Authorities are investigating the deaths of three people discovered at a Louisiana home. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office was called to a home outside of Pearl River, near the...
August 31, 2020
A Star of David-adorned El Al plane took off Monday from Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, carrying a high-ranking American and Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi in the first-ever direct commercial passenger...
August 31, 2020
Lebanon's president is holding consultations with heads of parliamentary blocs to designate a new prime minister for the crisis-stricken country, with a career diplomat poised to win the job Monday....
August 31, 2020
In the age of social distancing, many employees have found their workplace shift from an office cubicle to a living room couch. But for federal workers and IT teams who...
August 31, 2020
The coronavirus is accelerating a seismic shift in the employee-employer relationship. An April survey reports that nearly one-third of employers expect to replace full time employees with contingent, or gig,...
August 31, 2020
Many Americans have hitched their financial future to Big Tech, whether they realize it or not. Just five companies make up about 24% of the S&P 500 Index – Apple...
August 31, 2020
Most Americans remain stubbornly indifferent to putting down in writing what kind of medical care they want if they are ever unable to convey those wishes themselves. Fifteen years ago,...
August 31, 2020
The Utz Girl has arrived on Wall Street. The nearly century-old Hanover, Pa.-based chip and pretzel brand, long a Baltimore favorite, has gone public as Utz Brands Inc. Trading kicked...
August 31, 2020
As workers grow desperate for unemployment benefits, criminals filing fraudulent claims are clogging state unemployment systems, making legitimate claimants wait even longer for help. States that were generous and quick...
August 31, 2020
Not even the greatest surge in joblessness in 80 years is easing the fast-food industry's years-old labor shortage. That's because the COVID-19 pandemic is making this year's economic crisis very...
August 31, 2020
Did you just get a really odd check from the United States Treasury for some quirky amount, maybe like $2.26? Some super small checks – averaging $18 a pop –...
August 31, 2020
The fastest two minutes in sports will also be the quietest in Kentucky Derby history. Churchill Downs scraped plans earlier this month for 23,000 physically distanced, masked fans to attend...
August 31, 2020
It was a century ago on Sept. 1, 1920, that a French general, Henri Gouraud, stood on the porch of a Beirut palace surrounded by local politicians and religious leaders...
August 31, 2020
NEW DELHI — India has registered 78,512 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, maintaining an upward surge. The Health Ministry on Monday also reported 948 deaths in the...
August 31, 2020
The Republican National Convention begged this question: Why are President Donald Trump's most fervent supporters describing the state of his union as a hellscape? It was perhaps the central paradox...
August 31, 2020
Chinese telecom giant Huawei announced on Monday it is ending its oldest major sporting sponsorship deal in the world when it ends its contract with Australian rugby league team Canberra...
August 30, 2020
Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, holding off rookie Pato O'Ward before a late caution ended the race at World Wide Technology Raceway under...
August 30, 2020
Kevin Stefanski waited years to conduct his first full practice as a head coach in an NFL stadium. Some things, however, are more important to him than football. Stefanski gathered...
August 30, 2020
United Airlines says it listened to customers and is dropping an unpopular $200 fee for most people who change a ticket for travel within the United States. “When we hear...
August 30, 2020
Sheldon Creed beat Sam Mayer on a restart with 13 laps to go Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway to win his third Truck Series race of the season and...
August 30, 2020
Bradley Beard calls Hurricane Laura his third strike. In 2005, Rita pushed a foot of floodwaters into his white, wooden home in Hackberry, Louisiana, a tiny community in Cameron Parish...
August 30, 2020
Italian officials hastily chartered more ferries Sunday and put other measures into place to fight severe overcrowding at migrant centers on the tiny island of Lampedusa, where the arrival of...
August 30, 2020
Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping into the air after Hurricane Laura, regulators say, but some...
August 30, 2020
The first wave of big new movies released since the beginning of the pandemic, including Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” and the long-delayed “X-Men” spinoff “The New Mutants," arrived in theaters over...
August 30, 2020
A South Carolina police officer has been suspended after videos showing him saying a racial slur in a confrontation with people outside a bar were posted on social media. Sgt....
August 30, 2020
During its search for a new postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates screened by an outside company. Not on the list: Louis...
August 30, 2020
Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen will sell his soccer teams in the wake of reports that he made racist comments, Major League Soccer said Sunday. Hansen's Utah Soccer...
August 30, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic had steamrolled Illinois, and amid the helter-skelter of counting hospital beds, keeping pace with ever-changing federal health guidance and maneuvering a market-turned-minefield of protective-gear prices, Gov. J.B....
August 30, 2020
The coronavirus has upended everyday life in ways big and small. What happens when those disruptions overlap with voting? Thousands of state and local election officials across the U.S are...
August 30, 2020
The San Diego Padres picked up slugger Mitch Moreland in a trade Sunday with Boston. In exchange, the Red Sox acquired a pair of prospects from San Diego, outfielder Jeisson...
August 30, 2020
Oil companies in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico need millions of gallons of water to retrieve petroleum. At the same time, the city of Lubbock, Texas, spends...
August 30, 2020
With an early harvest already underway, a wildfire a few miles west of John Bucher's ranch added new urgency to getting his pinot noir grapes off the vine. If flames...
August 30, 2020
A new 300-room hotel and conference center could open on state property at Lake Lanier by 2023. Lake Lanier Islands Management Co., which leases state property at the lake north...
August 30, 2020
After months of delays because of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Carolina lawmakers are getting ready to write this year's budget. The first step comes Monday when the state Board of...
August 30, 2020
The Trump administration's immigration squeeze and the hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic threaten to leave the horse racing industry short of workers, racing officials warn as they prepare for...
August 30, 2020
During its search for a new postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates screened by an outside company. Not on the list: Louis...
August 30, 2020
The woke brigade's tactics of gaslighting the right are becoming ever more apparent. This dishonest strategy delegitimises what's going on. It must be resisted at all costs. The social justice...
August 30, 2020
Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating the smartphone era and now there's a push...
August 30, 2020
Chase Gaines wishes he could get more young people in North Carolina to answer their front doors and take his GOP flyer. Rick Hart longs for the days where he...
August 30, 2020
Sara Jaafar joined a group of political activists gathered on Aug. 4 to discuss strategies to challenge Lebanon's entrenched rulers when their building was shaken and the windows blasted out...
