Politics

Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon...

The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming...

Big league managers say that Major League Baseball has instructed them to prepare for spring training to start on time in mid-February despite uncertainty around the coronavirus. Tampa Bay Rays...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming out about six key experiences and perspectives. The title should be familiar to those who have followed the Massachusetts Democrat's career: “Persist.” Henry...

The owner of Mango's Tropical Cafe is under contract to buy three adjoining properties behind the iconic Ocean Drive club for the development of a mixed-use complex that may include...

Mango's Tropical Cafe, the iconic South Beach club, is proposing to sell its Ocean Drive business and three Collins Avenue lots for the construction of a mixed-use development project. …...

California saw its slowest growth rate on record for the nation's most populous state, adding just 21,200 people during the year that ended in July, state officials said Wednesday. For...

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will keep buying government bonds until the economy makes “substantial” progress — a step intended to reassure financial markets and keep long-term borrowing...

Airbnb has suspended nearly 60 listings across North Carolina for violations of its party guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said Wednesday. In emails to The Associated Press, the...

United Airlines will begin collecting contact information from passengers when they check in as part of an effort by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to better track spread...

It wasn't the weather that delayed school this week, at least not the first time. Students in the Northeast might be giddily anticipating a storm that the National Weather Service...

Half-empty flights, a less-crowded airport terminal and shorter lines for security are signs of the impact of the pandemic — but in normal times they would be markers of a...

Establishment media are hyping Pete Buttigieg's appointment as Biden's transport secretary as a ‘first' for the LGBT community – deliberately ignoring the fact the first openly gay cabinet member actually...

A bipartisan congressional investigation released Wednesday found that key players in the nation's opioid industry have spent $65 million since 1997 funding nonprofits that advocate treating pain with medications, a...

A U.S. Post Service worker has been indicted on charges alleging that he stole mail from customers along his Kansas City, Missouri, route and deposited the checks he found into...

The incoming Biden administration has made it clear loyalty is the only requirement for an appointment, stuffing the cabinet with a pack of dependable yet talentless names whose only selling...

Video of a murder suspect's escape from a security company's transport van contradicts the driver's story that the man jumped through an open window while the vehicle was stopped at...

The recently departed writer occupied a strange space in the spectrum of spy authors. He was simultaneously one of British intelligence's most respected and beloved representatives while also seen as...

Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Dec. 15 Winston Salem-Journal on the distribution of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: The rapid development and distribution of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has...

The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local): Transportation secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg, who will be the first openly gay person to serve in a Cabinet, on Wednesday tipped...

It would be just a temporary precaution. When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to...

A federal courthouse in Mississippi that was deemed uninhabitable because of mold and moisture is set to undergo renovations. Lawmakers in Washington approved a $24.3 million plan by the General...

The Rockefeller Foundation has donated $400,000 in support of Black contractors in Florida to help offset the economic impact of COVID-19. The grant to the Black Business Investment Fund Florida...

The medical profession's lobbying to overturn the UK's mild relaxation of Covid-19 rules confirms the biggest lesson of 2020: that safety now trumps freedom. A rare joint editorial by two...

Flying in the face of medical expertise and scientific reason, the British government has chosen not to cancel Christmas. There is no objective reason to justify a decision guaranteed to...

A new museum under construction in New Orleans will explore the journey of immigrant Jews and subsequent generations to the American South who brought with them a religious way of...

Southwest Airlines plans to begin serving Santa Barbara Airport and Fresno Yosemite International Airport next year. The airline said Wednesday it expects to begin flying in and out of the...

Grain futures were mostly higher on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. fell .044 cents at $5.9660 a bushel; Mar. corn rose .06...

It would be just a temporary precaution. When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to...

Planning to take a trip to Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale or the Florida Keys this holiday season? Maybe your Christmas or New Year's Day plans include a road trip to...

A university in South Carolina is teaming up with the U.S. Army to create models for self-driving military vehicles. The research project at Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review a court decision that the NCAA has said blurred “the line between student-athletes and professionals" by removing caps on education-related money certain...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review a court decision that the NCAA has said blurred “the line between student-athletes and professionals" by removing caps on education-related money certain...

Mexico has passed new laws stopping US drug agents from having carte blanche to operate in their country. Will the new Washington administration agree to this new set-up, or will...

The U.S. Treasury Department has branded Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators while putting China and nine other countries on a watch list in an annual report designed to halt...

Rules imposed by the International Skating Union that sanction athletes for taking part in events not recognized by the governing body are in breach of European Union competition law, the...

George Gascon is LA's new district attorney, having been backed by George Soros – just like Kim Foxx in Chicago. Conservatives in America need to fight back against Soros' influence...

When police officers entered physician assistant Anthony Yarand's Tampa Bay home on March 8, 2019, they found more than 28 grams of crystal meth, 10 grams of ecstasy, smaller quantities...

In an effort to lure flush buyers, Regalia Residences in Sunny Isles Beach is throwing in an Iguana Yacht with its $30 million penthouse. Those who prefer land-cruising can go...

A sled and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton's famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artifacts...