The president has been called a “segregationist” for repealing an order forcing suburbs to build “affordable housing” or lose funding. But it's got nothing to do with race – 35%...
July 30, 2020
President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud....
July 30, 2020
The number of Floridians filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell for the second-straight week. But the figure climbed in the rest of the U.S., suggesting the national...
July 30, 2020
Grubhub saw its average daily orders jump 32% in the second quarter but swung to a loss as it spent heavily to prop up restaurants and protect drivers as the...
July 30, 2020
More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. economy. The continuing wave of...
July 30, 2020
A job listing for the role of prime minister's spokesperson has been released, but what will the new role mean for the political discourse in Britain and is it actually...
July 30, 2020
‘Flash Gordon' director Mike Hodges talks about revisionist criticism of the film, its sexual appeal, rumours of masonic and mystical symbolism, and why it's a new 4k version is being...
July 30, 2020
The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers — blasted off Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project...
July 30, 2020
In the Fall 2012, as the willing subject of one of the most anticipated literary biographies in recent memory, Philip Roth joked that he had surrendered power over his own...
July 30, 2020
The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers — blasted off Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project...
July 30, 2020
The government is poised Thursday to deliver a double-dose of sobering news — on the devastation the coronavirus caused the U.S. economy last quarter and the damage it continues to...
July 30, 2020
UPS is reporting a profit of $1.77 billion with the pandemic fueling a 21% surge in daily shipping volume, the largest quarterly increase ever recorded by the company. The daily...
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
El Papa ha denunciado que la trata de personas, un crimen que segun los ultimos informes de la Organizacion Naciones Unidas (ONU) afecta sobre todo a mujeres y ninas, es...
July 30, 2020
Qualcomm has been expecting to ride a 5G smartphone growth wave for a while now, and it finally looks to be taking hold as the San Diego wireless technology giant...
July 30, 2020
Forget about those media rooms, wine cellars and home spas – the hottest item for buyers in a COVID-19 world is a home office. With millions of Americans now working...
July 30, 2020
After spending a May day preparing her classroom to reopen for preschoolers, Ana Aguilar was informed that the tots would not have to wear face masks when they came back....
July 30, 2020
Born from the burgeoning real estate market that preceded the Great Recession, flipping homes has become a national fascination over the past two decades. Thrifty bargain hunters scooped up foreclosed...
July 30, 2020
El desarrollo de la digitalizacion, a traves de avances en eficiencia, el uso de las tecnologias digitales y otros aumentos "relativamente menores" pueden impulsar un crecimiento de 5.7 puntos porcentuales...
July 30, 2020
Mike Owens throws a pool party several times a week, but it's not for him. Instead, Owens, 53, rents his pool in Waxahachie, Texas, out to strangers through a website...
July 30, 2020
California office spaces are expected to keep getting emptier and their rent prices will likely keep declining for years as the fallout of the pandemic persists, according to a new...
July 30, 2020
The house was always going to need a little work. An unpermitted second bedroom extending into the back alleyway "bounced" when entered, said Erika Cherry, who bought the 650-square-foot Seattle...
July 30, 2020
Members of the Writers Guild of America overwhelmingly backed a new film and TV contract with the major studios. The three-year contract, which increases minimum pay rates and residuals for...
July 30, 2020
Cumberland University baseball coach Woody Hunt has been given the Pat Summitt Lifetime Achievement Award by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Named for the longtime Tennessee women's basketball coach...
July 30, 2020
Repairs on a ferry between Kentucky and Missouri are nearing completion, and the service will likely remain closed until sometime Friday, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry in...
July 30, 2020
Young black men are 25 times more likely to be murdered, yet any initiative to try to discuss why this is, or to use software to identify whether different ethnic...
July 30, 2020
BASEBALL HOUSTON (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, a day after throwing a fastball near the head...
July 30, 2020
A dozen people in Florida have been charged in 11 cases of stealing more than $700,000 in Social Security benefits. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa announced the charges Wednesday....
July 30, 2020
As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus. An outbreak among 18- to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany...
July 30, 2020
When Turkey's president signed a security deal last year to back one of the sides in Libya's civil war, another agreement was waiting to be signed by his new proteges...
July 30, 2020
Asian stocks advanced Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero to support a struggling economy. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul gained. Tokyo was lower....
July 30, 2020
NEW DELHI, India — India has registered more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours for the first time. The record surge of 52,123 reported cases took...
July 30, 2020
President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, both promise sweeping progress over the next four years –- via starkly different paths. Trump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out...
July 30, 2020
Australia's coronavirus hot spot Victoria will make masks compulsory statewide after reporting on Thursday a record 723 new cases. Masks have been mandatory in the state capital Melbourne and a...
July 30, 2020
Congressional lawmakers finally got a chance to grill the CEOs of Big Tech over their dominance and allegations of monopolistic practices that stifle competition. But it's not clear how much...
July 30, 2020
Vietnam imposed more coronavirus restrictions Thursday as an outbreak that started in a popular beach resort destination grew with nine new cases. Eight of the new infections were detected in...
July 30, 2020
A natural gas pipeline erupted in flames near Houston after it was accidentally cut Wednesday afternoon by a contractor, officials said. The accident happened about 4:45 p.m. in the town...
July 30, 2020
Ernie Banks famously said: “Let's play two.” Baseball players just might not want to play nine innings twice in one day during this pandemic-delayed season. While Cleveland swept the Chicago...
July 30, 2020
Los Angeles County, which recently appeared headed for another lockdown amid escalating coronavirus cases, now is seeing fewer hospitalizations and a lower transmission rate that health officials said Wednesday are...
July 30, 2020
Accounting At MBAF: Ken Saltzman has been named principal of information technology, in addition to serving as acting chief technology officer of the firm. Clairissa Burns has been named a...
