A California grand jury has indicted four people, including a Santa Clara County Sheriff's captain, in an alleged scheme to issue concealed-gun permits to big-dollar donors to the 2018 reelection...
August 7, 2020
A Venezuela court has launched the trial of six American oil executives jailed well over two years after being lured to the South American nation and arrested on corruption charges,...
August 7, 2020
The Trump administration's bid to seize Chinese platform TikTok and hand it over to already-monopolistic Microsoft is part of a huge power grab, as the deteriorating quality of US propaganda...
August 7, 2020
A south Mississippi county known more for the timber industry is looking to diversify. Adranos Inc. is developing a new generation of rocket fuel and they want to do it...
August 7, 2020
A Venezuela court has launched the trial of six American oil executives jailed well over two years after being lured to the South American nation and arrested on corruption charges,...
August 7, 2020
Regal movie theaters have been closed for almost five months in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic, but they are gearing up to open on Aug. 21. And this...
August 7, 2020
Brent Scowcroft, who played a prominent role in American foreign policy as national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush and was a Republican voice against the...
August 7, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service says it lost $2.2 billion in the three months that ended in June as the beleaguered agency — hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic — piles...
August 7, 2020
The Democratic presidential contender has shown his true colours by continually denigrating and stereotyping African-Americans. Yet Trump, who's done more to benefit minorities than any other president, is the one...
August 7, 2020
The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong officials, including the pro-China leader of the government, accusing them of roles in squashing freedom in the former British colony. The...
August 7, 2020
The Oregon Legislature will meet for its second special session of 2020 beginning Monday to try to fix a $1.2 billion revenue hole due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While...
August 7, 2020
New York's attorney general – a Democrat – has filed a lawsuit to try and dissolve the National Rifle Association. It's political activism masquerading as judicial oversight, aimed solely at...
August 7, 2020
Grain futures were mostly lower on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. declined 12.20 cents at $4.9420 a bushel; Sept. corn was off...
August 7, 2020
Two pro-Black Lives Matter activists in the US, charged with multiple felonies, are promoted by the mainstream media as real-life American heroes and martyrs. But who will speak out for...
August 7, 2020
A gun-wielding man who Chicago police officers spotted running from a business exchanged gunfire with the officers early Friday before he was taken into custody, police said. Officers saw the...
August 7, 2020
Against the backdrop of protests over racial injustice and police brutality and with allegations of misconduct emboldening challengers, the top prosecutor in Georgia's most populous country is fighting to keep...
August 7, 2020
As Kseniya Milya's grandfather lay dying of COVID-19 at a hospital in Belarus' capital of Minsk, the country's authoritarian leader was blithely dismissing the pandemic as “psychosis,” and recommending an...
August 7, 2020
Construction was halted Thursday at a Miami construction site where six workers when a load of rebar fell from a crane, officials said. A stop-work order was issued for the...
August 7, 2020
I don't know if you will ever read this. At the least, it will now have a metaphorical red star atop it, in a (vain, I hope) attempt to dissuade...
August 7, 2020
An incomplete tunnel found stretching from Arizona to Mexico appears to be “the most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history," authorities said. The tunnel intended for smuggling ran from San Luis,...
August 7, 2020
China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of...
August 7, 2020
A ferry that is the only direct route between Kentucky and Missouri has reopened after being out of service for several weeks while engine repairs were made. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry...
August 7, 2020
The Chicago Tribune's offices could be on the move for the second time in less than three years, as the newspaper's parent company seeks an exit from Prudential Plaza amid...
August 7, 2020
The impasse between the Trump administration and congressional Democratic leaders in negotiations over a COVID-19 relief package worries both advocates for rural low-income housing and owners of Department of Agriculture-financed...
August 7, 2020
Five small business owners are accused of fraudulently obtaining about $4 million in federal funds created to help businesses amid the pandemic, and using them for personal expenses. The scheme...
August 7, 2020
Keeping schools closed, as many teaching unions want, will cause more injuries and deaths to children and long-term damage to their educations. Yet the threat from Covid-19 to them –...
August 7, 2020
ISLAMABAD __ Pakistan's daily infection rate has stayed under 1,000 for more than three weeks, occasionally dropping to 300 and prompting the government to further ease restrictions with restaurants, parks...
August 7, 2020
Asian shares were mostly lower Friday in lackluster trading, as trade tensions between the U.S. and China overshadowed optimism about more fiscal stimulus for the ailing U.S. economy. Investors were...
August 7, 2020
President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the...
August 7, 2020
President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the...
August 7, 2020
President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the...
August 7, 2020
India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, crossing 2 million cases of infection and more than 41,000 deaths. India's health ministry also reported recoveries as a...
August 7, 2020
India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, crossing 2 million cases of infection and more than 41,000 deaths. India's health ministry also reported recoveries as a...
August 7, 2020
Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, businessman and close ally of President Donald Trump, will be mourned at a private funeral in Atlanta on Friday. The 11 a.m. service...
August 7, 2020
Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, businessman and close ally of President Donald Trump, will be mourned at a private funeral in Atlanta on Friday. The 11 a.m. service...
August 7, 2020
Washington talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money are teetering on the brink of collapse after a marathon meeting in the Capitol generated lots of recriminations but little progress on the...
August 7, 2020
Washington talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money are teetering on the brink of collapse after a marathon meeting in the Capitol generated lots of recriminations but little progress on the...
August 7, 2020
The race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in November will feature a matchup between a Republican candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump and a Democratic single mother and...
August 7, 2020
Just how severely has the resurgence of the coronavirus pummeled the U.S. economy? The jobs report for July being released Friday will provide the clearest answer yet. Economists have forecast...
August 7, 2020
A community group on Chicago's South Side on Thursday was the recipient of a $10 million grant from a foundation to boost a million-dollar development to transform an abandoned building...
