The FCC has been threatening to rip up local TV station ownership rules and now it's gone and done it, according to a report by Deadline. In a 2-1 vote, the FCC has transformed Section 303 of the Communications Act,

The FCC voted on Thursday to remove the cap on TV station ownership in the US, delivering a big win to media companies aligned with President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

The FCC voted 2-1 to remove ownership caps on local TV stations but everyone was not thrilled with the decision.

"The FCC's decision to eliminate the 39 percent national audience reach cap is unlawful on its face," the lone Democratic commissioner wrote.

Ky., said Thursday that he has been discharged from a rehabilitation center where he was recovering from a fall he suffered in mid-June.

Sen. Mitch McConnell has been discharged from a rehabilitation facility and will continue recovering at home after a June fall in Kentucky.

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, who has been absent from the Senate since a June fall at his home, has been released from a rehabilitation center to continue his recovery at home.

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell has been released from a rehabilitation center 53 days after his fall on June 14, marking his first significant step back toward normal Senate engagement. His return home signals that the Senate’s longest‑serving GOP leader is resuming work—albeit remotely—during a critical stretch of the August state work period.

It would slim regulation of the 60-year-old anti-poverty program and aim to save money. Advocates worry the changes could undermine the early education program's mission.

The Department of Health and Human Services' proposed rule would remove certain federal requirements governing the 61-year-old program.

Several Senate Republicans expressed wariness to USA TODAY about any deregulation of the decadesold, bipartisan program.

Early childhood policy experts argue the deregulation could undermine Head Start's position as the gold standard in early education.

The restaurants, linked to “illness clusters” in seven of the states, are no longer considered an ongoing risk, the CDC said.

A salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños has sickened people in 27 states, with 36 hospitalizations reported, according to federal health officials.

Dozens of people are sick from salmonella connected to jalapeño peppers, and Qdoba and Chipotle have stopped serving the peppers.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention is monitoring a multi-state Salmonella outbreak tied to jalapeño peppers, with several cases reported in Texas. On Wednesday, the CDC reported public health officials were tracking a 27-state outbreak of approximately 345 cases of Salmonella Javiana infections.

German energy giant RWE said it will abandon wind leases off the coast of New York, Louisiana and Northern California near Humboldt, further challenging the Golden State's clean energy ambitions.

An offshore wind company says it's reached a $1.2 billion deal with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana

Germany's RWE is the latest big energy developer to exit U.S. offshore wind, agreeing to a $1.22 billion settlement with the Interior Department to relinquish its offshore wind leases. The agreement includes offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York,

An offshore wind company said Thursday that it reached a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana. This latest agreement brings the total amount spent on such settlements to nearly $4 billion.

Wildfires near Spokane, Washington, have forced thousands to evacuate, destroyed homes and damaged hundreds of structures as crews battle the blazes.

The city’s new understanding of evacuation response times and how to deploy traffic assistance also mattered. The city amplified fire-weather warnings that had been issued the d

Crews have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state’s second-largest city, but hotter, drier and

In Washington state, some of the 60,000 people evacuated during the devastating wildfires in Spokane are returning to burned-out neighborhoods to find little or nothing left of their homes. Gwen Baumgardner reports.