By ERIN NOLAN/Honolulu Civil Beat The deadly wildfires that devastated Maui in August 2023 triggered an island-wide mental health crisis, according to new research from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization and the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study. The study, published ...

By CARLOS NOGUERAS RAMOS/The Texas Tribune The Texas Tribune If Texas wants to continue to be a leader in oil, the Permian Basin needs more energy. That's the warning influential trade groups representing oil companies have been telling state lawmakers and regulators for years. A dearth ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper accused of ramming his vehicle into an SUV during a high-speed chase leading to the death of an 11-year-old girl was convicted of manslaughter Friday at his second trial. Prosecutors say Christopher Baldner, 47, rammed the SUV twice on ...

By THEO PECK-SUZUKI/The Connecticut Mirror The truth is out there, and state Rep. Joe Hoxha, R-Bristol, wants to find it. Hoxha authored a bill, H.B. 5422, that calls for the University of Connecticut to partner with various state agencies to study unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs ...

By RYAN J. FOLEY and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is terminating the contractor running its largest detention facility and replacing it with a more experienced firm that will work to improve medical care and other services, the agency said ...

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Atlantic 10 commissioner Bernadette McGlade skimmed through the 12-page memo the NCAA sent out last month that highlighted potential travel issues ahead of the men's and women's basketball tournaments and couldn't help but feel a bit of ...