Heavy rains pummeled the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday due to a weather system headed to Puerto Rico and other islands that was expected to develop into a tropical storm that...
July 29, 2020
Carnival Corporation is making progress on its environmental record, but still has a ways to go, a federal judge said Wednesday. As Carnival Corporation faces an unprecedented downturn, the company...
July 29, 2020
Big gaps in federal oversight of long-term care facilities for aging veterans may have contributed to rampant coronavirus infections and more than 200 deaths at state-run homes, according to a...
July 29, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service is considering closing post offices across the country, sparking concerns ahead of an anticipated surge of mail-in ballots in the 2020 elections, U.S. Sen Joe Manchin...
July 29, 2020
Legislation stemming from the death of a New Jersey woman and University of South Carolina student police say got into the car of an Uber impersonator passed the U.S. House...
July 29, 2020
Spirit Airlines is warning employees that it could furlough up to 30% of its roughly 9,000 workers in October, when federal payroll-help money runs out. CEO Ted Christie said in...
July 29, 2020
A fired Kansas City Public Schools secretary who was among several employees accused of falsifying attendance data in a bid to help the district regain accreditation is suing. The Kansas...
July 29, 2020
California lawmakers on Wednesday advanced several bills spurred by the coronavirus, including one designed to aid food sector employees and another to stockpile personal protective equipment so the state isn't...
July 29, 2020
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 25 The New York Times on political conventions and President Donald Trump canceling the Republican National Committee's nominating...
July 29, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday the state would keep in place a planned jump in the state's minimum wage to $14 an hour next year for larger businesses, saying it...
July 29, 2020
The Missouri Press Association is adding three journalism leaders to its Hall of Fame. The inductees are Kia Breaux, Midwest regional director for The Associated Press; the late Laura Hockaday,...
July 29, 2020
There are fewer detainees flying in and out of Washington state on flights chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Yakima this year compared to last year, the Yakima...
July 29, 2020
State attorneys told a judge Wednesday that South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is withholding pandemic relief funds to the state's historically Black colleges and universities following a lawsuit over his...
July 29, 2020
Tropical weather barreling toward Florida could delay this weekend's planned return of the first SpaceX crew. On Wednesday, SpaceX and NASA cleared the Dragon crew capsule to depart the International...
July 29, 2020
Chicago's oldest hospital announced Wednesday it will close next year after the state of Illinois failed to finance its merger with three other money-losing hospitals. Mercy Hospital & Medical Center...
July 29, 2020
The Latest on testimony before a congressional committee by the CEOs of Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google (all times local): 5:20 p.m. U.S. lawmakers have repeatedly ripped the CEOs of...
July 29, 2020
A contact-tracing app for mobile phones is being piloted and could go live in Pennsylvania in the coming weeks as part of an effort to more quickly contain coronavirus outbreaks...
July 29, 2020
Irene Pollin, who co-owned the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Capitals along with late husband Abe, has died. She was 96. Monumental Sports and Entertainment said Pollin died Tuesday at...
July 29, 2020
Two U.S. representatives introduced legislation Wednesday that would ban greyhound racing nationwide, after an advocacy group released videos showing greyhounds being trained by chasing, mauling and killing live rabbits in...
July 29, 2020
A former Portland police officer whose assault of a man led to the city's largest police brutality jury verdict is now being sued by a colleague over alleged sexual harassment...
July 29, 2020
Wall Street rallied on Wednesday, and the S&P 500 climbed 1.2% for its best day in two weeks after the Federal Reserve kept the accelerator floored on its support for...
July 29, 2020
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ July 28 The Post and Courier on affordable housing: It's no surprise that a recent survey found widespread agreement that the Charleston region...
July 29, 2020
The Arizona Coyotes caught a break when the NHL opted to expand the postseason and return from the pandemic-related shutdown in a pair of Canadian bubbles. Arizona was a long...
July 29, 2020
Saints coach Sean Payton prefers not to use the term “training camp” to describe how he's trying to prepare his club for this pandemic-altered NFL season. “There's nothing about this...
July 29, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Track bribes before moving nuke deal Scranton Times-Tribune July 29 Nuclear power remains crucial to Pennsylvania and should become even...
July 29, 2020
State technology workers are trying to determine the cause of another security breach in Kentucky's unemployment system, state officials said Wednesday. The problem was discovered Monday after a claimant saw...
July 29, 2020
A remote California county bordering Oregon and Nevada that was the first to defy state shutdown orders to prevent spread of the coronavirus has confirmed its first cases of COVID-19....
July 29, 2020
Anthony Davis and Zion Williamson say they are ready for re-opening night. Davis practiced Wednesday for the first time since getting poked in an eye during the Los Angeles Lakers'...
July 29, 2020
The founder of a Silicon Valley venture capital firm was sentenced Wednesday to six months behind bars for paying about $450,000 in bribes to boost his two daughters' entrance exam...
July 29, 2020
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the fraud conviction of former Washington state Auditor Troy Kelley. Kelley was convicted of several felonies, including possession of stolen property, lying under...
July 29, 2020
The summer's third and final mission to Mars — featuring NASA's most elaborate life-hunting rover — is on the verge of liftoff. The rover Perseverance will follow China's rover-orbiter combo...
July 29, 2020
Commercial flights at a county airport in Washington state are set to resume Saturday with a limited schedule after workers spent more than two months replacing pavement at the airport....
July 29, 2020
An attorney for J.C. Penney Co. told a bankruptcy judge Wednesday that the retailer is going forward with a sale of its business and expects the deal to be completed...
July 29, 2020
Nearly 600,000 electric customers in Florida are behind in monthly payments since the coronavirus pandemic began hammering the economy and causing massive job losses, state utility regulators were told Wednesday....
July 29, 2020
A federal appeals court on Wednesday restored a major part of Ashley Judd's lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, finding that the producer had power over the actor which should make her...
July 29, 2020
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose 23 cents to settle at $41.27 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for September delivery rose 53 cents to $43.75 a barrel....
July 29, 2020
The Detroit Pistons have agreed to buy the Northern Arizona Suns, and the NBA G League team is expected to begin playing in Detroit in 2021-22. The Pistons, the Phoenix...
July 29, 2020
The appearance of Attorney General William Barr before the House Judiciary Committee has put on display for the entire world the level of highly-charged, partisan political dysfunction that has paralyzed...
July 29, 2020
A historically Black university in Louisiana has received a $20 million donation from MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The gift is the largest private contribution...
July 29, 2020
The Latest on testimony in Congress by the CEOs of Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google (all times local): 2: 30 p.m. The chairman of a Congressional committee investigating the power...
