Politics

A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Washington has a right to create laws giving employees of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation easier access to health benefits if they become...

The NFL will consult an advisory committee made up of former coaches, general managers and players on such issues as postponing, moving or even canceling games this season due to...

A far-right Republican candidate banned from social media sites because of her racist and anti-Muslim speech is celebrating a congressional primary victory in Florida while embracing her role as a...

A former North Carolina congressman was sentenced Wednesday to probation for lying to FBI agents about his role in a scheme with a wealthy insurance company magnate to try to...

A Canadian company seeking U.S. approval for three open-pit gold mines in central Idaho is suing the U.S. government contending U.S. officials are allowing water pollution at the already heavily...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday updated his coronavirus proclamation so that it requires agricultural employers to test their workforce broadly when health officials identify an outbreak that passes certain...

Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Wednesday, handing the S&P 500 a loss a day after it closed at a record high. Stocks started to fade in the afternoon...

As the stock prices of the big five technology companies rise beyond irrational valuations, something is wrong. Retail buyers have gone ‘all in' at the top and will get slaughtered....

Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity are providing television viewers with a distinctly different vision of the Democratic National Convention each night from their perches on Fox News Channel. Hannity calls...

Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Aug. 18 The Times Daily on taxing coronavirus relief funds: Unless the state Legislature acts, families, individuals and businesses that received federal coronavirus relief...

Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ Aug. 19 The Commercial Dispatch on a former chief financial officer of a Mississippi city accused of embezzling nearly $290,000: The arrest of former...

Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Aug. 18 Winston-Salem Journal on unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic: In tough times, a little bit of help is better than none...

Facebook says it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it, although the company isn't banning it outright. Facebook said...

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose 4 cents to $42.93 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for October delivery fell 9 cents to $45.37 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

Investors fled drug developer BioMarin in droves on Wednesday, driving shares down by a third after U.S. regulators rejected the company's potentially game-changing hemophilia A gene therapy over concerns it...

A former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager and the NHL team reached an undisclosed settlement with a hotel shuttle driver, who sued both for negligence after being harassed in Buffalo...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's postmaster general has no intention of restoring mail equipment or funding overtime hours he cut, despite public outcry that operational...

Hollywood actress Rose McGowan has publicly accused Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne of “grooming” and of raping her when she was just 15. Given her call-outs of left-wing figureheads, how will...

The operator of The Weather Channel mobile app has agreed to change how it informs users about its location-tracking practices and sale of personal data as part of a settlement...

A federal judge in Delaware has rejected a last-minute request by attorneys representing West Virginia Gov. James Justice and two of his family-owned coal companies to postpone a lawsuit accusing...

Juni Ata, “Saudade" (Flying on Fire) Breaking through in the music industry isn't easy under the best of circumstances. Doing so as a newcomer in the midst of a pandemic...

Juni Ata, “Saudade" (Flying on Fire) Breaking through in the music industry isn't easy under the best of circumstances. Doing so as a newcomer in the midst of a pandemic...

A businessman who went to prison in June after pleading guilty in a pay-to-play scandal that brought down a top St. Louis County elected official has asked to be released...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged people to boycott tires from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., tweeting that the Ohio-based company had “announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS.” But the...

After the cruise industry shut down in mid-March, dozens of ships could be spotted lingering off the Miami Beach coast or moving in and out of PortMiami each day. More...

Angel Dougherty went to the mall last month — not to shop, but to watch a drive-in drag show in the parking lot. “This year has been so anxiety filled...

Despite some very obvious flaws, President Trump still presents a viable option for many Americans left behind economically by the new world order and a Democratic party that doesn't even...

Five highlights of the fall books season, from literary fiction to topical non-fiction: Elena Ferrante, “The Lying Life of Adults” — The Italian author has become an international favorite through...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday called the part-time Legislature back into a special session due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican governor in a news release said the special...

Violators of California's mask requirement will be subject to a hefty fine in South Lake Tahoe by the end of the week. The South Lake Tahoe City Council voted Tuesday...

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Financial fallout from virus is real Altoona Mirror Aug. 19 Altoona Mayor Matt Pacifico has been criticized by city council...

Alexander Lukashenko has sent forces to Belarus' western border after claiming “NATO's forces are clanging at our gates.” But it's purely a diversionary tactic to keep troops occupied and away...

With less than three months before US elections, Twitter has all but memory-holed RT and other state-run media – even searching their handles draws a blank. For a supposedly free-market...

Whenever there is a mass protest against a government somewhere in the world, one of the first questions from skeptics will be whether it's a ‘color revolution,' a technique of...

Since leaving the White House nearly four years ago, former President Barack Obama has repeatedly called for a new generation of political leaders to step up. On Wednesday, he'll implore...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 18 The Los Angles Times on the ratification of the 19th amendment and the women's right to vote:...

The massive annual Pennsylvania Farm Show was canceled as an in-person event on Wednesday because of the pandemic, ending the prospect of hundreds of thousands of people converging on the...

The massive annual Pennsylvania Farm Show was canceled as an in-person event on Wednesday because of the pandemic, ending the prospect of hundreds of thousands of people converging on the...

A Black member of the Harlem Globetrotters is speaking out about an incident earlier this year where fruits, including a banana, were thrown at him by white news broadcasters as...

A Black member of the Harlem Globetrotters is speaking out about an incident earlier this year where fruits, including a banana, were thrown at him by white news broadcasters as...