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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government will offer 77.8 million acres (31.5 million hectares) in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration and development on Aug. 21. An Interior Department statement says the lease sale...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine approved a 4% cut in personal income taxes as part of Ohio’s next state budget but vetoed 25 other items Thursday, including elements affecting Medicaid, education and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on legislation to raise the federal minimum wage (all times local): 12:05 p.m. The House has approved legislation to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade, to $15 an hour....

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a federal appeals court upholding the securities fraud conviction against former drug company CEO Martin Shkreli (all times local): ___ 12:10 p.m. Martin Shkreli’s lawyer has expressed...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House passes bill raising federal minimum wage to $15, but prospects are dim in Senate .

JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — The numbers are staggering: An average yearly total of 107 opioid pills per resident were distributed over a seven-year period in this rural county deep in Appalachia. The newly released federal data is...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein (all times local): 11:30 a.m. A federal judge has denied bail for jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges involving underage...

NEW YORK (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein denied bail in federal case alleging he sexually abused underage girls.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in a decade, the House is set to approve an increase in the federal minimum wage — to $15 an hour, including for tipped workers. Passage was expected Thursday after centrists won concessions...