As electric bills rise, some US states are focusing on growing profits of utilities

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The artificial intelligence boom is leading to fights in some states over growing utility profits, as governors, attorneys general and others protesting rising electricity bills say cash-strapped residents are stuck in a broken system.

US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say

TECATE, Mexico (AP) – White sage burning, Norma Meza Calles gathers guests at a Mexican wellness resort into a semicircle facing Kuuchamaa Mountain and asks everyone to close their eyes and feel its presence. “This is sacred to us like a church for you all. The mountain is our healer, our psychologist,” said Meza Calles, a Kumeyaay Nation tribal leader.

Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included 'VIP snorkel' at Pearl Harbor memorial

WASHINGTON (AP) – When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau’s Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement.

Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in Russia and triggers fire at sea terminal

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured three in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, local officials said Saturday, as part of Kyiv’s campaign of strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia.

Adam Scott reaches 100 straight majors. Some greats never made it that far

Adam Scott is playing in his 100th consecutive major next week in the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Here’s a list of notable players (streak in parentheses) and how their streaks ended:

Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as hantavirus outbreak unfolds

NEW YORK (AP) – No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been uncharacteristically missing in action.

South Carolina's measles outbreak is over after sickening 1,000 people

South Carolina’s measles outbreak – the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years – is over, state health officials declared Monday. On Sunday, the state passed the threshold of 42 days with no new outbreak-related cases. In the end, 997 people were sickened by the vaccine-preventable disease since October.

Wife of US soldier released from federal immigration detention

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The wife of a U.S. soldier was released Tuesday from a federal immigration detention facility where she had spent nearly a week after being taken into custody on a Louisiana military base.

SpaceX soars 23% and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of SpaceX soared 23% in their Wall Street debut on Friday, making the rocket maker’s CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire. The shares opened at $150 and kept rising, reaching $166.90 around 12:.20 p.m. ET. That price gave the company a market value of $2.18 trillion.