With a government shutdown looming, one Minnesota state worker who expected his layoff notice Friday said he thinks he can last about a month without a paycheck but that he will be worried if the budget stalemate at the Capitol stretches longer than that.

Ex-NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley say the players unions took the owners to the cleaners in their era and now the current crop of multimillionaires probably will have to pay the price in the form of givebacks or run the real risk of extended...

Alabama schools will soon have to check if students are in the country legally and people stopped for any reason could be arrested on suspicion of immigration violations under a sweeping law being called the nation's most restrictive against illegal immigration.