A pair of earthquakes battered Venezuela with at least 164 fatalities; Nevada leaders promote ballot measure on abortion rights; Social Security cuts could hit Pennsylvania retirees in 2032; retirement for folks in New Mexico looks different depending on wealth.

Forecasters place the southeast Colorado plains under a slight risk for severe storms Thursday, with damaging wind gusts up to 65 mph the primary threat.

Auburn University's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to dissolve the faculty senate and claim sole authority over academic decisions, a move faculty leaders say happened without their input or public discussion.

The Cottonwood Fire burning 70,000 acres in southwest Utah in just 48 hours may already be the state's most destructive fire on record, Governor Spencer Cox said Wednesday.

The Trump administration and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sued Wednesday to overturn a 2004 state law allowing undocumented college students to receive in-state tuition rates.

Colorado's new law allows renewable energy projects like solar and wind to be built on contaminated industrial sites, freeing up working farmland while spurring local economic development.

The U.S. Postal Service will refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that don't surrender voter lists to the federal government under a new proposed rule, the postmaster general confirmed Wednesday.

Trump refuses to sign a bipartisan housing bill unless Congress passes voting restrictions, the head of the Postal Service says a new proposal could prevent the delivery of some absentee ballots and election workers face high turnover and burnout.

A closed-door meeting with Trump and GOP Senators turns angry; Colorado clears way for clean energy on contaminated land; Literature to be returned to a Mississippi museum after judge's ruling; Postal union urges Michigan residents to help save local post offices.

The frontline for voting rights is the rural south, colleges are working harder to recruit rural high school students, an ancient grain called sorghum could help fight hunger caused by climate change and pandowdy is the perfect July 4th dessert.