The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail Wednesday and was released from prison, leading Minnesota's governor to activate the National Guard...
October 7, 2020
An engineering problem has forced another delay before salvage crews can start removing an overturned cargo ship that's been partially submerged on the Georgia coast for more than a year,...
October 7, 2020
The University of Connecticut won't play any of its home basketball or hockey schedule in Hartford this season. Athletic director David Benedict said the school and the operators of the...
October 7, 2020
A patient breaking equipment in a Southern California hospital was shot and wounded in a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy, authorities said Wednesday. The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday...
October 7, 2020
A Texas grand jury has indicted streaming giant Netflix for promoting French film “Mignonnes,” or “Cuties,” which the court says depicts lewd visuals of children. The movie received backlash before...
October 7, 2020
Major League Baseball is moving ahead with planning to eliminate the separate governing body of minor league baseball as part of a project to shrink affiliations from 160 to 120....
October 7, 2020
The US needs ‘international oversight' one liberal writer argued in a New York Times op-ed, just days after another suggested America should be conquered by other democracies to sort out...
October 7, 2020
Stocks closed higher Wednesday after President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack on his decision to halt talks on another rescue effort for the economy. Technology companies led the broad gains...
October 7, 2020
About 8,800 part-time union workers at Walt Disney World in Florida will be part of the 28,000 layoffs in Disney's parks division in California and Florida, union officials said Wednesday....
October 7, 2020
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell 72 cents to $39.95 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for December delivery fell 66 cents to $41.99 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...
October 7, 2020
President Donald Trump's move Tuesday to cut off talks on another government aid package will further weaken an economy straining to recover from an epic collapse, economists say, and deepen...
October 7, 2020
The bodies of three workers who were killed when a stairwell collapsed inside a high-rise building under construction were recovered Wednesday, the Houston Fire Department said. Firefighters spent several hours...
October 7, 2020
James ‘Whacker' Packer, a super-rich Australian casino owner with a dodgy track record in business and women, has been forced to admit that his behavior has been ‘disgraceful and shameful.'...
October 7, 2020
In an extraordinary effort by the UK, US, and their allies to censor the former OPCW director general, José Bustani was not allowed to brief the UN Security Council on...
October 7, 2020
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 7 The San Francisco Chronicle on President Donald Trump being diagnosed with COVID-19: Continuing to blur the line...
October 7, 2020
Lowe's Cos. announced Wednesday that it is handing out another round of bonuses to recognize its front-line employees in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A news release from the company...
October 7, 2020
The state of Florida wants its money back. And it's not playing around. Like many states, when Florida mistakenly pays someone unemployment benefits, officials work hard to claw back the...
October 7, 2020
More than 7,000 top scientists and doctors have signed a declaration calling for politicians to reconsider their entire approach to Covid, and to adopt a herd immunity strategy. Why didn't...
October 7, 2020
The way Idaho's residents live and work is being changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Brad Little said Wednesday. The Republican governor in a speech about the future of...
October 7, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker expressed confidence Wednesday that Congress will put together another coronavirus pandemic relief package despite President Donald Trump's instructions to shut down talks until after the election. The...
October 7, 2020
Bartell Drugs, one of the oldest companies in Washington state, is being sold to Rite Aid for $95 million. The 67-store regional drugstore chain has been owned by the same...
October 7, 2020
One of the manufacturers of a Type 2 diabetes drug, Metformin Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets, extended its recall of its 500mg and 750 mg pills, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
October 7, 2020
A diversity report for racial and gender hiring in Major League Soccer reported a high score for hiring people of color but a fourth straight decline in the hiring of...
October 7, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Police body cameras a win for Erie Erie Times-News Oct. 6 Erie police hit the streets Thursday with body cameras...
October 7, 2020
Wisconsin health officials announced Wednesday that they've opened a field hospital at the state fairgrounds near Milwaukee as a surge in COVID-19 cases threatens to overwhelm hospitals. Wisconsin has become...
October 7, 2020
Kaitlyn Yang knows it's rare for women to work in visual effects but wanted to find out just how much company she has. Devising an informal survey earlier this year,...
October 7, 2020
The commander of Boeing's first astronaut flight has pulled himself off the crew so he's on Earth — not at the International Space Station — for his daughter's wedding next...
October 7, 2020
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the harried health officials of Peru faced a quandary. They knew molecular tests for COVID-19 were the best option to detect the...
October 7, 2020
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Oct. 7 The Times and Democrat on National Newspaper Week and South Carolina Manufacturing Week: It is fitting that National Newspaper Week and...
October 7, 2020
Precociousness can be a curse if adulthood successes don't live up to your assumed potential. And placement on one of those 30-Under-30 lists is just a cruel public reminder what...
October 7, 2020
Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris has graced the cover of a fashion magazine, complete with a platitude-laden interview. Can this hypocritical exploitation of her gender distract from her horrible...
October 7, 2020
In a business where family tradition tends to matter, Chris Fletcher stepped up Wednesday to follow in his grandfather's footsteps to lead production of the Jack Daniel's whiskey brand. The...
October 7, 2020
With the start of early voting less than a week away and a software update being installed to address a glitch in Georgia's voting machines, a federal judge was still...
October 7, 2020
Even from the hospital, as his doctors were administering a mixture of drugs to battle the coronavirus, President Donald Trump couldn't quite help himself. “STOCK MARKET UP BIG,” he blared...
October 7, 2020
President Donald Trump's accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Wednesday in a decision that likely sets up a second...
October 7, 2020
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will consolidate its operations in suburban Indianapolis by 2022, the team and the state announced Wednesday. The new location in Zionsville, northwest of Indianapolis, will combine...
October 7, 2020
State Treasurer Duane Davidson is a rare and endangered species as he seeks re-election in a race against Democrat Mike Pellicciotti. Davidson is one of only two Republicans, along with...
October 7, 2020
Many in the establishment believe democracy has gone too far. But there is little to back up this line of thinking – it's simply a realisation that their opinions are...
October 7, 2020
Cincinnati Reds president Dick Williams has resigned to pursue other interests with his family's property development business, the team said Wednesday. The 50-year-old Williams worked in Reds baseball operations for...
October 7, 2020
A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit that aimed to make mail-in ballots available to all Indiana voters for this fall's election because of the coronavirus pandemic. The record...
