By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz became the agency's administrator in a party line 53-45 vote. The 64-year-old will manage health ...

SOUTHGATE, Mich. (AP) — An explosion destroyed a house before dawn Thursday in suburban Detroit, killing a woman who was trapped in the rubble and severely injuring a man who was blown to the front yard. "Both had extensive burns and internal injuries," Southgate police Det. Sgt. Nathan ...

By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from last year's Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate, albeit by "makeshift routes," according to an investigation from the Tennessee ...

Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases this week, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into central Texas. Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Other states with ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The owners of what was once Pennsylvania's biggest coal-fired power plant said Wednesday that they will turn it into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus designed to capitalize on the fast-growing energy demands of Big Tech companies to power artificial ...

Twenty staffers at a suburban Philadelphia charter school are facing charges related to the alleged physical abuse of students using painful, unapproved techniques to restrain and punish youths in a program meant to help them deal with emotional issues, authorities announced Monday. Delaware ...

Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes as more rounds of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South. The potent storm system will bring the threat of "significant, life-threatening flash flooding" starting Wednesday, according ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With the promise of newer, cheaper nuclear power on the horizon, U.S. states are vying to position themselves to build and supply the industry's next generation as policymakers consider expanding subsidies and paving over regulatory obstacles. Advanced reactor designs ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs and make other sweeping changes to public colleges and universities in Ohio. Students, teachers and civil rights groups had called for a veto by DeWine, whose office ...

Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned. The railroad filed the motion that is set to go to ...

America's craft brewers already have enough problems. Hard seltzers and cocktails are muscling into beer sales. Millennials and Gen Z don't drink as much as their elders. Brewpubs still haven't fully recovered from the shock of COVID-19 five years ago. Now there's a new threat: President ...

By HILLEL ITALIE and AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's executive order titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, "come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ...

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even if you're not in the market for a new car, U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on auto imports could make owning one more expensive. The new taxes, which are set to begin April 3 and expand in the following weeks, ...

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press In North Carolina, wildfires stoked by unusually dry air and debris from last year's Hurricane Helene are burning out of control. In Florida, there are dozens of blazes, including one that scorched about 42 square miles in Miami-Dade County. And they ...

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that was targeted for mass firings before the court's intervention. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman ...

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer President Donald Trump's FCC commissioner said Friday he's opening an investigation into the Walt Disney Co. and its ABC television network to see whether they are "promoting invidious forms of DEI discrimination." FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced ...

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Javice, the charismatic founder of a startup company that claimed to be revolutionizing the way college students apply for financial aid, was convicted Friday of defrauding one of the world's largest banks, ...

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The administration of President Donald Trump is investigating Maine with a claim that dozens of school districts in the state violate federal law by withholding information about students' gender transitioning from parents. The ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs and make other sweeping changes to public colleges and universities in Ohio. Students, teachers and civil rights groups had ...

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press The water in California's mountain snowpack is just shy of average as spring begins, and a winter storm coming to the Sierra Nevada should offer a boost. The statewide snowpack measured 90% of average on Friday, just ahead of the anticipated April 1 peak ...