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This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Rachel in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP)

Tropical Pacific moisture drenches central US as another Pacific hurricane forms

October 1, 2026 at 7:23 a.m.

Tropical weather that surged onshore from the Pacific soaked more of the U.S. on Wednesday while forecasters announced yet another hurricane off the coast of Mexico.

FILE – A haul truck is seen after being loaded with coal by a mechanized shovel at the Spring Creek mine, in this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, near Decker, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

President Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

October 4, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

The sales are a signature piece of President Donald Trump's ambitions for companies to dig more coal from federal lands and burn it for electricity.

A woman places a bouquet of flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack outside of the Boulder County, Colo., courthouse Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP)

An 82-year-old woman who was injured in a firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, has died

June 30, 2025 at 4:35 p.m.

An 82-year-old Colorado woman who was injured in a Molotov cocktail attack on demonstrators in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza has died, prosecutors said Monday.

This 2016 photo shows Judge Hannah Dugan in Milwaukee. (Lee Matz/Milwaukee Independent via AP)

Who is Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan?

April 25, 2025 at 2:11 p.m.

A judge in Milwaukee is accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, a case that has immediately become a high-profile confrontation between the Trump administration and the judiciary over...

FILE – President Joe Biden awards the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson at the White House in Washington, July 7, 2022. Simpson has died at age 93. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Former US Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, who bridged partisan gaps with his quick wit, dies at age 93

March 14, 2025 at 8:32 a.m.

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was 93.

FILE – A hammer is caught by the safety net during the men’s hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Spectator is killed by a stray hammer thrown at a Colorado youth track and field meet

January 27, 2025 at 4:20 p.m.

An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado, according to officials at...

FILE – AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Donald Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived

January 24, 2025 at 7:43 p.m.

Donald Trump this week suggested coal can help meet surging electricity demand from manufacturing and the massive data centers needed for artificial intelligence.

A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

November 18, 2024 at 8:17 p.m.

A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in...

FILE – Grizzly bear 399 and her four cubs feed on a deer carcass on Nov. 17, 2020, in southern Jackson Hole. (Ryan Dorgan/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)

Grand Teton grizzly bear that delighted visitors for decades is killed by vehicle in Wyoming

October 23, 2024 at 3:48 p.m.

A famous grizzly bear beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife photographers in Grand Teton National Park is dead after being struck by a vehicle in western...

FILE – Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., arrives, with her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, to vote at the Teton County Library during the Republican primary election Aug. 16, 2022, in Jackson Hole, Wyo. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP, File)

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris

September 6, 2024 at 8:45 p.m.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, his daughter Liz Cheney said Friday.

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