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.

From rockets to brain implants, here's a look at Elon Musk's vast empire

NEW YORK (AP) – Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and now first-ever trillionaire, controls a lot of different businesses. Electric vehicles. Brain implants. Underground tunnels. A social media platform once called Twitter. And a rocket maker that blasted off its trading from Wall Street this week.

Trump celebrates turning 80 while big issues loom over his presidency

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump marks turning 80 on Sunday with a birthday celebration that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the storied South Lawn of the White House. This week, the hard realities of the office have threatened to overshadow the ostentatious UFC mixed martial arts extravaganza.

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.

Trump and Macron will meet over dinner at Versailles palace after G7 summit

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the glittering Palace of Versailles near Paris after the G7 summit of leading industrialized nations next week in France, their governments announced Saturday.