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Grain futures were mixed on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. advanced .116 cents at $6.016 a bushel; Dec. corn fell .06 cents...

Tensions are escalating between Beijing and Taipei, but military conflict is unlikely given the US would intervene. China's preferred tactic is to play the long game and engage the island...

Olivier Conan didn't see how it was going to work, keeping Barbès, his Brooklyn bar/performance space, open through the pandemic when live performances and crowded spaces have been at the...

The casino has been closed for months. The hotel rooms are empty. Out front, the three-story sign that once beckoned to gamblers with $1.99 margaritas now advertises a food bank...

President-elect Joe Biden is getting the old gang back together. Increasingly deep into the process of selecting Cabinet members and other senior staff, the incoming Biden administration has a distinctly...

Seattle-based Amazon.com, Inc. has signed agreements to purchase energy from 26 wind and solar projects around the world, claiming it is now the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy. The...

UPDATE: Levison did not end up scoring a deal with the sharks that was beneficial to all parties, but will continue her venture in South Florida. Finally, some sweet news....

The Christmas Palace in Hialeah has hired extra seasonal workers, including cashiers, to prevent long lines and ensure the stores remain sanitized. … Click to Continue »

One county in South Sudan is likely in famine and tens of thousands of people in five other counties are on the brink of starvation, according to a new report...

Rani Nurwitawati never thought she would lose her job at an Indonesian market research company where she worked for 17 years. The reality hit months after the COVID-19 pandemic. “The...

Jimmy Knips, owner of famed local holiday retailer The Christmas Palace, has reason to be joyful. Foot traffic has been picking up and his online sales are robust enough to...

A University of Louisiana at Lafayette student who just graduated is thanking rap artist Nicki Minaj for paying his tuition. Three years ago, someone on Twitter reached out to Minaj...

In one scene from the Lifetime TV movie, “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” a co-worker says to Suzy, an Asian American architect in Los Angeles: “I didn't know if Christmas...

A man who was bitten by a shark in the water off Maui has died from injuries he suffered in the attack, a hospital official said. Maui Health spokeswoman Tracy...

Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France's northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in...

A number of retailers, including J.C. Penney, Lowe's and Kohl's, are telling shoppers they need to place their online orders soon or else pay expedited shipping fees if they want...

Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, concert trade publication Pollstar puts the total lost revenue for the live events industry in 2020 at more than $30 billion. Pollstar on Friday...

For someone who claims to have suffered for taking the knee, Colin Kaepernick is doing pretty well for himself and has now secured his own Ben & Jerry's ice-cream flavor....

Construction Partners Inc. (ROAD) on Friday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $17.6 million. On a per-share basis, the Dothan, Alabama-based company said it had profit of 34 cents. The...

An Oregon man awaiting a new trial after a court of appeals overturned a burglary conviction for breaking into a Kinder Morgan oil pipeline facility in Western Washington has pleaded...

Convicted former movie producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to appear briefly via video from a New York prison Friday as part of legal efforts to send him to California to...