In the weeks he spent flat on his back in his Brooklyn bunk, wracked with pain and struggling to breathe, Axayacatl Figueroa could think of nothing but the small town...
July 23, 2020
China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red planet. Tianwen-1 was...
July 23, 2020
Senate Republicans and the White House reached tentative agreement for more testing funds in the next COVID-19 relief package, but deep disagreements over the scope of the $1 trillion in...
July 23, 2020
Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, as flaring tensions between the U.S. and China added to uncertainties overhanging regional markets. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Sydney but fell...
July 23, 2020
Wearing masks became compulsory in Australia's second-largest city Melbourne on Thursday as hot spot Victoria state posted 403 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths. The daily infection tally was down...
July 23, 2020
Michael Baiamonte was not at Walt Disney World on Wednesday. The public address announcer for the Miami Heat wasn't in the building for the team's season-restart scrimmage debut. His voice...
July 23, 2020
Nearly 1 in 4 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs say they have been subjected to unwanted sexual comments and other harassment — one of the highest levels in...
July 23, 2020
A former top aide to City Councilman Jose Huizar pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a $1.5 million pay-to-play scheme tied to the approval of large building projects. George...
July 23, 2020
California will spend $315 million more to buy hundreds of millions of protective masks as the coronavirus continues to ravage the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. A new contract...
July 23, 2020
Southwest Airlines will test thermal cameras for spotting people with fevers beginning next month at the Dallas airport as it tries to convince people to fly during the coronavirus pandemic,...
July 22, 2020
Even before Mookie Betts played his first game in Dodger Blue, the superstar outfielder decided his future is in Los Angeles. Betts and the Dodgers have struck baseball's first big-money...
July 22, 2020
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis strongly emphasized the need to reopen schools in a rare address Wednesday, saying that keeping them closed will lead to depression, social isolation and a...
July 22, 2020
A San Diego businesswoman who ran a $400 million investment fraud scheme involving liquor licenses pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges. Gina Champion-Cain entered pleas to conspiracy, securities fraud and...
July 22, 2020
Fearing another grim wave of nursing home deaths as COVID-19 cases rebound, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his administration will provide $5 billion to help facilities counter the virus....
July 22, 2020
Kentucky appears to have avoided a budget shortfall in the recently ended fiscal year, but the outlook remains dire for the next year without another infusion of federal assistance, Gov....
July 22, 2020
A study released Wednesday by the U.S. Agriculture Department into the disparity between cattle prices paid to ranchers and the higher prices earned by meat processors offers more details about...
July 22, 2020
Tesla announced on Wednesday that it has picked Austin, Texas as the site for its auto assembly plant, according to media reports. The new electric vehicle manufacturing plant will be...
July 22, 2020
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers. The new factory will build...
July 22, 2020
The Senate Judiciary Committee wants to have a bipartisan plan in place to regulate the way college athletes can be compensated for name, image and likeness rights by Sept. 15,...
July 22, 2020
The steep fines the city of Miami Beach imposes on illegal vacation rentals is in violation of state law, an appeals court ruled Wednesday, affirming the opinion of a lower...
July 22, 2020
California patients could get more money from medical malpractice lawsuits under a ballot initiative that has qualified for the 2022 November election. Since 1975, California has caped damages for pain...
July 22, 2020
An overpass at one of the busiest areas in Yellowstone National Park has closed after work crews determined it may be unsafe. Crews replacing drains, expansion joints and concrete and...
July 22, 2020
The lions, kangaroos and elephants at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom are ready for their closeups. A new television show about the residents and caretakers at the animal-themed park in...
July 22, 2020
Princess Cruises ships will not be cruising from U.S. ports until at least Dec. 16. The company announced Wednesday it is canceling cruises worldwide until then, except for cruises in...
July 22, 2020
Clint Eastwood sued several companies that sell CBD supplements on Wednesday, alleging that they are falsely using his name and image to push products he would never agree to endorse....
July 22, 2020
Major League Baseball players have the option of having a patch with “Black Lives Matter” or “United For Change” on a jersey sleeve on opening day of the pandemic-delayed season....
July 22, 2020
The arrest Tuesday 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. As FBI...
July 22, 2020
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers. The new factory will build...
July 22, 2020
The Trump administration will pay Pfizer nearly $2 billion for a December delivery of 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the pharmaceutical company is developing, Health and Human Services...
July 22, 2020
Microsoft said the coronavirus pandemic has increased demand for its flagship products, reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations. The software giant said an ongoing trend of working...
July 22, 2020
Surging numbers of COVID-19 deaths continued in Georgia Wednesday as the number of confirmed cases in the state surpassed 150,000. Health officials say the jump in deaths follow the increasing...
July 22, 2020
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer criticized Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday for what she described as the company's refusal to make an airtight pledge to pay for damages caused by a potential...
July 22, 2020
Twitter's threat to shadowban accounts and hashtags linked to the pro-Trump ‘QAnon' psy-op has merely validated followers' persecution complex and brought them attention - while putting others who buck the...
July 22, 2020
Stocks closed with solid gains on Wall Street Wednesday after a choppy day of trading that pulled indexes temporarily into the red. The bumpy day came as investors sized up...
July 22, 2020
Tesla overcame a seven-week pandemic-related shutdown at its U.S. assembly plant to post a $104 million net profit for the second quarter. It was the company's fourth-straight positive quarter, qualifying...
July 22, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: With data switch, Trump delivers another slap to CDC The York Dispatch July 17 Forgive us if we take it...
July 22, 2020
A Medley construction company paid an employee $4,352 in emergency sick leave pay after U.S. Department of Labor investigators found the company violated the federal coronavirus response act. The explanation...
July 22, 2020
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell 6 cents to settle at $41.90 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for September delivery fell 3 cents to $44.29 a barrel....
July 22, 2020
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that she is expanding the state's current COVID-19 mask order to also apply to children 5 years and older and that she is decreasing...
July 22, 2020
Jakub Voracek thinks it's none of your business. When the Philadelphia Flyers winger missed practice over the weekend, no injury, illness or other reason was given. That is the NHL's...
