Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can ‘exploded into a fireball’

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million…

State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a…

LSU and Tulane are getting $22 million to lead group effort to save the Mississippi River Delta

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana State University and Tulane University are receiving a $22 million award…

AP news site hit by apparent denial-of-service attack

The Associated Press news website experienced an outage that appeared to be consistent with a denial-of-service…

Por lo menos un muerto en planta de carbón colapsada en Kentucky

INEZ, Kentucky, EE.UU. (AP) — Dos trabajadores quedaron atrapados bajo una procesadora de carbón en demolición…

Cleanup is done on a big Kansas oil spill on the Keystone system, the company and EPA say

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of the Keystone pipeline system has finished cleaning up a…

Kentucky report card shows some improvement in student test scores but considerable work ahead

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Students in Kentucky showed some improvement on their statewide test scores, especially…

La Fed deja sin cambios las tasas de interés

WASHINGTON (AP) — La Reserva Federal el miércoles dejó sin cambios su tasa de interés de…

U.S. job openings rise slightly to 9.6 million, sign of continued strength in the job market

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 9.6 million job openings in September, up from 9.5 million in…

Louisiana was open to Cancer Alley concessions. Then EPA dropped its investigation

For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black…