New federal rules aim to clean up toxic coal ash, including nearly a dozen sites in Kentucky The EPA first created rules regulating coal ash impoundments in 2015 after a dike collapsed flooding embankments and the Emory River near Harriman, Tennessee. Coal ash slurry was contained in a ... 04/25/2024 - 10:41 pm | View Link
17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the ... 04/25/2024 - 2:16 pm | View Link
Judge Shuts Down Hunter Biden’s Motions to Dismiss Federal Tax Charges A judge on Monday denied Hunter Biden’s eight motions to dismiss the nine federal tax charges against him, based on various legal and procedural arguments. U.S. district judge for the Central ... 04/1/2024 - 4:11 pm | View Link
Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden's 'Unauthorized' Climate Rule A federal judge, appointed by former President Donald Trump, has deemed that the Biden administration overstepped its authority by implementing a 2023 regulation that required states to monitor ... 03/29/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Federal government AI initiatives are subject to three rules – White House As 2024 looks like the year that Apple makes its big push into generative AI, the federal government is also encouraging the use of AI by its own agencies … However, the White House has today ... 03/28/2024 - 2:27 am | View Link
DALLAS — Former President Donald Trump urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas on Saturday.
“We’ve got to get gun owners to vote,” Trump said.
Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday.
Police in northern Virginia told CNN that Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood early Saturday morning and that no foul play was suspected.
The way Jeffery Kytle tells it, he came to Colorado for vacation and left on probation.
Twenty-one years ago, the Iowa resident bolted out the back of a Keystone condo when police busted in the front.
He was in town for a ski vacation, to blow his buddy’s recent $20,000 casino jackpot, the now-66-year-old said this month.
Colorado students whose families make $90,000 a year or less would be eligible to be reimbursed for two years of in-state tuition at public four-year universities, community colleges and technical schools under a bill awaiting Gov. Jared Polis’ signature.
Supporters of the legislation — HB24-1340, passed on the final day of the session — tout it as an important step to improve access to postsecondary education in Colorado.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
While the Gulf of Mexico is a region known for oil, it’s also home to something far less expected. Nestled among offshore oil platforms, about 150 miles from Houston, is one of the healthiest coral reefs in the world: the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
Marine researchers who have visited the Flower Garden Banks describe it with awe in their voices.