A North Carolina mayor has banned alcohol sales in the city after 11 p.m. in an effort to curb the coronavirus spread. Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin signed an executive order...
July 21, 2020
British police are considering dropping terms like “jihadi” and “Islamist terrorism” from official communications, to improve “community relations.” This verbal chicanery takes the public, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, for fools....
July 21, 2020
Before coronavirus arrived, Manish Mallick's trips to this city's South Side had been limited to attending graduate classes at the University of Chicago. Now Mallick is a South Side regular...
July 21, 2020
EU leaders thrashed out a $2.1 trillion plan to aid their pandemic-ravaged economies Tuesday while U.S. lawmakers remained far apart on a deal to provide more financial relief for Americans....
July 21, 2020
Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday on rising hopes for an effective vaccine to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Scientists at Oxford University reported that their experimental coronavirus vaccine prompted a...
July 21, 2020
NEW DELHI — A surge of 37,140 new cases in the past 24 hours has taken India's number of coronavirus infections to 1,155,191. The Health Ministry on Tuesday also reported...
July 21, 2020
A year ago, Cijay Brightman was doing sound and lighting for a Madonna performance in Israel. Now, after the coronavirus wiped out live events, he's making sandwiches, slicing cheese and...
July 21, 2020
Weary but relieved, European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, somehow finding unity after four days...
July 21, 2020
President Donald Trump acknowledged a “big flareup” of COVID-19 cases, but divisions between the White House and Senate Republicans and differences with Democrats posed fresh challenges for a new federal...
July 21, 2020
It was one of the first protests in Hong Kong after a feared national security law came into effect. Among a dozen or so lunchtime demonstrators at a luxury mall...
July 21, 2020
A California appeals court on Monday upheld a groundbreaking verdict that Monsanto's widely used weed killer caused cancer in a school groundskeeper but the panel also slashed the damage award...
July 21, 2020
Congressional watchdogs are questioning the government's decision to award a $700 million coronavirus relief loan to a struggling trucking company on grounds its operations are critical for maintaining national security....
July 21, 2020
California will kill 3.2 million trout to stop the outbreak of a bacterial infection that's threatening hatcheries, wildlife officials said Monday. The trout, which are used to stock waterways for...
July 21, 2020
ABC News has cut ties with a veteran executive after an investigation concluded that she made racially insensitive remarks, according to an internal memo. In an email to ABC News...
July 21, 2020
The parent company of Southern supermarket chain Winn-Dixie said Monday that it is reversing its policy and will now require customers to wear masks at its stores to help reduce...
July 20, 2020
California hair and nail salons may provide services outdoors under new rules announced Monday that aim to provide a lifeline for personal care services decimated by the state's shutdown orders...
July 20, 2020
Major League Baseball is adding on-field advertising this season, both real and virtual. Allowed locations include the back of the pitcher's mound, behind home plate, on tarps in the stands...
July 20, 2020
Fox News Channel stars Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Howard Kurtz were accused of sexual harassment by a frequent on-air guest in a lawsuit filed Monday that the network called...
July 20, 2020
Amazon and other big companies led stocks higher on Wall Street Monday, extending the market's gains after a three-week winning streak. Gains by technology and communication stocks, and companies that...
July 20, 2020
Within two weeks, Mississippi hospitals will need to start housing patients two-to-a room and placing beds in open wards and other areas where patients don't normally stay to keep up...
July 20, 2020
Texas surpassed 4,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic Monday but officials in Houston, one of the hardest-hit cities in the U.S., say they are cautiously optimistic about recent trends following...
July 20, 2020
Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of grocery chain Winn-Dixie, has reversed its decision to not require customers to wear masks inside of its stores. Starting on July 27, shoppers will...
July 20, 2020
To many of Miami's hospitality workers, the racism and indifference portrayed in the video showing a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd until he died as...
July 20, 2020
Joe Biden is calling President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic “inept” in a new statement that lays out his priorities for the next relief package in Congress. In...
July 20, 2020
Lawmakers concerned that Republican Gov. Brad Little has too much power following his emergency declaration because of the coronavirus pandemic considered on Monday ways to reconvene after the regular legislative...
July 20, 2020
Emboldened by the announcement that Zack Snyder's version of ‘Justice League' will release through HBO Max, fans are now petitioning for a chance to see the allegedly radically different director's...
July 20, 2020
A Washington judge Friday upheld coronavirus-related housing rules for farmworkers, rejecting claims by a union that the state bowed to the agricultural industry and adopted unsafe standards. The Department of...
July 20, 2020
The owner of an award-winning organic dairy who pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of nearly $60 million was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison. Philip Riehl, an accountant...
July 20, 2020
Activists participate in a National Strike for Black Lives protest outside of the Miami Beach City Hall on Monday, July 20, 2020. … Click to Continue »
July 20, 2020
Self-declared presidential candidate Kanye West delivered a winding and unconventional campaign introduction speech in which he proposed a $1 million payout to each new mother and decried Harriet Tubman for...
July 20, 2020
Major League Baseball has doubled the isolated camera angles available for video review from 12 to 24 and arranged for high-frame rate cameras to stream directly to the new replay...
July 20, 2020
Rich Americans produce nearly 25% more heat-trapping gases than poorer people at home, according to a comprehensive study of U.S. residential carbon footprints. Scientists studied 93 million housing units in...
July 20, 2020
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose 22 cents to settle at $40.81 a barrel Monday. Brent crude oil for September delivery rose 14 cents to $43.28 a barrel....
July 20, 2020
A Nevada company that started in 1973 with a single hotel-casino in Reno announced Monday it has completed a $17.3 billion buyout of Caesars Entertainment Corp. and will take the...
July 20, 2020
Walmart is building a new warehouse in coastal South Carolina that officials said will bring 1,000 jobs to the region. The $220 million facility will be built in Dorchester County...
July 20, 2020
Whole Foods Market discriminated against its employees when it barred them from wearing Black Lives Matter face coverings while on the job, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday in...
July 20, 2020
Chicago will again impose restrictions on bars, gyms and personal services, like facials, to combat a recent spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday. Starting Friday, bars...
July 20, 2020
A coalition of states on Monday renewed its push to stop the Trump administration from selling coal from public lands after a previous effort to halt the lease sales was...
July 20, 2020
Ever since the U.S. government launched its emergency lending program for small businesses on April 3, there have been complaints that bigger companies had their loans approved and disbursed more...
July 20, 2020
This was supposed to be the day that a bunch of wide-eyed rookies reported for their first training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs, lugging televisions and fans and other...
