antonio died Friday of wounds suffered when he and his partner were shot by a man they intended to question about a vehicle break-in, police said.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has enacted a permanent ban on gillnet fishing in the habitat of the critically endangered porpoise known as the vaquita marina.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Artie Burns has been charged with driving with a suspended license.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small twin-engine plane dropped out of the sky and exploded in flames on a busy freeway near a Southern California airport Friday morning, injuring the two people aboard but clipping only one passing vehicle, a…
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois judge on Friday temporarily halted the implementation of Cook County's sweetened beverage tax, which is opposed by retailers.
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — The booms heard by some eastern Wisconsin residents this weekend won't be Fourth of July fireworks. They'll be from an air cannon used to chase away thousands of seagulls.
MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A judge has upheld his own ruling earlier this month that the Muscatine mayor be returned to office while the appeal of her removal is heard.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have reached an agreement to send point guard Ricky Rubio to the Utah Jazz to clear salary cap space for a big run in free agency.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls have waived veteran point guard Rajon Rondo.
The major U.S. stock indexes finished mostly higher Friday after a broad rally faded in the last minutes of trading as Wall Street closed out the final day of the second quarter.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The most urgent challenge in Colombia following the handover of the last weapons by leftist rebels is to reintegrate the 10,000 former combatants into society, a process that will be difficult, the U.N. special representative in…
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Gabriel Gutierrez had four hits and three RBI as the Toros de Tijuana topped the Guerreros de Oaxaca 10-5 on Thursday. The Toros swept the three-game series with the win.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens tight end Darren Waller has been suspended without pay for at least one year for violating the NFL substance abuse policy.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A $36.5 billion plan to rebuild Illinois' crumbling finances passed a critical test on Friday, but a powerful legislative leader said no deal would be reached before a midnight deadline — meaning Illinois will enter its…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a small plane that crashed on a freeway in Southern California (all times local):
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on legislative action in Illinois to seal a budget deal on the eve of a new fiscal year (all times local):
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on a local and federal initiative to curb gun violence in Chicago (all times local):