11 Connecticut cops sickened during heroin and fentanyl bust

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Eleven members of a police SWAT team became ill during a Connecticut drug bust after bursting into a Hartford apartment andRead More

State wants to raise expectations for welfare recipients

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration is proposing a re-write of its welfare-to-work manual to raise expectations for welfare recipients seeking jobs.Read More

Trump child care plan breaks with conservative orthodoxy

ASTON, Pa. (AP) – Donald Trump rolled out a plan Tuesday aimed at making child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paidRead More

Tropical Storm Julia dumping heavy rain on Florida, Georgia

MIAMI (AP) — Slow-moving Tropical Storm Julia dumped rain across northeast Florida and along much of the Georgia coastline Wednesday morning, but in most placesRead More

Official: Student dies of brain infection linked to Maryland

Health officials say a New York college student has died of a rare brain infection she probably contracted while swimming in a body of freshRead More

Court hears challenge to New Hampshire ‘ballot selfie’ law

BOSTON (AP) — Voters who post photos of their completed election ballots on social media are “taking the world into the voting booth with them,”Read More

Bar cars returning to Connecticut-New York commuter trains

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Railroad cars equipped with bars for serving alcohol are returning to commuter trains running between New York City and Connecticut, restoringRead More

This device can read the pages of a book without opening it

Leave it to the great minds at MIT and Georgia Tech to figure out a way to read the pages of a book without actuallyRead More

Cops: Teacher left gun in bathroom, elementary kids found it

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A teacher at a Pennsylvania Christian school accidently left her loaded pistol in a bathroom, where elementary school children found it,Read More

Girl, 8, dies when 9-year-old driver rolls utility vehicle

ROSENDALE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old girl rolled a utility vehicle, killing her 8-year-old passenger, on a rural road in western Missouri. TheRead More