US REGIONS

Florida is set to start fining businesses, government entities and schools $5,000 for asking customers or visitors to show proof they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Republicans cried foul this week over $200 million earmarked in the House Democrats’ massive $3.5 trillion budget resolution for the Presidio Park in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco district, according to reports.

Vermont is incentivizing workers to move to the state by offering them up to $7,500 each.

Elon Musk says he "would prefer to stay out of politics" after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named the billionaire in defending the state's abortion law.

Kodak's apology to China's government and its removal of an Instagram post showing the situation in Xinjiang had U.S. Sen. Rick Scott "deeply concerned,” the Florida Republican said Wednesday.

An Illinois woman was busted Saturday for allegedly using a phony COVID-19 vaccine card with a glaring typo to travel to Hawaii, a report said.

California sent out the first batch of Golden State Stimulus payments this week, delivering payments to more than 600,000 residents.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves explained the issues his state is facing in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, stressing that it has been a “a challenging time.”

Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal brine, salty water that has been overlooked and pumped back underground since the region’s first geothermal plant opened in 1982.

The number of businesses fleeing California is on the rise.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the Biden administration is monitoring potential fuel shortages in the states most impacted by Hurricane Ida, saying it was open to issuing a Jones Act waiver that would lift certain fuel restrictions.

A freight train barreled through a semi-truck that was carrying what appeared to be a piece of a wind turbine as the 18-wheeler drove over the tracks at a rail crossing in Texas on Sunday.

Hollywood megadonors are bankrolling Gavin Newsom's campaign to stave off a recall, with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings giving a whopping $3 million.

The administrative office of 911 for Louisiana on Sunday reported a temporary 911 outage hours before Hurricane Ida reached landfall.

Some 175 artifacts and mementos from the Prohibition Era, including his favorite guns, vintage prints featuring the infamous crime lord with various members of his family, letters written by Capone to his son while at Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary.

A landlord in upstate New York is living out of a car with her daughter after being unable to collect rent from tenants in three properties she owns due to the eviction moratoriums.

Despite Tuesday's ruling, Line 3 opponents are holding a series of events at the state Capitol in St. Paul this week, including a march and rally on Wednesday to call on President Joe Biden to order the Army Corps of Engineers to cancel the project's federal permits.

A Bay Area booze distributor accused of paying a $500,000 bribe to get her son into the University of Southern California — and then bragging that it was “worth every cent” — has agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions scandal, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Land Tejas Executive Vice President Uri Man discusses a new WalletHub report that found Texas cities rank highest for the best places to buy a house in 2021.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige is urging tourists not to travel to the islands due to a surge in coronavirus cases amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.