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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — Jacob Sagrera unrolls an alligator skin and lays it flat on a metal table, brushing off flecks of salt. He holds it up to the light, looking for blemishes, and gives it a score. That score will help a tannery an ocean away ...
