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On the site of a former Alabama coal plant, Google bets big with a data center expansion

(NEW YORK) -- In the foothills of the Appalachians, where a coal plant once operated, now sits a massive data center operated by Google -- and it's about to get even bigger.This week the tech giant announced a $1.5 billion expansion of its Jackson ...
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LAPD probing officer shooting that killed dog after 911 call

(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles Police Department said it's investigating an incident in which an officer shot and killed a dog while answering a 911 call, which turned out to be a false alarm over a woman celebrating the New York Knicks' historic ...
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BHP shares head for worst day in over 3 months on Jansen project cost overruns, $2.3 billion hit

June 19 (Reuters) - Shares of BHP Group slid on Friday after the world's largest listed miner flagged cost overruns at its Jansen Stage 2 potash project in Canada and disclosed a $2.3 billion charge. The Melbourne-based company's stock fell as much as 4.4% to ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: State unemployment rate remains more than 5%

(The Center Square) - The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced on Thursday that the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.1% in May. The number is 0.7 percentage ...
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Chicago discards proposed ban on unregulated ‘sweepstakes machines’

(The Center Square) - The Chicago City Council voted down a proposed ban on a type of prevalent gaming machines, which are not regulated or taxed by either the city or state due to what officials have described as a legal grey area. ...
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US launches trade investigation into Germany over drug pricing

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. has launched a trade investigation into a German plan to lower its spending on pharmaceutical products, to see whether it is unreasonable or discriminatory, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday. The probe comes under ...
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Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 896

June 18 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 896, including 232 deaths, government data showed late on Thursday. The number represented the total number of confirmed cases as of Wednesday, according to a situation ...
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NJ Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. sets June 30 return date after monthslong absence

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who's been absent from Congress since March with an unspecified medical issue, is set to return on June 30, a political consultant to the congressman said Thursday. Kean, who represents a battleground district in this year's midterms, ...
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Georgia’s QR codes for counting votes likely to remain for midterms as lawmakers delay action

ATLANTA (AP) - A day after postponing plans to redraw Georgia's congressional and legislative districts, state lawmakers were poised Thursday to delay making any changes to the state's current vote-counting method. That would mean the system, which relies on a QR code to tally the ...
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Five years after a Navajo elder vanished, the man who robbed her was released from prison

EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) - Five years to the day that Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay disappeared from her home in a remote corner of Arizona, the man who acknowledged beating her, stealing her truck and leaving her on the roadside is free from prison. Preston ...
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Senators seek to block Hegseth travel funds until Pentagon releases report on Iran school strike

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators are seeking to block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel funds until the Pentagon submits several overdue reports to lawmakers, including its investigation into a deadly strike on an elementary school in Iran at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war. According to ...
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Disability-rights advocates sue Illinois over physician-assisted suicide law

(The Center Square) - A law that is set to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Illinois is being challenged by disability-rights advocates and organizations in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois. ...
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