HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Expansion plans by the Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs include groundbreaking on a 7,000-square-foot free-standing exhibition hall within a few months.

The ...

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — It’s back to the 1990s for Darlington Raceway’s latest throwback weekend.

Track officials announced Tuesday the track “Too Tough To Tame” will honor the NASCAR period from 1990-94 when the Southern 500 is run on Sept. 1. Darlington has honored historic periods in ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A commission studying whether New Hampshire schools should be required to start after Labor Day isn’t taking sides, though it emphasizes the economic upside and suggests ways to alleviate opponents’ concerns about such a mandate.

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu created ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A subsidiary of Foxconn Development Corp. has been fined nearly $1,200 in connection with flooding at the company’s construction site caused by heavy rains in Wisconsin during the Labor Day weekend.

The state Department of Natural Resources says it issued the citation to ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Officials are making some changes aimed at keeping participants in Colorado State University’s homecoming parade safe after a boy’s death during a nearby community’s Labor Day event.

Campus police say everyone participating in the parade will have to sign a list ...

DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say an end-of-summer crackdown on drunken driving across Michigan led to hundreds of arrests and citations.

State police announced Thursday that the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown that started Aug. 17 and ran through the Labor Day holiday weekend led ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Advances in technology have allowed Starkville police to put a face on a cold-case suspect.

A DNA sample from a rape and double homicide in 1990 was sent to a private lab that generated mug shots of what the suspect might have looked like 28 years ago and what he ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr says a flood over the Labor Day holiday weekend caused $17.2 million in structural damages in the city.

Fehr told the Manhattan City Commission Tuesday that four commercial and eight residential properties suffered substantial damage — ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Dragon Con — the annual pop culture and sci-fi convention held in downtown Atlanta on Labor Day Weekend — is a place where memories are made. For some, those memories include tying the knot.

The convention follows a strict schedule and is unable to host or conduct weddings, ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno police are looking for the burglars who stole a safe full of $800,000 worth of cash and jewelry from a home over the Labor Day weekend.

Sgt. John Silver says some personal identification also was inside the safe, but nothing else in the house was stolen or ...

JUD, N.D. (AP) — An elderly man has died of injuries suffered last week in a crash in LaMoure County.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 89-year-old Albert Oberlander, of Kulm, died Monday of injuries he received on Labor Day when his minivan left County Road 65 near Jud and crashed into ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Manhattan officials say flood waters that inundated the college town over the Labor Day holiday weekend damaged 106 buildings and 381 homes and apartment units.

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Peoria say they’re investigating the drowning of a 2-year-boy that occurred at a home during a Labor Day family party.

They say officers responded to the home, which did not have a fence surrounding the pool.

The boy was unresponsive after being pulled ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Analysts say record demand heading into the Labor Day weekend sent gas prices up in New Jersey, but prices are expected to drop with the summer driving season over.

AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas Friday in New Jersey was $2.89, up ...

WINDSOR, Colo. (AP) — The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died after being struck by a float during a Labor Day parade in northern Colorado are thanking people from around the world for supporting them.

In a video statement with his wife, Jimmy Zerby ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol agents say seven Arizona residents were arrested in a 24-hour period in separate drug-smuggling incidents.

Agents in the Nogales area said Wednesday the arrests occurred over the Labor Day weekend at an immigration checkpoint on Interstate 19.

They ...

Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers:

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Sept. 3

The Charlotte Observer on American workers:

... It’s practically a rite of late summer, the Labor Day Editorial. You probably know how it goes.

First, there’s some history (with a little guilt on the ...

WINDSOR, Colo. (AP) — A vigil is planned for an 8-year-old boy who died after being struck by a float during a Labor Day parade in northern Colorado.

People plan to gather in Windsor, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Fort Collins on Monday, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to remember ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The archdiocese of Philadelphia and the union representing 600 Catholic high school teachers in Philadelphia have reached agreement on a new two-year contract.

Officials say the agreement means classes will start as scheduled Wednesday for some 11,000 students at 17 ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police say they issued more than 1,300 speeding tickets over the long holiday weekend.

The agency said Tuesday that troopers also investigated 281 accidents, including 63 involving injuries, and arrested 24 people for driving under the influence of ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Highway Patrol says four people died on highways over Labor Day weekend.

Capt. Johnny Poulos says two people died Friday when a driver went the wrong way on Interstate 22 in Union County. That driver, 48-year-old Jerome Young of Nettleton, died. So did ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State police say they made nearly three dozen alcohol-related arrests over the holiday weekend.

The Rhode Island DUI Task force says as of Monday afternoon, 34 people had been taken into custody across the state on suspicion of driving under the influence. Rhode ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Carlsbad’s Labor Day parade was canceled when members of the southeastern New Mexico city’s fire department were the only would-be participants to show up.

The Carlsbad Current-Argus

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office says it has lifted a lockdown at the county jail with the conclusion of a “special operation” conducted over part of the Labor Day holiday weekend but the office isn’t saying what the operation involved or what prompted it.

The ...

WINDSOR, Colo. (AP) — Colorado police say an 8-year-old boy has died after being struck by a float during a Labor Day parade.

The incident happened during the Windsor Harvest Festival parade about 20 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Fort Collins.

Authorities and witnesses say the ...

ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people participated in the traditional Labor Day walk across the Mackinac Bridge.

Organizers made changes to the 61st annual event and allowed to begin from either end of the bridge connecting Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas. Participants ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Officials at Georgia’s largest public beach are urging visitors to stay safe during the busy Labor Day weekend.

WTOC-TV reports big crowds are expected on Tybee Island during the three-day weekend that marks the unofficial end of summer. Mayor Jason Buelterman ...

ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) — Participants in the traditional Labor Day walk across the Mackinac Bridge should expect some changes — and prepare for traffic tie-ups.

The 5-mile-long bridge will be closed to vehicles Monday from 6:30 a.m. until ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A vintage amusement park in southwest Ohio is reopening to the public on Labor Day.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Stricker’s ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Transportation officials say they will not close any lanes on South Carolina interstates unless there is an emergency over the Labor Day weekend.

The Department of Transportation says it expects heavy traffic between holiday travelers and folks going to the home ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts transportation officials are halting down roadway construction and handing out free coffee to travelers to ease travel headaches over Labor Day weekend.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation says scheduled roadwork will be shut down until Tuesday ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state says three beaches are closed for the start of the long Labor Day weekend.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued a water quality report Saturday morning.

It says Kettletown beach in Southbury and Indian Well beach in ...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut state police say they are targeting dangerous drivers over the long Labor Day weekend.

Troopers say they’re focusing on drunken driving, speeding, distracted driving and seat belt violations. Increased patrols continue through Monday.

Officials ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gas prices in New Jersey and around the nation have remained stable going into the Labor Day weekend and the end of the summer driving season.

AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas Friday in New Jersey was $2.86, unchanged from last week. ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire tourism officials are expecting an increase in both visitors and spending this holiday weekend.

Labor Day weekend is typically the state’s second-busiest travel weekend, behind the Fourth of July.

The state Division of Travel and Tourism expects ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Appalachian Trail hikers are asked to avoid summiting Maine’s tallest mountain Labor Day Weekend as the Penobscot Indian Nation’s annual pilgrimage begins.

The Bangor Daily News

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department is putting an extra 1,400 officers on the streets to try to reduce the number of shootings over the Labor Day weekend.

The deployment is part of a strategy the department employs over the three warm weather holiday weekends of Memorial Day, July ...