By LAURA HERBERG/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan Michigan's outdoor recreation economy is growing, but not as fast as it is for much of the rest of the country. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis has released data from 2024 on the outdoor industry. The numbers show that outdoor recreation ...

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future incoming killer space rock, scientists reported Friday. It's ...

By BRIAN AROLA/MinnPost MinnPost A Biden-era federal mandate, which the Trump administration plans to follow through on, compels states to replace lead service lines by 2037. Not to be outdone, Minnesota adopted a more ambitious timeline to remove all pipes with the toxic metal linked to a ...

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. issued a license Friday that authorizes dealings with Minerven, Venezuela's state-owned gold mining company, in the latest sign of the Trump administration's intent to exercise more control over that ...

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Government officials are getting closer to ironing out a refund process for the hundreds of thousands of companies that paid tariffs now deemed illegal. In a filing with the Court of International Trade on Friday, Brandon Lord, ...

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida university has launched an investigation into a group chat started by an official with the Miami-Dade chapter of the Republican Party that included violently racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language. The chat, which was denounced by the state ...

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's catch of lobsters declined for the fourth straight year, state fishing regulators said Friday, as the industry continued to grapple with soaring business costs, inflation and a changing ocean. The haul of lobsters, ...

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the American press emphasizes U.S. casualties in the Iran war because it "wants to make the president look bad" are a reminder of something that has endured across many decades and conflicts: the tension and ...

By MORGAN LEE, RYAN J. FOLEY AND MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility since its opening, according to records obtained ...

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are getting antsy. As U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff dominates the nation in fundraising and makes his case to voters, three Republicans who want his spot are still competing among themselves for their ...

By COLLEEN SLEVIN, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, SARAH BRUMFIELD and GEORGE FREY Associated Press TORREY, Utah (AP) — Two men whose wives did not return from a hike in Utah's south-central desert arrived at the trailhead Wednesday to find both women dead and a car missing, spurring a multi-state ...

By COLLIN BINKLEY and NICKY FORSTER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's campaign to end "wokeness" in the military is reshaping its relationship with U.S. higher education, breaking off longstanding ties with prestigious universities that have trained generals ...

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press Concern is rising that the first major storm outbreak in the run-up to spring could strike the nation's heartland, putting millions of Americans from Texas to Iowa at risk of potentially strong tornadoes. Some scattered severe thunderstorms were expected to ...

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump. Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, is among ...

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP leadership are calling for Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas to withdraw from his reelection race after he admitted having an affair with a former staff member who later died ...

By LEKAN OYEKANAMI Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Newly released police body camera footage shows bargoers and pedestrians fleeing and ducking for cover in the moments after a gunman began firing outside a Texas bar, leaving three dead in what is being investigated as potential ...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump's new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court. The Democratic attorneys general ...

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans invoked the war in Iran and the prospect of retaliatory terrorist attacks as they made another unsuccessful effort Thursday to pass a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security. Democrats are insisting on changes to ...

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration's ...

By ALEJANDRO LAZO/CalMatters If you're worried about data centers and AI inflating your electricity bill, you're not alone. A California watchdog released a report Tuesday urging policymakers to act fast on the state's fast-growing data-center industry – before soaring electricity demand ...