KINGSFORD — Angela Elliott-Johnson is the new executive director of the Medical Care Access Coalition, which assists the uninsured and under-insured in acquiring affordable health care and prescription medications. Elliott-Johnson succeeds Mylynn Trulock, who directed the program for more ...
Wisconsin regulators can now forge ahead with regulations to prioritize and prorate payments for wolf attacks on livestock and dogs due to a potential funding shortfall. The policymaking board for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources granted the agency approval to craft regulations ...
PARIS (AP) — Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes. The historic temperatures are linked to human-caused climate change, ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to become a hurricane while approaching the Big Island of Hawaii, where it could bring heavy rain and flooding this weekend, forecasters said. The storm was forecast to bring rain to the Hawaiian Islands starting late Friday as well as high winds and dangerous surf, the National Hurricane Center said. A hurricane warning was in effect for Hawaii County and a tropical storm watch was in place for Maui County including the islands of Maui, Lanai, Molokai and Kahoolawe, forecasters said. Lala ...
The U.S. Army temporarily halted all Apache helicopter training missions Friday after a fatal crash in Texas earlier this week killed two soldiers. No cause of the Wednesday crash has been released because the investigation has just begun. A safety investigation team from the Army Combat ...
A potential disaster was averted Friday when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid confusion and keep them a safe distance apart. Audio of the incident shortly after midnight Friday ...
