Hurricane Isaias brings wind, water and destruction

A weakening Isaias makes landfall in the western Florida Panhandle

New Alaska sea sponge species fuel debate over fishery practices

Why this candidate for SC attorney general doesn’t want donations

Measles cases for the calendar year surpassed 4,000 for the first time in decades, with as many as five deaths in Pennsylvania, as the federal government steps in with financial help for states but also fans vaccination fears and skepticism.

Seismic surveys, well drilling, ice road construction and other wintertime oil exploration activities on federal lands on the western North Slope will no longer be subject to case-by-case environmental evaluation, under a new rule the Trump administration announced on Thursday.

On Friday morning, the prediction market platform Kalshi gave the Democratic candidate in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race an 87% chance of winning. The volume of trading on the outcome exceeded $1.8 million.This is exactly the type of activity Minnesota and numerous other states want to shut down.

Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between Kansas Reflector and MS NOW.

Alabama Supreme Court affirms dismissal of Tommy Tuberville residency challenge

Isaias is now a ‘major’ hurricane barreling toward northern Gulf Coast

Maine to receive $36M in early release of federal heating assistance

Father of slain 22-year-old pledges to ‘do anything’ to strengthen criminal recordkeeping

Regulatory change opens door to one-stop mental and physical healthcare in NJ