Politics

Pennsylvania has again found a taker for a mini-casino, auctioning a license Wednesday for $10 million to a Philadelphia-area private equity investor who could build it near Penn State University's...

New York-area employment dropped 13.6% between July 2019 and July 2020, with the hospitality industry taking a particularly large hit, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The statistical...

After a man ran off with the tip jar at an eastern Pennsylvania pizza shop, investigators didn't have to do a lot of legwork to track him down, police said....

United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to furlough 16,370 employees in October, down from an earlier target of 36,000 after thousands of workers took early retirement, buyouts, or long-term leaves...

Another wealthy parent was charged Wednesday with trying to bribe his child's way into an elite university as a fake athletic recruit, a day after two former college coaches caught...

A casino and video game company based out of Seattle said it would lay off 250 employees, the Seattle Times reported. Big Fish Game told staffers in a memo on...

DraftKings shares jumped in morning trading after announcing that basketball legend Michael Jordan would take an ownership stake in the company in exchange for becoming a special adviser to the...

Australian actress Cate Blanchett said Wednesday she is baffled that other countries didn't learn from Italy's pain to be better prepared to fight the coronavirus outbreak when it spread. Blanchett,...

The demise of ‘Comrade Duch', the Khmer Rouge mass murderer and torturer in a Cambodian hospital at the age of 77, was a peaceful end not given to the thousands...

An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched early Wednesday from California to a target in the Pacific Ocean in a test of the defense system, the Air Force...

A northeastern Indiana printing operation will close by the end of the year, eliminating more than 300 jobs, its Chicago-based parent company has informed the state. LSC Communications US cited...

The North Carolina General Assembly is making a brief return trip to Raleigh to distribute federal COVID-19 relief funds that otherwise disappear at the end of the year. The House...

Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be available toward the end...

In the midst of a massive push to defund police departments everywhere, Chicago is showing what works to tackle crime. More cops equals fewer offences and the world needs to...

The Vindicator in Youngstown, a 150-year-old paper that shut down last year because of financial struggles, is being celebrated in a new book on the anniversary of its final edition....

A county in North Carolina has voted to make Juneteenth a paid holiday for employees. The Orange County Board of Commissioners unanimously decided on Tuesday to honor June 19, the...

New official records reveal men in the UK are killing themselves at record levels and at a rate three times higher than women. Waging a war against straight, white males...

Aldi, the discount grocer that hails from Germany, is opening three new South Florida locations this fall. Stores in Princeton (just north of Homestead), Kendall and Fort Lauderdale will open...

Chelsea Women signed Denmark captain Pernille Harder from Wolfsburg after paying what the German club said was “a record transfer fee for the women's game." The clubs did not disclose...

A Florida man has been indicted on federal charges in West Virginia that he defrauded 18 people out of about $5 million, a prosecutor said. Phillip W. Conley, 38, of...

Many people who consider themselves ‘anti-war' aren't actually comfortable with the idea of the US losing its position of unipolar domination over global affairs and taking a chance on a...

A shortage of poll workers could be brewing in Kentucky — but these beer cans aim to stop that. The Kentucky Secretary of State's office partnered with the state Guild...

President Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral took effect Tuesday, but some accountants are advising employers against implementing it. The deferral allows employees to delay until Dec. 31 paying the 6.2%...

SAN DIEGO – Despite cries from some to go faster and others to go slower, Dr. Wilma Wooten, San Diego County's public health officer, largely stuck with California's new rules...

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after another U.S. rally spurred by positive economic data, even while the coronavirus pandemic has regions around the world battling recessions. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225...

NBA LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Nikola Jokic made the tiebreaking basket with 27 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs...

NBA LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Nikola Jokic made the tiebreaking basket with 27 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs...

Hotel clerks in this town know exactly when the NFL releases its schedule each year. The incessant ringing of the telephone serves as its own alarm. “The second that schedule...

India registered 78,357 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total over 3.7 million as the government eases pandemic restrictions nationwide to help the battered economy. India,...

Lebanon's Bisri Valley lies on a green fertile bed, a spot that has cradled civilizations dating as far back as the Bronze Age. Its expansive lands of pine, citrus trees...

The release of previously repressed studies shows that if you substitute saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats, this INCREASES the risk of cardiovascular disease. My fellow doctors need to accept the...

The Trump administration is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring....

The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged...

Kevin O'Connor, an attorney, has defeated fellow Republican Shiva Ayyadurai in the Massachusetts GOP U.S. Senate primary. O'Connor has pitched himself as a candidate who can help clean house in...

A cyberattack and a software glitch plagued Florida's largest school district during the first two days of its virtual start to the school year, officials said Tuesday. Miami-Dade County Public...

A U.K. citizen has pleaded guilty in Florida to federal charges related to violating an embargo and attempting to smuggle industrial equipment to Iran. Colin Fisher, 45, pleaded guilty on...

The Trump administration is seeking to fast track environmental reviews of dozens of major energy and infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, including oil and gas drilling, hazardous fuel pipelines,...

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday an investigation into Mexican trade practices that Florida produce growers say is a threat to their livelihood. The action drew praise from Democrats and...

The NFL has updated its gameday protocols by requiring every coach and staff member in the bench area to wear a mask and reducing the size of each team's travel...

About a month after California disclosed its COVID-19 tracking system had produced inaccurate case numbers, state officials awarded a $15 million contract Tuesday to a software company to design a...