ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Animal health officials say a disease carried by gnats has turned up in Minnesota deer for the first time.

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirmed the first cases of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease — or EHD — in a small herd of captive white-tailed deer in ...

DENVER (AP) — Ski season is ramping up in Colorado.

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area plans to open for the season Friday and Loveland Ski Area will follow on Saturday.

Arapahoe Basin is often one of the first ski resorts to open in North America. Last weekend Wolf Creek Ski Area beat it to ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of people watched as streaming webcams captured a Sumatran tiger giving birth to four cubs in Topeka.

The Topeka Capital-Journal ...

DUBLIN, Va. (AP) — Volvo Trucks has hired around 300 new workers at a southwest Virginia plant since the beginning of September amid growing demand for big rigs.

Spokesman John Mies tells

ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — French researcher Julien Icher searched through old Presbyterian church records looking for evidence that the Marquis de Lafayette traveled through the Rehoboth Valley during the war hero’s goodbye tour of the United States.

Icher came up empty in early ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Thousands of Bostonians are planning a walk to help fight kidney disease, a condition that affects millions of Americans.

Sunday’s Boston Kidney Walk starts at 10:30 a.m. at North Point Park in Cambridge.

Organizers say their goal is to raise $750,000 to help ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has assured the Chinese government that new trade terms it agreed to with the United States and Canada won’t dampen its economic and bilateral relations with China.

The Mexican Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Luis Videgary told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin brewing company and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are working together to create the first wild lager brewed in North America, according to a company official.

Wisconsin Brewing Co. President Carl Nolen

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will get nearly $500,000 in a settlement involving a company that was selling unregistered securities.

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said the penalties are part of a $26 million multi-state settlement with LPL Financial LLC. Securities regulators say ...

QUITMAN, Miss. (AP) — Just above the lettering on her Ford Explorer’s right sideview mirror, which read “OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR,” Sandra Smith of Quitman spotted a single-engine aircraft zooming in.

“I thought ... that plane’s flying awfully low,” Smith ...

WILMINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — Jeanne Ashworth, the first American woman to win an Olympic speedskating medal, has died. She was 80.

The website of the Heald Funeral Home in Elizabethtown, New York, says she died at home Oct. 4 of pancreatic cancer.

Ashworth competed in three Olympics and ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The invasive pest that threatens Vermont’s ash trees is continuing to spread across the state.

The state announced Wednesday that the emerald ash borer has been found in South Hero, about 50 miles from the closest ash borer infestation in the state, although the ash ...

Here are excerpts from recent editorials in Texas newspapers:

Houston Chronicle. Oct. 7, 2018.

NAFTA got upgrade. How about Obamacare?

It’s hard to outdo the hype every time Apple introduces a new version of its iPhone. But if anyone rates higher on the hype meter, it’s ...

NEWMARKET, N.H. (AP) — The route for an annual parade honoring explorer Leif Erikson in New Hampshire is nearly six times longer than it used to be, but it still takes less than a minute to traverse.

A University of New Hampshire professor and two friends got the idea for the parade in ...

NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Baseball’s fall classic focuses on an American pastime. A Maine ski resort has its own fall classic based on a Finnish tradition.

More than 30 teams from Maine to California participated Saturday in the North American Wife Carrying Championship. The event at the Sunday ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s agriculture commissioner says a proposed trade pact could lead to more Maine goods like potatoes and milk being shipped in Canada.

Maine Public reports ...

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The highway to the top of Mount Evans has closed for the season because of wintry weather, and another high-elevation road in Colorado has shut down at least temporarily.

The state Department of Transportation closed Colorado Highway 5 on Mount Evans Friday, ...

DENVER (AP) — Denver Zoo officials say the oldest male giraffe in North America has died.

The Denver Post reports zoo officials say 24-year-old Dikembe was recently euthanized following the steady decline ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has pleaded no contest to knocking a 14-year-old soccer player to the ground and punching him during a match.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that ...

POWELL, Ohio (AP) — A zoo in central Ohio says an 18-year-old polar bear will be arriving at the facility this fall to be introduced to twin polar bear sisters for potential breeding.

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium says it will be welcoming a male polar bear named Lee from the Denver ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Latest on a public forum for South Dakota congressional candidates (all times local):

9:25 p.m.

Democrat Tim Bjorkman and Republican Dusty Johnson have largely avoided political jabs during a congressional candidate forum, instead laying out their ideas ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Heating oil is more expensive than a year ago in Maine, where residents are gearing up for winter.

The Governor’s Energy Office says the average statewide cash price is $2.88 per gallon, which is 14 cents higher than a month ago. It’s also up from $2.18 per gallon ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont officials say a new trade deal between the United States and Canada will help dairy farmers.

Vermont Public Radio reports Vermont ...

RICHMOND, Vt. (AP) — Vermont dairy farmers are hopeful that a new trade deal with Canada will open new markets.

State officials say the new agreement is likely to be good for farmers, but WCAX-TV reports that farmers are reserving judgment until more details are available.

Vermont ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new North American trade deal with Canada and Mexico is drawing praise from a Nebraska agricultural group.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau hailed the deal Monday as a win for Nebraska farmers and ranchers and an important step in eliminating ...

DUMBARTON, N.H. (AP) — David Heisler of Dunbarton is a big man.

Tall, barrel-chested with a gentle manner, much like the behemoth draft horses he’s devoted to saving.

Even with his stature, Heisler is dwarfed by Bud and Doc, two of the three rare Suffolk Punch draft horses he owns at ...

MCLEAN, Virginia (AP) — Italian coffee company Lavazza Group has acquired Mars Inc.’s beverage division in an effort to expand its North American presence.

Financial details weren’t disclosed. Both companies are private.

Mars Drinks makes the Flavia single-serve machine and the Klix ...

FRYEBURG, Maine (AP) — One of the biggest and oldest celebrations of farming and livestock in the Northeast is getting started in Fryeburg.

The Fryeburg Fair got its start in 1851, and the 2018 edition gets underway on Sunday in western Maine. The fair brings thousands of people together ...