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New weekly applications for unemployment assistance in Florida hit another pandemic low last week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday. Jobless claims for the week ending Aug. 29 fell...

The number of laid-off Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to roughly 880,000 last week, a sign of possible improvement but evidence that the viral pandemic keeps forcing many businesses...

Akon is ploughing ahead with a futuristic smart city for black people ‘fleeing racism', and plans franchises across Africa. Does he think they are Disney characters who want to live...

The Metropolitan King County Council has voted 5-4 to not extend the contract of the civilian director of the county's Office of Law Enforcement Oversight (OLEO), after praising her work...

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against vaping giant Juul Labs, saying the country's largest e-cigarette company targets underage consumers. Juul intentionally used young...

As Florida's largest school district continues to be plagued by network outages and cyberattacks during the first week of school, officials revealed that a $15.3 million contract with the online...

With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking more steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest.”...

Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus. The Springdale,...

Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus. The Springdale,...

Measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus continue to shift — and so do responses by investors, developers, builders, banks and buyers. To track the impact, RE|source Miami is...

Springtime job losses and pay cuts in South Florida's immigrant communities meant many local immigrants had to stop sending money to relatives in their homelands. In April, after the coronavirus...

Springtime job losses and pay cuts in South Florida's immigrant communities meant many local immigrants had to stop sending money to relatives in their homelands. In April, after the coronavirus...

The multifamily developer Aimco is no stranger to Edgewater. It dropped $80.96 million on its second acquisition in the waterfront neighborhood last week. The Denver-based firm bought the apartment building...

The multifamily developer Aimco is no stranger to Edgewater. It dropped $80.96 million on its second acquisition in the waterfront neighborhood last week. The Denver-based firm bought the apartment building...

South Beach resident Emily Taylor was lucky enough to get a haircut right before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. Usually, she keeps her hair shoulder-length. Right now, her hair reaches mid-back....

A Mississippi company will soon begin a $2.1 million expansion project to fulfill a contract with the U.S. Navy. Seemann Composites, which developed its own vacuum-infusion technology, expects to create...

A Tribune Publishing shareholder is suing the Chicago-based newspaper company and its board, alleging the adoption in July of a so-called poison pill, is "an extremely aggressive overreach of corporate...

A Tribune Publishing shareholder is suing the Chicago-based newspaper company and its board, alleging the adoption in July of a so-called poison pill, is "an extremely aggressive overreach of corporate...

General Motors and Honda have a deal to share vehicle platforms and technology in North America starting next year. On Thursday the automakers said they have signed a non-binding memorandum...

Manhattan office leasing in 2020 could reach the lowest level in 20 years, according to a report by Colliers International. New leases totaling 1.3 million square feet (120,774 square meters)...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen is known for owning one of the best private art collections in the world and for his many multimillion-dollar homes. However, he is...

When COVID-19 hit, one segment of the workforce was hit especially hard: people with developmental disabilities. Employment advocates across the country are working to overcome challenges amid the pandemic to...

Google aims to create a new Mountain View neighborhood of homes, offices, stores, and parks, a project that would dramatically resculpt a large area now dominated by old tech buildings...

Almost exactly 40 years ago, I got my first job in architecture: Not as an underpaid draftsman for some Pritzker Prize-winning architect or as an editorial assistant at a glossy...

Q: I have had two flat tires this summer. Both from nails. One was a roofing nail and the other was a 2 3/4-inch spike. In both cases only the...

A Tribune Publishing shareholder is suing the Chicago-based newspaper company and its board, alleging the adoption in July of a so-called poison pill, is "an extremely aggressive overreach of corporate...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council has declared a fiscal emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic, paving the way to furlough about 15,000 employees. Wednesday's declaration comes as...

Beijing's main international airport on Thursday began receiving international flights again from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coronavirus infection. Passengers flying in from Cambodia, Greece,...

Why are people who refuse to conform to Covid-19 rules being condemned as having personality disorders & of being morally inferior? Because their attackers see these terms as carrying the...

Tom Seaver transformed a franchise and captivated a city, setting enduring standards as he whipped his powerful right arm overhead for the Miracle Mets and dirtied his right knee atop...

Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street surged to its biggest daily gain since July despite uncertainty about the global outlook. Benchmarks in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney advanced....

The Los Angeles City Council declared a fiscal emergency on Wednesday, paving the way to furlough about 15,000 employees as the city struggles with an economic body blow from the...

When Michael Cohen testified before Congress last year, Republican lawmakers worried aloud that President Donald Trump's former fixer would parlay the spectacle — and his criminal exploits — into a...

The beam of a police officer's flashlight swept across a group of 15 people standing on the sidewalk in downtown Portland, Oregon, recording and taking photos of the nightly protests...

Work has begun to stop a decades-old problem of millions of gallons of sewage from Tijuana, Mexico, flowing into the United States and polluting San Diego County beaches, the Trump...

In a year in which few things are normal, there will be some familiar things about NFL broadcasts this season. Announcers will be in the stadiums, pregame shows will have...

Despite pushing back against the Trump administration's plan to expand oil extraction in California, the state has issued 190% more new oil and gas drilling permits in the first six...

The weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Sept. 2 and also available on the internet at https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/fishreport.phtml: CENTRAL AUSTIN: FAIR. Water lightly stained;...

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's tourism-marketing agency wants Floridians to become in-state travelers as the crucial hospitality industry tries to rebound amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit Florida on Wednesday launched its first...

A new environmental review of plans to build a massive methanol plant on the Columbia River in southwestern Washington shows that the project would boost the amount of greenhouse gases...