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Schools across the country lost track of students at alarming rates during the pandemic. Almost two years into the return of in-person education, schools still struggle with chronic absenteeism.

There is a simple reason for male groundhogs to seize the Feb. 2 holiday. But the handlers of female groundhogs say their animals are more accurate than Punxsutawney Phil.

Police arrested two white supremacist gang members — an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape — following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital.

California holds an open primary Tuesday — meaning candidates from both parties run together with the top two advancing. Candidates are vying to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

The U.S. Supreme Court, for now, is allowing Texas to implement its immigration law, known as SB4, that permits local and state police to arrest people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally.

John Barnett made headlines when he went public, saying he wouldn't trust planes made in South Carolina to be airworthy. His family says Barnett suffered PTSD and anxiety from his work at Boeing.

The central valley of California produces a quarter of the nation's food. How are farmworkers dealing with an intense, long-lasting heatwave sweeping the interior of the state?

Nearly half of all land burned by wilfires in the U.S. this summer is in Oregon. These rangeland fires got few headlines, but they came at peak grazing time and are economically devastating.

Florida and a handful of other states declined to apply for millions of federal dollars for projects to draw down carbon emissions. Now it falls to cities to make their own climate plans.

In the Citizens United Case in 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled corporations and unions have a constitutional right to spend unlimited money on political ads. State courts are expected to follow that principle. But in December, Montana's high court refused to go along. It argued Montana's history and demography make it different enough to deserve an exemption from the federal ruling.