After more than 77 years of making guayaberas, the long-sleeved ones woven in Irish Linen that were the symbol of Cuban aristocracy and later graced movie stars, athletes and even...
July 25, 2020
Big league ball in Buffalo, New York? Naturally. Not long after the nomadic Toronto Blue Jays announced the Triple-A city as their temporary home Friday, Michael Billoni began to wonder...
July 25, 2020
Labour MP Nadia Whittome argues that debate is “a foot in the door for hatred.” It's yet another example of the radical left trying to censor free speech and force...
July 25, 2020
Veronica Atieno remembers feeling her way through the dark alleys between the shacks that make up Nairobi's slums, picking her way past raw sewage and rusty, razor-sharp metal roofing with...
July 25, 2020
In May, the future seemed bleak for A&M Comics and Books, the oldest comic book store in Florida. No new comics had been published since March 25 — the first...
July 25, 2020
MELBOURNE, Australia — Five more Victoria residents died from COVID-19 as the Australian state recorded 357 new cases in the past 24 hours. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews refused to rule...
July 25, 2020
As the mounting death toll from the coronavirus grabs headlines, a quieter killer has fed off the isolation induced by the virus. Drug overdoses have sharply risen in South Carolina,...
July 25, 2020
The bright white sand dollars prized by Outer Banks beachcombers and coveted by craft makers were once masters of their sea-bottom habitat. The elements that make a sand dollar so...
July 25, 2020
In the topsy-turvy world of U.S. strategic bombers, older and uglier sometimes beats newer and snazzier. As the Air Force charts a bomber future in line with the Pentagon's new...
July 25, 2020
President Donald Trump is positioning himself as a champion regulation-cutter in the leadup to the Nov. 3 election, but in between his showy red-tape-cutting events, his deregulatory agenda is taking...
July 25, 2020
Unable to land the big deal with Congress to curb drug costs, President Donald Trump has moved on his own to allow imports of cheaper medicines, along with other limited...
July 25, 2020
Hundreds of Texas bar owners say they'll defy Gov. Greg Abbott's mandate that ordered them closed after a surge in coronavirus cases. Fort Worth bar owner Chris Polone has organized...
July 25, 2020
A Texas appeals court ruled Friday that a hospital must keep a 17-month-old girl on life support pending a trial addressing the merits of the law doctors invoked to withdraw...
July 25, 2020
Offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs became the first player to opt out of the upcoming NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic on...
July 25, 2020
Even as lawmakers stumble in their quest to pass another coronavirus response measure, both the House and Senate sought to return to some semblance of normal business this week, passing...
July 25, 2020
Even as lawmakers stumble in their quest to pass another coronavirus response measure, both the House and Senate sought to return to some semblance of normal business this week, passing...
July 25, 2020
Legal groups sued the U.S. government Friday in an attempt to prevent the rapid expulsion of children that the Trump administration detained in hotel rooms under an emergency declaration citing...
July 25, 2020
Legal groups sued the U.S. government Friday in an attempt to prevent the rapid expulsion of children that the Trump administration detained in hotel rooms under an emergency declaration citing...
July 25, 2020
A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church's request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on worship services as part of the state's...
July 25, 2020
With 100 days to go before the November election, the US intelligence community issued warnings about foreign ‘influence measures' such as media reports. The actual challenge to US democracy, however,...
July 25, 2020
Kansas' open Senate race has generated close to $14 million worth of ads, with two-thirds of the spending coming from political action committees as establishment Republicans fight to keep hard-right...
July 24, 2020
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with chemical giant 3M regarding cleanup of “forever chemicals” at its plant in Decatur and at...
July 24, 2020
Kentucky will extend its contract with an outside company hired to help work through a backlog of unemployment claims amid the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday. The contract...
July 24, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged Friday to do more to protect farm workers, grocery clerks and other essential workers — many of whom are Latino — from the health and...
July 24, 2020
With galleries and museums shuttered for the coronavirus pandemic, a Brazilian art gallery owner decided to adapt the culture of drive-in movies to the visual arts and inaugurated a drive-thru...
July 24, 2020
Two months after the Trump administration awarded $21 million to study whether a common heartburn drug was effective against COVID-19, government health officials raised serious concerns about patient safety and...
July 24, 2020
The Minnesota Vikings signed head coach Mike Zimmer to a three-year contract extension through the 2023 season, finalizing a key piece of business Friday before the beginning of training camp....
July 24, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has forced people to stay home for the last few months, and their purchasing habits show it, a new consumer report found. The consumer goods company Unilever,...
July 24, 2020
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans' mayor is shutting down the city's bars because of rising coronavirus numbers and is also forbidding restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks to go. Mayor LaToya...
July 24, 2020
NFL training camps are set to open after the league and the players' union reached agreement on several issues, including future salary cap mechanisms and how players can opt out...
July 24, 2020
Unable to land the big deal with Congress to curb drug costs, President Donald Trump on Friday moved on his own to allow imports of cheaper medicines, along with other...
July 24, 2020
Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald Trump...
July 24, 2020
A Montana county became the latest battleground in the debate over face masks after local residents pushed back against stricter rules in a virtual face-off with public health officials. The...
July 24, 2020
Ten crew members on German-based ships slated to begin cruises in August have tested positive for COVID-19. The AIDA-brand cruise ships are owned by Miami-based Carnival Corporation. The crew members...
July 24, 2020
Safety regulators issued an emergency order directing airlines to inspect and if necessary replace a critical engine part on popular Boeing 737 jets after four reports of engines shutting down...
July 24, 2020
The Bahamas has reversed course on closing its border to U.S. travelers over surging coronavirus infections in both nations. Less than a week after Prime Minister Hubert Minnis announced the...
July 24, 2020
The U.S. wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on...
July 24, 2020
The Michigan State University football team suspended workouts Friday, and its players will quarantine for 14 days after a second staff member and a player tested positive for the coronavirus,...
July 24, 2020
The Michigan State University football team suspended workouts Friday, and its players will quarantine for 14 days after a second staff member and a player tested positive for the coronavirus,...
July 24, 2020
The Michigan State University football team suspended workouts Friday, and its players will quarantine for 14 days after a second staff member and a player tested positive for the coronavirus,...
