Politics

The presence of U.S. agents has diminished in Portland, Oregon, but city officials are still cleaning up tear gas residue from the streets, dirt and possibly the storm drains after...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 11 The Los Angles Times on TikTok and WeChat: Even before President Trump signed an executive order that...

Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Aug. 11 Winston-Salem Journal on challenges the University of North Carolina System system faces as it assesses the new academic year: As the...

Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Aug. 12 The Palm Beach Post on reopening schools: “Trust the science.” “Trust the data.” “Trust the health experts.” It's excellent advice. And yet,...

Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Aug. 10 The State Journal on enacting a law in Kentucky requiring cyclists to wear helmets: It's been eight years since Charlie Semones, a...

Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ Aug. 11 The Daily Citizen-News on Gov. Brian Kemp's stance on local control: Imagine our surprise when we learned that Gov. Brian Kemp said...

Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Aug. 9 The Times Daily on responsibility falling on students as the school year begins amid the pandemic: Students across Alabama are resuming their...

National discount department store chain Stein Mart filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday after 112 years in business, and announced that it will close most, if not all, of its 280...

Virginia-based Sentara Healthcare and North Carolina-based Cone Health have announced plans to merge, a move that would pair systems with a combined worth of $11.5 billion. After about 18 months...

Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Prada and Versace are all returning to the runway in September, according to the Milan Fashion Week calendar published Wednesday. After the coronavirus pushed many fashion houses...

Mark Meadows dropped to a knee in then-Speaker John Boehner's office, the still-new congressman apologizing for joining those trying to oust the Republican leader. Two years later, Meadows did it...

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Big South Conference has decided to delay its fall sports seasons with the hopes...

As the US-centralized empire's slow-motion third world war against unabsorbed governments continues to accelerate, narrative management campaigns are getting more and more frenzied. We see this exemplified in two recent...

A top official at the Federal Reserve criticized the decision by many states to reopen businesses this spring before getting the virus fully under control, and said those choices have...

A South Carolina Democrat has flipped a legislative seat from Republican control in the victory heralded by some Democrats as a possible signal their party could make more gains this...

A former Washington state mayor and executive director of a local economic association has been charged with first-degree theft on accusations of using association funds for personal expenses, prosecutors say....

A passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland after stormy weather, killing three people and injuring six others Wednesday, authorities said. The train's driver is believed to be among the dead,...

A top official at the Federal Reserve criticized the decision by many states to reopen businesses this spring before getting the virus fully under control, and said those choices have...

Rowan Atkinson, one of Britain's most loved actors, has suffered a torrent of verbal abuse for standing up for his beliefs in the most dignified of ways, by signing an...

The general contracting and construction management firm Amicon is splitting up 24 years after it was established. The principals of the Miami-based Amicon are going their separating ways, dividing the...

Hundreds of thousands of residents in Iowa's three largest cities remained without electricity Wednesday, two days after a rare wind storm that hit the Midwest devastated the state's power grid,...

Cycling's road world championships next month were canceled Wednesday after a Swiss government ruling on mass gatherings during the pandemic was extended until October. Organizers of the Sept. 20-27 championships...

A plan to downgrade 124,000 school exam results has been reversed in Scotland in the face of a massive outcry. Is this a precedent for unpopular results in future? And...

Corporate interest in Bubba Wallace has picked up momentum and NASCAR's only Black full-time driver has signed a new sponsor that includes funding for his Richard Petty Motorports team. Columbia...

Stein Mart, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Jacksonville-based womens and mens apparel company has three stores in the Bradenton-Sarasota area. Closest to...

Some 136 American “experts” on US-Russian relations recently debated the merits of “rethinking” US policy on Russia. What these specialists failed to consider is that Moscow may not be interested...

The first sports betting retail location is opening in New Hampshire, a little over a year since Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill legalizing betting on professional and college sports...

Roush Fenway Racing announced a 12-race sponsorship deal Wednesday with Guaranteed Rate to fund Ryan Newman's car throughout the remainder of this NASCAR season. The deal between Roush and the...

Six former Environmental Protection Agency chiefs are calling for an agency reset after President Donald Trump's regulation-chopping, industry-minded first term, backing a detailed plan by former EPA staffers that ranges...

With asylum seekers arriving on a daily basis, anti-Brexit campaigners are relishing the failure of Britain to ‘take back control' of its borders. This lack of acknowledgement for the UK's...

Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family's drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97. Redstone built the company through aggressive acquisitions, but many headlines with his...

UK retailer Marks & Spencer is the latest company targeted by grifters using the Black Lives Matter moment to sell their con. It's a feeding frenzy for corporate panderers and...

With the George Soros-backed DA Kim Foxx dropping 25,000 felony cases and mayor Lori Lightfoot seemingly unwilling to tackle the latest wave of riots, Chicago is in a bad way....

Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family's drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97. Redstone built the company through aggressive acquisitions, but many headlines with his...

A group of news outlets has appealed to the Washington Supreme Court to block a Seattle Police Department subpoena pursuing unpublished images of protester activity. The Seattle Times and four...

As crew members started to make it safely off of Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line's Grand Celebration ship in mid-April, stories about life on board surfaced on social media. Facebook and...

When Kendall resident Nick Castillo was laid off in March from a local transportation equipment distributor, he did not imagine that, nearly six months later, he would still be looking...

Conservative nominee Shaun Bailey claims class and community issues are being ignored in favor of racial point scoring. Some write him off as a rabble-rouser and racism-enabler, but does he...

Walmart Inc. shoppers are a pretty loyal bunch. But when virus-spooked Americans began avoiding stores earlier this year and shifting spending online, far more Walmart customers went to Amazon.com Inc....

The decisions by the Big Ten and Pac-12 college athletic conferences to postpone their football season endanger a huge chunk of sales for media companies such as Walt Disney Co....