Heather Hollingsworth

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A judge once called Leavenworth’s federal prison a ‘hell hole.’ CoreCivic will get $4.2 million per month to reopen the long-shuttered facility to hold thousands of migrants arrested by ICE

By Heather Hollingsworth, John Hanna, and others

DarNisha Hardaway poses with her son Joseph

Her 12-year-old son has autism and epilepsy and was kicked out of class. Now she waits for answers with the Education Department in limbo

By Heather Hollingsworth, Collin Binkley, and others

FILE – Missouri residents and abortion-rights advocation react to a speaker during Missourians for Constitutionals Freedom kick-off petition drive, Feb. 6, 2024 in Kansas City, Mo. Abortion-rights advocates will ask a judge Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

Missouri judge to consider overturning state’s near-total abortion ban after voters back abortion-rights amendment

By Summer Ballentine, Heather Hollingsworth, and others

homes damaged by hurricane

Total damages and economic loss from Hurricane Helene could reach $110 billion

By Stephen Smith, Kate Payne, and others

man looks at hurricane damage

Hurricane Helene leaves dozens dead and millions without power

By Stephen Smith, Kate Payne, and others

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 5:51 p.m. EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 25 2024. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Helene threatens Florida with an ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge and vast inland damage

By Heather Hollingsworth, Stephen Smith, and others

student stands in front of school

More colleges are eliminating degree programs—and the cuts are just getting started

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press

Federal prosecutors announced Thursday, July 25, 2024, that they have indicted a North Korean national in a conspiracy to hack hospitals, military bases and NASA, in Kansas City, Kan. Rim Jong Hyok is wanted by the FBI. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

North Korean military spy indicted in conspiracy to hack American hospitals, NASA and U.S. military bases

By Nick Ingram, Michael Goldberg, and others

court exhibit from a lawsuit

People are ‘desperately willing’ to dump thousands of dollars on sham stem-cell injections

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press

Kristi Noem

Dog experts cry foul at Kristi Noem’s shocking description of killing her puppy: ‘I think she may have shot herself in the foot’

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press

Dusty Farr

Meet a Missouri dad who went from a ‘full-on bigot’ to fighting bathroom bans on behalf of his 16-year-old daughter: ‘When it was my child, it just flipped a switch’

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press

Executive Editor Sabine Martin, right, passes a drafted paper to Managing Editor Parker Jones in The Daily Iowan newsroom, Feb. 29, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Emily Nyberg/The Daily Iowan via AP)

Iowa college newspaper buys 2 struggling small town weeklies to stave off news deserts

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press

An open house sign sits outside a home in the 18000 block of Weston Place in Tustin, CA

Real estate agent commission rules are about to change, shifting costs between buyers and sellers

By Alex Veiga, Heather Hollingsworth, and others

2 millennial teachers were punished for posting adult content on OnlyFans. Are they victims of employment discrimination?

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press

Mount Rushmore

South Dakota bans flights within a half-mile of Mount Rushmore and tour operators are miserable: ‘I don’t know what we’ll be able to salvage’

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press