Fairfax, Va. ? Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations, according to newly released documents.The release of donor agreements between George Mason ...

Denver ? For decades, America's air was getting cleaner as levels of a key smog ingredient steadily dropped. That changed about seven years ago when pollution reductions leveled off, a new study found.This means when tighter federal air quality standards go into effect later this year, many ...

New York ? The new head of the top U.S. public health agency has asked for — and will receive — a cut to his record-setting pay, federal officials said Monday.Dr. Robert Redfield Jr.'s new salary was not revealed.The 66-year-old HIV researcher, who was picked in March to head the Centers ...

Ann Arbor, Mich. ? Restaurants' advice to their customers? Romaine calm.The government is still investigating how romaine lettuce from Yuma, Ariz., apparently became contaminated with E. coli bacteria. As of Friday, at least 98 people in 22 states have gotten sick, according to the U.S. Centers ...

Washington ? A Pennsylvania Republican who used taxpayer money to settle a former aide's sexual harassment charges has abruptly resigned from Congress.Congressman Patrick Meehan had already decided not to seek re-election. Meehan resigned Friday, saying he'll repay the government $39,000 he ...

Joplin, Mo. ? The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing a city in southwest Missouri of having a panhandling ordinance that interferes with free speech.The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit against Joplin Thursday on behalf of Christopher Snyder, a homeless man, the Joplin Globe ...