To many college students, the prospect of a year of school during a pandemic – with virtual classes, restricted movements and no parties – is a huge bummer. Some Silicon...
August 18, 2020
To many college students, the prospect of a year of school during a pandemic – with virtual classes, restricted movements and no parties – is a huge bummer. Some Silicon...
August 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES – The prices are hard to believe: $24.99 for an on-trend dress, delivered to your door; $9.99 for a silky camisole hanging from the rack at a discount...
August 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES – The prices are hard to believe: $24.99 for an on-trend dress, delivered to your door; $9.99 for a silky camisole hanging from the rack at a discount...
August 18, 2020
The bad old days – and nights – of rotating power outages in California are back for the first time in nearly 20 years. And they could be back in...
August 18, 2020
The bad old days – and nights – of rotating power outages in California are back for the first time in nearly 20 years. And they could be back in...
August 18, 2020
Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday, after buying of technology stocks nudged the S&P 500 closer to the record high it set in February before the pandemic crunched the...
August 18, 2020
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean health officials said Tuesday that they have found 457 coronavirus cases linked to a huge Seoul church led by a bitter critic of the...
August 18, 2020
Facing a public backlash over mail disruptions, the Trump administration scrambled to respond as the House prepared an emergency vote to halt delivery delays and service changes that Democrats warned...
August 18, 2020
California's power grid operators avoided a third day of rolling blackouts but kept a wary eye on the thermometer Tuesday as an ongoing heat wave continued to stress the electrical...
August 18, 2020
Up to 300 Pizza Hut restaurants will be closed, most of them dine-in locations not well suited for carryout and delivery at a time when millions of people are sheltering...
August 18, 2020
The Trump administration gave final approval Monday for a contentious oil and gas leasing plan on the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where critics worry about the...
August 18, 2020
Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, declaring him “in over his head” and warning that the nation's...
August 18, 2020
Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump during Monday's opening night of the Democratic National Convention, declaring him “in over his head” and warning that the nation's...
August 18, 2020
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Monday from enforcing a new regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people. Finalized days after the Supreme Court...
August 18, 2020
Widespread blackouts to reduce pressure on the electric grid were averted Monday night after regulators warned earlier in the day that they would not have enough power to meet demand...
August 18, 2020
MELBOURNE, Australia — An epidemiologist told an inquiry on Tuesday that almost all of a second wave of coronavirus infections in Australia's hard-hit Victoria state can be traced back to...
August 18, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Chicago Bears remain unsure if fans will be allowed at Soldier Field this season....
August 18, 2020
Three producers of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” have exited amid allegations of a dysfunctional workplace that harbored misbehavior including sexual misconduct and racially insensitive remarks. Executive producers Ed Glavin and...
August 18, 2020
President Donald Trump's plan to offer a stripped-down boost in unemployment benefits to millions of Americans amid the coronavirus outbreak has found little traction among the states, which would have...
August 18, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service is poised to play a central role in this year's presidential elections, but some staffers are worried about the agency's ability to deliver. Controversial changes from...
August 18, 2020
COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes jumped nearly 80% earlier this summer, driven by rampant spread across the South and much of the West, according to an industry report released...
August 17, 2020
One of the most popular park sites on the north Oregon coast is back open to the public. Ecola State Park north of Cannon Beach opened Saturday, after wrapping up...
August 17, 2020
Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday imposed a new ban on evictions and foreclosures on home mortgages in Kansas because one federal program to aid unemployed workers has expired and she...
August 17, 2020
Some Idaho residents will be able to get up to an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits under President Donald Trump's supplemental plan, Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Monday,...
August 17, 2020
The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports signaled again Monday that it's seriously considering moving ahead with the fall season despite the governor's recommendation that all youth athletics be canceled...
August 17, 2020
What happens when a former stripper sits down to talk politics with a mumbling old man who may soon be the leader of the free world? Very little, except the...
August 17, 2020
If we'd been living in a healthy society and then suddenly had its sick, insane status quo thrust upon us by powerful people, we'd have all been out in the...
August 17, 2020
The sight of partygoers in Wuhan, China piling into a water park without masks or social distancing seems like a cruel joke to nations where no measures, however disruptive, seem...
August 17, 2020
New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern has shut the nation's borders, interred the few still allowed to enter and now postponed the election for a month – but it's all okay...
August 17, 2020
Orange Man Bad. It's a narrative that is being made harder to question every day, even as Democrat-controlled cities descend into chaos and Americans are being fed the same old...
August 17, 2020
Pennsylvania plans to launch a coronavirus exposure-notification app in early September in an effort to more quickly break chains of transmission by using the new technology to notify people who...
August 17, 2020
Grain futures were higher on Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. rose 8.40 cents at $5.1260 a bushel; Sept. corn was up 4.80...
August 17, 2020
Citing Covid-19, the Democrats want ballots to be sent in by post. The problem is that the mailing service can't be trusted – especially when the postal unions support Joe...
August 17, 2020
The Washington Football Team on Monday hired Jason Wright as team president, making him the first Black person to hold that position in NFL history. At 38, he becomes the...
August 17, 2020
Before it was possible to buy “a Tesla" and probably since, Nikola Tesla has been chronically underappreciated. Wider recognition has been steadily climbing for the Croatian-born visionary whose electric innovations...
August 17, 2020
Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street Monday, giving the S&P 500 another shot at its record high. The benchmark index was up 0.3% in the first...
August 17, 2020
Seoul's new national defense plan for the next five years will see $250 billion spent on missiles, subs, fighter jets, and its first aircraft carrier. It's an ambitious plan that...
August 17, 2020
An Apopka company paid $16,852 in back pay after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the company finagled with how it counted hours worked by accounting department employees. Randall...
August 17, 2020
Leer en español. As someone who used to staff events for a living, Adrian was among the first wave ofBuenos Aires residents to lose his job when COVID-19 swept through...
