The Trump administration has sharply increased its use of hotels to detain immigrant children as young as 1 before expelling them from the United States during the coronavirus pandemic despite...
August 27, 2020
Home sales are booming. Stocks are setting record highs. Industrial production is clambering out of the ditch it fell into early this year. And yet the U.S. economy is nowhere...
August 27, 2020
As Washington and Beijing continue to spar over the latter's assertion of territorial claims in the South China Sea, the war of words has the two nations lurching ever closer...
August 27, 2020
Ex-Foreign Secretary William Hague, who has unfailingly promoted interventionism, says Joe Biden as US president will be good for the UK, being the pro-”freedom and democracy” candidate. Let me tell...
August 27, 2020
With just over a month to go until Donald Trump and Joe Biden square off in the first of three presidential debates, Trump made a typically bombastic demand of Biden:...
August 27, 2020
The Latest on Hurricane Laura: WESTLAKE, La. — Louisiana State Police say they're responding to a chlorine leak at a company that makes chemicals along Interstate 10 just west of...
August 27, 2020
A North Carolina school system is closed to its students after officials discovered a ransomware attack. Haywood County Schools is closed for the rest of the week following an announcement...
August 27, 2020
In all my years as an American, I have never been so fearful for the future of my nation. We are in the midst of a class war that is...
August 27, 2020
A former president of the United Auto Workers union was charged with corruption Thursday, accused of conspiring with his successor and others to embezzle money for golf, vacation villas and...
August 27, 2020
A Northwest Indiana mayor has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and filing a false income tax return, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. Whiting Mayor Joseph Stahura, 64, has...
August 27, 2020
The emergency removal of the pier that holds up Waterfront Park in Seattle will cost the city more than $4 million and take months, officials said Wednesday. City officials will...
August 27, 2020
Donald Trump has not started any new shooting wars, sure, but that doesn't make him a "president of peace." Instead of openly assaulting the enemies of American hegemony, the US...
August 27, 2020
Grain futures were mixed on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. rose .122 cent at $5.3840 a bushel; Sept. corn was up .028...
August 27, 2020
Lamonte Winston had difficult conversations with players who wanted to follow Colin Kaepernick's lead — and were afraid to lose their jobs if they protested against racial injustice. He's committed...
August 27, 2020
The Russian president on Thursday praised a coronavirus vaccine that Russia approved for use earlier this month as effective and safe, a clear bid to address international skepticism about the...
August 27, 2020
Federal authorities say a North Carolina man lied on some paperwork to get $400,000 in U.S. government loans that are granted to businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. The Charlotte...
August 27, 2020
A central Illinois woman who admitted being drunk when she drove off an unfinished bridge onto a highway, seriously injuring a man, has been sentenced to six years in prison....
August 27, 2020
The NBA, the world's ‘wokest' sports league, is seeing its ratings in continued decline. Meanwhile, the UFC's ‘prelim' ratings are on a steady rise, which begs the question: do people...
August 27, 2020
The Federal Reserve announced a significant change Thursday in how it manages interest rates by saying it plans to keep rates near zero even after inflation has exceeded the Fed's...
August 27, 2020
Marcelo Claure, the co-owner and president of David Beckham's Inter Miami Major League Soccer franchise, has plunked down $11.1 million for a waterfront estate at 5212 N. Bay Road in...
August 27, 2020
Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden has the right strategy in campaigning from his basement, staying mostly out of public view to avoid exposing his cognitive deterioration and his bad ideas....
August 27, 2020
The Federal Reserve announced a significant change Thursday in how it manages interest rates by saying it plans to keep rates near zero even after inflation has exceeded the Fed's...
August 27, 2020
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the face of the Belarusian opposition, has met with the US deputy secretary of state. This could have an effect opposite to what was intended – and consolidate...
August 27, 2020
New applications for unemployment assistance hit another pandemic low in Florida last week — but total jobless claims for the rest of the U.S. remain stuck above 1 million, suggesting...
August 27, 2020
Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other...
August 27, 2020
FirstEnergy Corp. was once blamed for its part in triggering North America's largest blackout nearly 20 years ago. Now, the multistate power company is again facing intense scrutiny — this...
August 27, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that his Belarusian counterpart has asked him to provide security assistance to help stabilize the situation in the country if needed, adding that there is...
August 27, 2020
Wynwood business leaders are backing construction of a train station to serve commuters in the trendy enclave — part of Miami-Dade's plan to expand local rail in its northeast corridor....
August 27, 2020
With public faith in the UK government's handling of the coronavirus at an all-time low, many are prepared to risk fines and flout the rules for a taste of personal...
August 27, 2020
Like much during the pandemic, the latest news on home prices inspires a definite sense of deja vu. For the fifth month in a row, home prices around Seattle rose...
August 27, 2020
When Daniel Parolek looks at the American housing market, the architect sees both an affordability crisis and a distinct lack of the old-fashioned housing types that could deliver modestly priced...
August 27, 2020
One thing Republicans and Democrats agree on is that drug prices are too darn high. So it should be offensive to all that President Donald Trump and the drug industry...
August 27, 2020
Everyone has an agenda. That's especially true for corporations like Apple Inc. and Fortnite-maker Epic Games Inc. But while the two powerful technology companies jockey back and forth in their...
August 27, 2020
Walmart Inc. has teamed up with Microsoft Corp. in a joint bid to acquire TikTok, a surprise move that signals the retail giant's desire to become a force in technology...
August 27, 2020
The new White Water hotel on California's central coast has a lot going for it: a location on a moonstone-studded beach, generously sized rooms, and Scandinavian-inspired interiors by Los Angeles...
August 27, 2020
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced a new approach to policy Thursday that takes a more relaxed stance on inflation and on its view of how low U.S. unemployment can...
August 27, 2020
The Perch Kitchen and Tap was six weeks into construction when everything Doug Dunlay knew about opening restaurants was thrown into doubt. Dunlay has owned restaurants in Chicago since 2003,...
August 27, 2020
After intense criticism about a new fee on homeowners who refinance their mortgages, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said it would delay the move for three months. The 0.5% fee...
August 27, 2020
NBA players didn't come to Disney solely for a restart. They wanted social reform. The Milwaukee Bucks showed how far they're willing to go to get it by opting not...
August 27, 2020
It was a music video meant to depict a young bride's joy: Actress Saba Qamar, in a flowing white wedding gown with a golden hem, was twirled by the singer...
