A top executive's departure from the North Carolina Department of Transportation has nothing to do with state Treasurer Dale Folwell's call earlier this month to replace him, a DOT spokesperson...
July 30, 2020
Former Mississippi state Sen. Bob M. Dearing of Natchez, who worked to expand highways, legalize casino gambling and strengthen laws against animal cruelty, died Thursday at home, a funeral home...
July 30, 2020
The Kansas State Finance Council has allocated more than $254 million of federal coronavirus relief funds mostly toward efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 and boost the state's economy....
July 30, 2020
A Black officer with the Port of Seattle police is suing over the Port's alleged failure to provide records of an investigation into racial discrimination claims he made against superiors...
July 30, 2020
After weeks of stressing education over enforcement, California communities say they are now issuing fines and relying on anonymous tips to make sure businesses and residents are complying with health...
July 30, 2020
The family of a high school exchange student from Pakistan who was killed in a Texas school shooting have started a foundation to honor her memory through providing university scholarships...
July 30, 2020
President Donald Trump has raised the radical prospect of delaying a presidential election, contending the expansion of voting by mail will lead to history's most fraudulent U.S. election. There's no...
July 30, 2020
President Donald Trump met Thursday with the family of a soldier who investigators say was slain on the Texas Army base where she was stationed, saying it is a “terrible...
July 30, 2020
The U.S Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that an Idaho group must stop collecting online signatures for an education funding initiative for the November ballot. The court ruled in favor...
July 30, 2020
The NFL Players Association has reached an agreement with 2K Sports that will allow the video game developer to use the names, images and likenesses of over 2,000 players. The...
July 30, 2020
California's public employees can't pad their pensions by working extra hours and cashing out unused vacation and sick leave just before retiring, the state Supreme Court said in a ruling...
July 30, 2020
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $1.35 to settle at $39.92 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for September delivery fell 81 cents to $42.94 a barrel. Wholesale...
July 30, 2020
Most of Wall Street stumbled Thursday, but yet another rise for big technology stocks helped keep the market's losses in check. Nearly three out of four stocks fell in the...
July 30, 2020
Florida tallied on Thursday a new record high in daily confirmed COVID-19 deaths for the third straight day as the state faces pressure to outline new measures to combat the...
July 30, 2020
Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over their market power and alleged monopolistic practices. The staggering...
July 30, 2020
Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis' funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and equal opportunity the late civil rights icon championed are...
July 30, 2020
Tourists acting like sailors on shore leave are straining town services in Conway, New Hampshire, the town manager said Thursday in seeking federal assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. Tom Holmes...
July 30, 2020
Tourists acting like sailors on shore leave are straining town services in Conway, New Hampshire, the town manager said Thursday in seeking federal assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. Tom Holmes...
July 30, 2020
A former college student from Texas who posed as a film producer has been sentenced in New Hampshire to more than a year in jail for defrauding several foreign citizens...
July 30, 2020
Birdman's Palm Island mansion is finally sold, golden toilet and all. Techpreneur Teddy Truchot snapped up the seven-bedroom, 12-bathroom crib that also includes two pools, two wine cellars, movie theater...
July 30, 2020
The president's proposal to possibly postpone the polls in November threatens to delegitimize the very tenure in office he seeks to preserve, and the political integrity of the nation he...
July 30, 2020
Idaho lawmakers on Thursday voted for proposed legislation creating a liability shield for protection against lawsuits during declared emergencies such as the coronavirus pandemic, and are asking Republican Gov. Brad...
July 30, 2020
Sweden was an outlier in its handling of coronavirus, attracting global mockery for refusing to impose a lockdown, keeping schools and businesses open… But that approach lessened the economic impact...
July 30, 2020
Even though the 1932 Summer Olympics were held during the Great Depression, Los Angeles first chance to host the Games still stand as a model for innovation and profitability. It...
July 30, 2020
As a $600 weekly bonus to those seeking unemployment benefits in Washington expired, the state saw a slight dip in new weekly claims, which remained at high levels as the...
July 30, 2020
North Carolina regulators have told the state's big for-profit electric, natural gas and water utilities to keep delaying disconnections through August as customers still struggle financially from COVID-19. The state...
July 30, 2020
Washington has made startling accusations that Russia & China “have already turned space into a war-fighting domain,” but what's really going on is the US is attempting to distract from...
July 30, 2020
The Iowa football program under Coach Kirk Ferentz has suffered from a culture that perpetuated racial bias against Black players and allowed some current and former staff members to demean...
July 30, 2020
Frustrated negotiators of a massive coronavirus relief bill face heightened pressure with Thursday's brutal economic news and the rapidly approaching lapse in a $600 per-week expanded jobless benefit that has...
July 30, 2020
The arrest July 21 of powerful Republican House Speaker Larry Householder and four associates in a $60 million federal bribery case has upended both politics and policy-making in Ohio. The...
July 30, 2020
Florida State University has canceled a continuing service agreement with one of the school's biggest construction contractors after photos surfaced of one of the company's co-owners in blackface. FSU president...
July 30, 2020
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund withdrew its bid to buy English Premier League club Newcastle on Thursday after the process was stalled by concerns about piracy by the kingdom and...
July 30, 2020
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has died after battling the coronavirus. He was 74. A post on Cain's Twitter account on Thursday announced the death. Cain had been ill...
July 30, 2020
Grain futures were mostly lower on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. delivery was up 1 cent at $5.32 a bushel; Sept. corn...
July 30, 2020
“Challenge accepted," they wrote — female Instagram users across the United States, flooding the photo-sharing app with black-and-white images. Together they formed a grid of millions of magazine-style captures of...
July 30, 2020
Demonstrators in northern Mexico have burned several government vehicles, blocked railway tracks and set afire a government office and highway tollbooths to protest water payments to the United States. Mexico...
July 30, 2020
When the coronavirus pandemic forced the University of Vermont to close and send its students home, the alarm spread: What would happen to the cows? The university's beloved herd of...
July 30, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on Comcast in the second quarter as movie theaters closed, theme parks shut down and advertisers cut back. The company reported Thursday that its...
July 30, 2020
Grubhub's average daily orders jumped 32% in the second quarter as the pandemic shut in diners, but the company swung to a loss as it spent heavily to prop up...
July 30, 2020
A big study to help Medicare officials decide whether to start covering brain scans to check for Alzheimer's disease missed its goals for curbing health care costs, calling into question...
