AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season. Both easily won their party’s nomination for governor on Tuesday. Abbott is in a commanding position in his bid for a third term, […]

Ford is splitting its electric vehicle and internal combustion divisions into separate businesses. The automaker said Wednesday that its plan includes two distinct, but strategically interdependent, auto businesses – Ford Blue focusing on traditional combustion engines and Ford Model e, which will develop electric vehicles. Ford is already developing electric […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is delivering his first State of the Union address at a precipitous moment for the nation. Biden is aiming to lead the country out of a pandemic, reboot his stalled domestic agenda and confront Russia’s aggression. Tuesday night’s speech initially had been conceived by […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices soared and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe U.S. government bonds as Russia stepped up its war on Ukraine. The price of oil surged back above $100 a barrel after Russia, a major energy producer, faced further isolation and economic damage because of its […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and killed his three daughters, their chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a church in Sacramento, California. An official says deputies responding to reports of gunfire around 5 p.m. Monday found five people dead, including the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. That word comes from people familiar with the matter. In selecting Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise, moving to further diversify a court that […]

Hoeven Statement on Russia’s Attack on Ukraine  WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement today regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “Russia’s invasion is an unprovoked attack on the Ukrainian people and a warning to all of Europe. The United States must […]

North Dakota man dies in avalanche north of Yellowstone park BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Officials have released the name of a 34-year-old man who died in an avalanche while riding a snow bike north of Yellowstone National Park. Park County Coroner Al Jenkins says Nathaniel Wolfe of Bismarck, North Dakota, […]