Curtailment has a special meaning in electric power systems. It describes any action that reduces the amount of electricity generated to maintain the balance between supply and demand – which is critical for avoiding blackouts.

Recently, curtailment has made news in states like California and Texas that are adding a lot of wind and ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A constitutional amendment stating that only citizens can vote may be on the ballot in North Carolina in November as advocates for stricter rules in state elections lobby Republican lawmakers.

Sen. Brad Overcash, a Gaston County Republican, told The News & Observer on Tuesday he would sponsor the effort to amend the state ...Read more

DETROIT — The parents of the Oxford High School shooter have been appointed appeals attorneys less than a month after they were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison each for four counts of involuntary manslaughter connected to the mass shooting.

James and Jennifer Crumbley have not yet officially filed an appeal, but they have taken the ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has broken “public trust” by being untruthful on driver’s license application forms — and should get his law enforcement certification suspended for a half-year, an attorney with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement recommends in a pending state case.

“The position of an ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge this week struck down a North Carolina law that criminalized voting for people with felony convictions.

In a 25-page order Monday, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs wrote that the law, which was originally passed in 1877, “was enacted with discriminatory intent, has not been cleansed of its discriminatory ...Read more

NEW YORK — Columbia-affiliated Barnard College is looking to cut a deal with students suspended over the recent Gaza protests that would allow them to have their records cleared — if they agree to follow all college rules going forward.

That would likely require them to avoid the new encampment protesting the Israel-Hamas war now taking ...Read more

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday to adopt a near-total ban on non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry, a rule the Chamber of Commerce vowed to immediately challenge in court.

The high-stakes legal showdown comes three years after President Joseph Biden signed an executive order ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Officials shut down the campus of Cal Poly Humboldt on Monday night after masked pro-Palestinian protesters occupied an administrative building and barricaded the entrance as Gaza-related demonstrations roiled campuses across the nation.

Three students were arrested after law enforcement officers wearing helmets and riot shields...Read more

WASHINGTON — Punted deadlines on must-pass legislation drove lobbying activity and revenues, as expenditures by K Street’s biggest spenders ticked up in the first quarter of this year.

The top 10 interest groups by spending last quarter dropped $89.1 million on lobbying, up about 3% from the fourth quarter and up nearly 13% compared with ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The EPA has issued a final rule that will list the two most widely used forms of PFAS chemicals under the law governing Superfund sites, spurring worries in Congress over the liability for industries that merely received products that contained them.

The agency’s final rule designates perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and ...Read more

An Oklahoma City man killed his wife and three of his sons before taking his own life Monday morning, according to police.

Jonathon Candy, 42, was identified Tuesday as the shooter. He killed Lindsay Candy, 39; Dylan Candy, 18; Ethan Candy, 14, and Lucas Candy, 12, according to police.

The couple’s 10-year-old son, who has not been publicly ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump on Tuesday was threatened with thousands of dollars in fines — and potentially jail time — for denigrating anticipated witnesses and jurors in his hush money case in violation of a gag order.

Before the trial resumed, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan heard arguments from prosecutors requesting that the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Officials shut down the campus of Cal Poly Humboldt on Monday night after masked pro-Palestinian protesters occupied an administrative building and barricaded the entrance as Gaza-related demonstrations roiled campuses across the nation.

Three students were arrested after law enforcement officers wearing helmets and riot shields...Read more

The Biden administration sent sorely needed reinforcements to the Haiti National Police on Tuesday, deploying a U.S. military aircraft to Port-au-Prince weeks after notifying the U.S. Congress it would be providing millions of dollars’ worth of weapons and ammunition to help officers take on ruthless gangs.

The first aircraft to land on the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices sounded skeptical Tuesday about siding with a Los Angeles couple who claimed the wife's constitutional rights were violated when the government denied a visa to her Salvadoran husband, in part over his tattoos.

While some justices said they agreed that denial of a visa to a U.S. citizen's spouse could in ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Ingham County Judge Kristen Simmons opened a court hearing Tuesday by warning a group of Republican electors facing felony charges in Michigan and their lawyers against making "disparaging" social media posts about witnesses.

Such actions are "ridiculous" and could amount to witness intimidation, which can lead to a criminal ...Read more

MONROE, Mich. — A 66-year-old former commodore of a Monroe County boat club was charged Tuesday with driving drunk and killing two children and injuring 13 others, though her attorney contended she had been having "seizures" in her legs before the crash that caused paralysis.

Marshella Chidester was arraigned Tuesday in Monroe County's 1st ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As senators conduct hearings on Boeing Co.’s door plug blowout and other issues, many are starting to question whether the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of the aircraft manufacturer has been too lenient.

In tandem hearings Wednesday on Boeing’s safety culture and management systems, Republicans and Democrats ...Read more