National News

National Weather Radar System Upgrades On Track

BOISE, ID. | By KEITH RIDLER, (AP) — An eight-year plan for a major upgrade to the nation's weather radar stations to help predict dangerous storms and improve air traffic safety is on track at the midway point... Read More...

President Taps Former Evanston Resident, Wyoming Native for Interior Post

JACKSON, WY. (AP) — President Donald J. Trump has nominated a Wyoming man to be assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks at the U.S. Interior Department. The Buckrail reports that Robert Wallace was ... Read More...

Israel Preserves Holocaust Survivors’ Memorabilia for Future

RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL| By ARON HELLER, (AP) — Under a fluorescent light, an archivist from Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial snaps photos and scans into her mobile database the last remnant that a pair of elde... Read More...

Girls’ Football Lawsuit to Gauge Interest in School Teams

SALT LAKE CITY, UT. | By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, (AP) — The question of how many girls would play football for an all-female high school team if given the chance took center stage Friday in a Utah lawsuit filed by ... Read More...

President Trump Signs Colorado River Drought Plan

PHOENIX, AZ | By JONATHAN J. COOPER, (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a plan to cut back on the use of water from the Colorado River, which serves 40 million people in the U.S. West. The Color... Read More...

Columbine Attack Shapes Schools, Families 20 Years Later

By KATHLEEN FOODY, ALLEN G. BREED and P. SOLOMON BANDA, Associated Press DENVER, CO. (AP) — Dropping her kids off at school used to be the hardest part of Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson's day. She would cry most m... Read More...

AP Poll: Bullying, Not Schools, Blamed for Shootings

By EMILY SWANSON, CAROLYN THOMPSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years after the Columbine High School shooting made practicing for armed intruders as routine as fire drills... Read More...

CBD is Getting Buzz, But Does it Work? And is it Legal?

NATIONWIDE | By CARLA K. JOHNSON and CANDICE CHOI, (AP) - With CBD showing up everywhere, U.S. regulators announced Tuesday they are exploring ways the marijuana extract could be used legally in foods, dietary ... Read More...

US Investigating Vaping Connection to Seizure Risk

WASHINGTON | By MATTHEW PERRONE, (AP) — U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices. The Food and Drug Admini... Read More...

Legal Hemp, Pot’s Look-Alike, Creates Quandary for Police

PORTLAND, OR. | By GILLIAN FLACCUS, (AP) — Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBDs, a compound in ... Read More...