PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ The owner of several Rhode Island restaurants and bars has agreed to pay $303,000 in back wages and damages to cooks, …

HELENA, Mont. (AP) _ Arizona-based Pima Medical Institute plans to offer veterinary technician and veterinarian assistant programs in collaboration with the University of Montana Western …

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ A new canine influenza virus that has sickened dogs across the Midwest has reached Minnesota. The Board of Animal Health …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) _ Patient information was put at risk when Beacon Health System was the subject of a security breach that gave unauthorized …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ Actress Natalie Portman has advised graduating Harvard seniors to use their inexperience to their advantage. The Academy Award-winning actress, speaking at …

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) _ Tacoma teachers are protesting the state legislature’s lack of progress on pay and class sizes by putting their after-school work on …

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) _ The Riley Foundation is giving $3.7 million to Meridian Community College to help renovate the school’s Workforce Development Center. The grant …

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) _ A lawsuit says two of billionaire Jim Justice’s affiliated companies owe $2 million from a 2013 coal deal. In a complaint …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) _ The University of North Carolina system has decided to discontinue 46 academic degree programs and consolidate 10 others. The News …

By NICK HEDRICK Tribune-Star TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) _ Lemonade Day is still more than a month away, but Khloe Barnhill already knows how her …