State lawmakers have introduced scores of proposals this year aimed at preventing government agencies from buying Chinese products, limiting Chinese gifts and grants to universities, restricting lobbying for Chinese interests and ending the investment of public funds in Chinese companies. The ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages from developing cavities. Florida lawmakers ...

A Philadelphia judge's role in a cheesesteak shop owned by his wife has prompted a panel to allege he's violated the state's ethics rules. The Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board on Tuesday filed a complaint against Common Pleas Judge Scott DiClaudio over Shay's Steaks, a high-end cheesesteak ...

YORK, Pa. (AP) — A police officer killed while responding to a Pennsylvania hospital siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by another officer that also hit the attacker as he held a hospital worker hostage with a gun to her head, a prosecutor disclosed Wednesday. The attacker and West ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio may enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for minors while an appeal proceeds, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The law also bans transgender women and girls from participating in female sports. The high court's 4-3 decision reverses a lower court ...

Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine, Ohio, soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023. The railroad said it would "make it right" after five tank cars of vinyl chloride were intentionally burned, sending up a huge black plume of smoke that spread more ...