US inflation slows from a 40-year peak but remains high
WASHINGTON — Falling prices for fuel, airline tickets and clothes helped give Americans a slight break from the pain of high inflation last month, though
WASHINGTON — Falling prices for fuel, airline tickets and clothes helped give Americans a slight break from the pain of high inflation last month, though
SEATTLE — Washington State Ferries will receive $38 million from the Federal Highway Administration to improve its ferry service. Eight other Washington ferry providers —
CONCORD, N.H. — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a horrific head-on collision in
NEW YORK — New research suggests state laws that prohibit drivers from holding a cell phone under any circumstance appear to be effective in reducing
WILMINGTON, Del. — Drivers are being warned to expect traffic delays when a major construction project to completely rebuild the driving surface of the Delaware
BANGOR, Maine — A truck driver is expected to accept responsibility for causing the death of a state police detective who was struck by a
BISMARCK, N.D. — A major spending initiative aimed at infrastructure projects outside western North Dakota’s oil patch is on pace to be fully funded for
WASHINGTON — America’s hiring boom continued last month as employers added a surprising 528,000 jobs despite raging inflation and rising anxiety about a recession. July’s
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia last month on the possibility that he could get some additional oil production out of OPEC+
ATLANTA — Georgia’s governor is extending the suspension of the state’s motor fuel tax through Sept. 12. Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed an executive
WELCH, W.Va. — West Virginia officials are marking the start of road work to connect the town of Welch with the Coalfields Expressway. The $147.6
HINDMAN, Ky. — Damage to critical infrastructure and the arrival of more heavy rains hampered efforts Sunday to help Kentucky residents hit by recent massive
JACKSON, Ky. — Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities
OMAHA, Neb. — President Joe Biden has blocked a freight railroad strike for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene
ALBUQUERQUE, N,M. — It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of Transportation
PERRY COUNTY, Ky. — Rescue workers plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water Thursday in central Appalachia, where torrential rains unleashed what Kentucky’s governor described
MOBILE, Ala. — A $2.7 billion plan to ease traffic along the northern Gulf Coast in Alabama with the construction of a new Interstate 10
NEW YORK — New York is inching toward becoming the first U.S. city to charge motorists an extra fee for entering its most congested areas.
LOS ANGELES — The newest bridge in Los Angeles, a $588-million architectural marvel with views of the downtown skyline, opened to great fanfare on July
O’FALLON, Mo. — Record rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across the St. Louis area early Tuesday, killing one person, displacing many others and prompting rescues