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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose 69 cents to settle at $41.70 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for October delivery rose 28 cents to $44.43 a barrel....

Health insurance premiums for the 1.5 million Californians who purchase coverage through the state marketplace will go up an average of 0.6% next year, state officials announced Tuesday, the smallest...

President Donald Trump's demand that the U.S. government get a cut from a potential Microsoft purchase of TikTok is the latest unprecedented scenario in an unprecedented situation. Microsoft is in...

During a Tuesday round table at a nursing home in Jacksonville, Gov. Ron DeSantis returned to a familiar theme: protecting the state's most vulnerable from the coronavirus. The governor said...

The University of Arizona has announced that it is acquiring a San Diego-based online college and creating an online university to play into the digital college market. The Tucson-based university...

Multiple public figures have landed in hot water in the last week for using the ‘n-word' in the context of condemning its use. Such an absurd catch-22 is emblematic of...

Pennsylvania's education secretary announced Tuesday he will be leaving the job to take another position, as schools throughout the state are scrambling to develop and implement pandemic reopening plans. Secretary...

Gov. Tate Reeves said he has now read the plans of all Mississippi school districts as they prepare for a new academic year amid the growing coronavirus pandemic. And he's...

More than 4,000 new laptop computers bound for an Alabama school district are being held by customs due to human rights concerns, weeks before the school year is set to...

The Latest on Kansas' primary election (all times local): 1 p.m. Election officials in three of Kansas' largest counties reported an uneventful start to voting in the state's primary election,...

Proof that the spike in COVID-19 cases in South Carolina has ended can now be found in the sewage in one city, officials said. Clemson has been measuring the level...

Chip Ganassi Racing has made a crew chief change for the No. 42 driven by Matt Kenseth, with engineer Phil Surgen taking over for the remainder of the season. Surgen...

The owner of a plant nursery in Washington state has been fined $4,200 for failing to ensure a safe workplace and potentially exposing employees to the coronavirus after preventing them...

The sentencing Tuesday of a former Michigan State University head gymnastics coach Kathie Klages to 90 days in jail for lying to police during an investigation into ex-Olympic and university...

A botanist hired by a company planning to mine one of the most promising deposits of lithium in the world believes a rare desert wildflower at the Nevada site should...

A Florida teen identified as the mastermind of a scheme that gained control of Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to multiple...

Heavy rain from a storm prompted calls to evacuate and water rescues in the area surrounding Philadelphia and high winds partially tore the roof off a day care center on...

As cruise companies begin to operate passenger cruises again, thousands of crew members remain trapped on ships without pay as they wait to be sent home. For crew on Bahamas...

There's still no universal agreement on whether face masks can really prevent the spread of Covid-19, but it's now being suggested they should be worn even at home. So, where...

Jay-Z's Roc Nation entertainment company is partnering with Brooklyn's Long Island University to launch the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment. The new school will begin enrolling students...

European Union regulators say they're opening an in-depth investigation into U.S. tech giant Google's plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit The EU's executive commission said Tuesday it's concerned...

An ostrich that escaped from a southwestern Illinois farm was rescued after the 300-pound (136-kilogram) bird fell into a ravine and was injured, fire officials said. A veterinarian tranquilized the...

New research shows that the most widely prescribed type of drug in the history of medicine is a waste of money. One major study found that the more ‘bad' cholesterol...

America is not based on hard work. Get it out of your head that this society is set up to be fair. Fair would be everyone with a roof over...

Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain during an inland march up the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it...

An MSNBC producer has quit the network, lamenting an editorial process that chases approval and ratings rather than presenting facts. When even employees label the MSM as a “cancer with...

Officials in a Maryland county say they “will spare no time or expense” investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a veteran public health worker who died of COVID-19 after...

The Latest on Kansas' primary election (all times local): 7 a.m. Polls have opened in Kansas for a primary election that features a tight contest for the Republican nomination for...

Wedding planners, photographers and other bridal vendors who make the magic happen have a heap of new worries in the middle of the pandemic: no-mask weddings, rising guest counts and...

A €750-bn coronavirus recovery fund will be shared among the damaged economies of the European Union. But that money is not free and Ireland, with a lower death toll than...

A California-based member of an Iranian militant opposition group in exile was abducted by Iran while staying in Dubai, his family said Tuesday. The suspected cross-border abduction of Jamshid Sharmahd...

A local plywood company is doubling its industrial space after an uptick in new construction. USply, launched in 2006, is increasing its footprint by almost 60%, leaving its 58,000-square-foot distribution...

The Scottish independence movement is being contaminated by bitter anti-English sentiment. A grassroots leader has already quit because of it – and unless it's addressed, there's a real danger of...

Two companies are partnering to offer a job-readiness training program in eastern Kentucky. Officials with Goodwill Industries of Kentucky and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced on Monday that...

A deputy within North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's agency managing information technology for state government is now the department's acting secretary. Cooper announced this week that Thomas Parrish IV will...

Like the rest of the commercial property markets, the shared-office business has been significantly impacted by the pandemic. Some of the country's biggest commercial real estate firms are adapting to...

With the future of TikTok imperiled as President Trump threatens to shut it down in the U.S., an L.A.-based economy that has sprung up in just the last two years...

American, Southwest and other airlines have begun meeting with Congressional and White House leaders to extend stimulus funds to help the slowly recovering industry cover payrolls for another six months....

I did something last week that was financially unwise in this COVID-shaken world. I signed a lease for an office. I am neither an entrepreneur nor an independent freelancer. I'm...

Shares advanced across Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street closed broadly higher on encouraging economic reports, starting off August by closing within 3% of the record high it set in...