Like many families here, the Coopers have worked in coal for generations — and in oil before that. That's ending for Matt Cooper and his son Matthew as one of three coal mines in the area closes in a ...

Man who says religious group beat him wants prosecutor removed after long wait for retrial. JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Published: December 15, 2025 . A man who says members ...

Law enforcement would be barred from making civil arrests — including immigration arrests of suspected noncitizens — in state and local courtrooms under a proposal being considered by the Michigan ...

Quincy Williams and his neighborhood buddies would get together and play football games wherever they had some room to run while growing up in Birmingham, Alabama. Williams has since been living out ...

The next Olympic doping scandal could be delivered right to your doorstep. A trove of so-called research chemicals known as peptides, many of them banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency and some not ...

Yet her hope grew as the party mounted an aggressive campaign for its candidate, Aftyn Behn, in a special election to replace a Republican who had resigned. In the end, high Democratic enthusiasm and ...

On a recent Monday, Summit County’s felony drug court carried on as it has for the past decade despite its revamped programming and new name – Turning Point. A middle-aged offender chose to speak ...

Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city buses ...

Swearing-in ceremonies often have a special place in the hearts of elected officials and that was certainly the case for Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio. On Dec. 28, 2018, he ...

The fear is palpable in this Palestinian village. It's clear in how farmers gather their harvests quickly, how they scan the valley for movement, how they dare not stray past certain roads. At any ...

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...

Federal authorities are preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S., according to a person ...