Alaska rescue group takes in alligator that outgrew bathtub
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — It was an odd day for one Alaska animal control officer who took a call about an alligator outgrowing its bathtub.
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — It was an odd day for one Alaska animal control officer who took a call about an alligator outgrowing its bathtub.
LONDON (AP) — Oil company BP says its chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg, has told the board he will retire.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Appeals court halts ruling that would have allowed immigrant teen held in Texas facility to get an abortion.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court has extended for another month the house arrest of the former leader of a banned militant group accused by India of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee is set to take the first votes on a bill that would require the state historical director to consider evidence for adding land to Wisconsin's burial sites catalog.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Maine's Republican governor against the state's Democratic attorney general alleging that she was refusing to represent the administration in court cases for political reasons.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A proposal to sell a state prison in Green Bay is up for a state Senate public hearing.
Technology companies led a slide in U.S. stocks early Thursday as the market pulled back from its latest record highs. Cruise lines, fast-food restaurants and other consumer-focused companies also declined. Phone company stocks notched gains. Investors were poring over a…
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Some 7,000 Romanian public sector health workers demonstrated Thursday, demanding that the government eliminate a plan to make them pay more social security taxes.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Senate judiciary committee is set to vote on four bills that would impose tougher drunken driving penalties.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A senior Republican congressman from Ohio is resigning his seat to take the helm of a business policy group back home.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. rates slipped this week, reversing two straight weekly increases.
COATESVILLE, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania school district is dealing with a second race-related incident in just over a week, investigating a Facebook photo showing current and former students posing with pumpkins carved with racist symbols.
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LYNN, Mass. (AP) — The owner of a Massachusetts coffee shop says she's closing her business because of the firestorm created when her daughter, the store's manager, made anti-police comments on Facebook.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court says an animal rights group is entitled to notes from a University of Wisconsin System animal experimentation oversight committee.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the Brexit talks between the European Union and the U.K. (all times local):
Tax season begins in just a few months, which means there's precious little time left to prevent unwelcome tax surprises next April. For many people, the blow comes when they find out they have to report income they thought wasn't…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A political action committee backing Delafield businessman Kevin Nicholson for U.S. Senate has released its first television ad in the race.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the Brexit talks between the European Union and the U.K. (all times local):
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