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...
August 7, 2020
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered an unspecified ban on “transactions” with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat. Trump had threatened a deadline of Sept. 15...
August 7, 2020
The maker of the drug Humira will pay $24 million to settle a California lawsuit that alleged it violated an insurance fraud law, the state Department of Insurance announced Thursday....
August 7, 2020
The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Thursday it has extended jobless benefits another 20 weeks as the state's unemployment numbers continue to soar because of the coronavirus pandemic. The...
August 7, 2020
India's cricket board has suspended its Indian Premier League title sponsorship deal with Chinese mobile phone company Vivo for the 2020 tournament. The decision comes as Indian troops are in...
August 6, 2020
Before Wednesday, if a Florida restaurant employee got sick with COVID-19, the state required that they produce two negative tests before returning to work. But the U.S. Centers for Disease...
August 6, 2020
A federal judge in Iowa has dismissed a lawsuit California Rep. Devin Nunes filed against a major media organization that alleged he was defamed in a magazine story about his...
August 6, 2020
A breakout 2019 season garnered Justin Simmons his first All-Pro nod and the Denver Broncos' franchise tag. So, he was counting on two things in the offseason: laying low and...
August 6, 2020
A breakout 2019 season garnered Justin Simmons his first All-Pro nod and the Denver Broncos' franchise tag. So, he was counting on two things in the offseason: laying low and...
August 6, 2020
Texas health officials warned Thursday that the approaching flu season threatens to further strain hospitals still dealing with thousands of coronavirus patients, and they urged the public to not wait...
August 6, 2020
Texas health officials warned Thursday that the approaching flu season threatens to further strain hospitals still dealing with thousands of coronavirus patients, and they urged the public to not wait...
August 6, 2020
Worried about the unpredictable coronavirus wreaking havoc on the November election, the California Legislature on Thursday sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom that would let counties offer fewer in-person...
August 6, 2020
After years of playing in a dilapidated stadium in Oakland with a rundown team facility, the Raiders were looking forward to showing off their fancy new digs in Las Vegas...
August 6, 2020
Calling it a “big step forward,” Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced how visitors may return to nursing homes and other long term care facilities — six months after the...
August 6, 2020
California faced off in court Thursday against some of its own cities that want to overturn a government rule allowing home marijuana deliveries statewide, even into communities that banned commercial...
August 6, 2020
The Federal Reserve says that its Main Street Lending Program designed to help small and medium-sized companies get through the pandemic has managed to make just eight loans in its...
August 6, 2020
A total of 66 players have opted out of the 2020 NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly half of them linemen. Twenty offensive linemen and 11 on defense...
August 6, 2020
New Yorkers and their neighbors from the tri-state region no longer have to self-quarantine for two weeks after entering Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis, who had repeatedly disparaged New York as...
August 6, 2020
The $1 million Hambletonian and favored Ramona Hill have come a long way since the coronavirus pandemic shut down sports. Trotting's most prestigious race, scheduled for Saturday at the Meadowlands,...
August 6, 2020
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reported $16.93 million in revenue for the second quarter, mostly from passenger ticket sales. The results marked a sharp fall from the $1.67 billion in revenue...
August 6, 2020
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday after a report showed the pace of layoffs across the country is slowing, though it remains incredibly high. Technology and communication services stocks...
August 6, 2020
A self-styled constitutional conservative who's been a thorn in the side of Republican leadership is taking on a gun dealer who fought the IRS and won in the Republican runoff...
August 6, 2020
Just days after President Donald Trump criticized the Tennessee Valley Authority for hiring foreign workers, the federally owned energy corporation announced Wednesday it was rescinding a decision to lay off...
August 6, 2020
Uber lost $1.78 billion in the second quarter as the pandemic carved a gaping hole in its ride-hailing business, with millions of people staying home to reduce the spread of...
August 6, 2020
An animal rights group is calling for a tougher enforcement of cockfighting breeders, alleging some in Kentucky are illegally shipping birds overseas. The group Animal Welfare Action held an online...
August 6, 2020
The operator of a privately run federal prison in Kansas and its phone provider have agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by attorneys who alleged that...
August 6, 2020
A U.S. appeals court has refused to resurrect the criminal case against states' rights figure Cliven Bundy and family members stemming from a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents trying...
August 6, 2020
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell 24 cents to settle at $41.95 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for October delivery fell 8 cents to $45.09 a barrel....
August 6, 2020
A lawsuit challenging former Gov. Matt Bevin's practice of blocking some people on Twitter and Facebook has been settled with the current governor, who has committed to allowing “robust” discourse...
August 6, 2020
The massive explosion and devastation triggered by thousands of tons of chemicals improperly stored in Beirut's port is the culmination of decades of corruption that has driven one of the...
August 6, 2020
New unemployment claims in South Carolina have dropped for the third week in a row, marking the lowest number of weekly claims filed since the pandemic began. The state Department...
August 6, 2020
Facebook and Twitter have taken down the US president's claims on the insusceptibility of children to Covid-19 – a fact on which the science supports him – proving that Big...
August 6, 2020
Gov. Brad Little said Thursday that the Idaho will remain in the fourth and final stage of his plan to reopen during the pandemic for at least another two weeks...
August 6, 2020
Four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants have been indicted on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade....
August 6, 2020
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys and city officials in Seattle will extend a federal court order that prevented a city ordinance banning the police use of tear gas and less-lethal...
August 6, 2020
The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local): 8:50 p.m. Lebanese military investigators will begin questioning a former Cabinet minister and the head of the Beirut's port over...
August 6, 2020
The latest successful rocket test by SpaceX could mean we'll see humans on Mars in the next decade, funded by private entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. But...
August 6, 2020
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is planning a phased reopening of its Pearl River Resort amid the coronavirus pandemic. The tribe said its Bok Homa Casino in Sandersville is...
August 6, 2020
Miami-Dade County households can now apply for up to $2,000 in direct assistance through the local Pandemic Assistance Program. Applications for the program, which opened Wednesday, are now available online...
August 6, 2020
The former First Lady claims that her ennui has been brought on by a variety of things including the pandemic, racial issues in America, and the “hypocrisy” of the Trump...
