PHOTO COLLECTION: The U.S. Postal Service at 250

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Longtime lawmaker shapes the debate as Arizona grapples with dwindling water supplies

PHOENIX (AP) — Throughout two decades marked by drought, climate change and growing demand for water, Arizona’s leaders have fiercely debated an increasingly urgent problem: how to manage dwindling water supplies in an arid state. At the
Hulk Hogan’s death resurfaces painful contradictions for Black wrestling fans

One of Kazeem Famuyide’s earliest memories is sitting on his father’s lap watching Hulk Hogan wrestle in the 1988 Survivor Series. His love of Hogan in the ring became inextricable from what would become a lifelong obsession
1 dead, 1 wounded, suspect at large in University of New Mexico dorm shooting

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One person is dead and another wounded in a shooting early Friday at a dormitory complex at the University of New Mexico, prompting a campus-wide search for the suspect. The campus was closed
Trump administration clears way to keep Alina Habba as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump has moved to keep his former defense attorney Alina Habba on the job as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, even though a panel of judges refused to extend
Trump: strong dollar sounds good but ‘you make a hell of a lot more’ with a weaker one

By Maiya Keidan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he liked a strong dollar but “you make a hell of a lot more money” with a weaker one. “So when we have a strong
Deportation flights from Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center have begun, DeSantis says

OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as ” Alligator Alcatraz ″ began in the past few days, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. The flights operated by the Department of
From Benjamin Franklin to Pony Express to anthrax: How the US Postal Service shaped a nation

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turns 250 on Saturday. Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin
PHOTO ESSAY: Many Californians lack safe tap water and don’t trust cleanup efforts

THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — Agustin and Ricarda Toledo loaded eight empty 5-gallon jugs onto their truck and drove to a water store some 14 miles from their Southern California home, just as they’ve done almost weekly for
The Latest: Trump leaves for Scotland to inaugurate a new golf course in Aberdeenshire

President Donald Trump will travel to Scotland on Friday as his family’s business prepares for the Aug. 13 opening of a new golf course in Aberdeenshire billed as “the greatest 36 holes in golf.” While there, Trump