By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a pair of executive orders aimed at showing his commitment to improving home affordability — a key issue for many voters going into November's election for control of the House and Senate. Under ...

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 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 ...

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 ...