By ROGER PHILLIPS Idaho Statesman MCCALL, Idaho (AP) _ It’s called mountain biking for a reason. Careening down a mountain singletrack and zig-zagging through pines …

TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) _ State safety regulators have fined the Manke Lumber Company in Tacoma for 25 serious and 11 general safety and health violations …

NEW YORK (AP) _ Ride-hailing app company Uber says it is banning its riders and drivers from carry guns. Uber Technologies says it is banning …

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Clean-energy boosters are upset by a provision in the jobs and energy bill that passed last week that would let …

HELENA, Mont. (AP) _ Health officials are joining a push for the Environmental Protection Agency to acknowledge East Helena meets air quality standards for sulfur …

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) _ About 40 children became ill while swimming at a city-run water park in Antioch after excessive chlorine apparently leaked into the …

BOSTON (AP) _ Police are responding to reports of gunshots near Boston University. Massachusetts State Police say troopers responded Friday afternoon to a footbridge near …

By KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ The agency that failed to secure data on millions of federal workers is now being criticized …

LANSING, Mich. (AP) _ DTE Energy and Consumers Energy have pledged $5 billion each to help businesses grow in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder’s office announced …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ The Louisiana National Guard says it has a contract with a Baton Rouge company to begin getting rid of about 7,800 …