Nearly $6 million in federal grants have been approved for five Washington tribes to pay for programs to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus and give financial help to...
July 20, 2020
Texas' budget forecast plummeted to a projected $4.6 billion shortfall as the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices take a heavy toll on one of America's largest economies, the state's...
July 20, 2020
Like the Soviet Union in its final years, the United States is reeling from catastrophic failures of leadership and long-suppressed socioeconomic tensions that have finally boiled over. For the rest...
July 20, 2020
A factory fishing vessel that docked in the Alaska fishing port of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands has 85 crew members infected on board with the coronavirus, officials said....
July 20, 2020
Voter advocates aligned with Democrats dropped a federal lawsuit that sought to make it easier to vote by mail in Florida during the coronavirus pandemic after Republican officials promised to...
July 20, 2020
U.S. health officials are cracking down on a brand of fruity disposable e-cigarettes that is popular with teenagers, saying the company never received permission to sell them in the U.S....
July 20, 2020
Christopher Nolan's “Tenet,” which had hoped to herald Hollywood's return to big theatrical releases, has yet again postponed its release due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Warner Bros. said Monday...
July 20, 2020
Amid an epic political battle for the White House, Americans can no longer believe what they read and hear in the media. This is a dangerous reality for the nation,...
July 20, 2020
South Florida's largest commercial airports say the Florida Department of Health has stopped enforcing Gov. Ron DeSantis' order requiring travelers from Connecticut, New Jersey and New York to quarantine for...
July 20, 2020
A South Carolina lawmaker said he will try to get a proposal into the state budget that would stop giving state money to a city or county that removes a...
July 20, 2020
The desperate race to corral the coronavirus pandemic took on even greater urgency Monday as a burgeoning economic crisis collided with political turmoil. Even as the latest experimental vaccine appeared...
July 20, 2020
Kentucky's unemployment director was quietly fired in May as the state dealt with a record number of jobless claims due to the coronavirus pandemic. Office of Unemployment Insurance Director Muncie...
July 20, 2020
Grain futures were mixed on Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. delivery declined 13 cents at $5.1940 a bushel; Sept. corn fell 6.6...
July 20, 2020
Britain's government suspended its extradition treaty and blocked arms sales with Hong Kong on Monday, after China imposed a tough new national security law. As tensions grow with Beijing, Foreign...
July 20, 2020
People who want to learn about Kansas legislators' financial interests have about a 50% chance of finding the information online, according to a review of records by The Associated Press....
July 20, 2020
The top federal Transportation Safety Administration official in Kansas says he raised concerns about the need for coronavirus precautions at airports early during the pandemic and pushed the agency to...
July 20, 2020
Once banned for blasphemy, the Life of Brian has been recertified in Britain. Its eviscerating take on Christianity is exactly what's needed on the new religion of Woke before the...
July 20, 2020
The Dallas Morning News. July 19, 2020. As COVID-19 infections rise, parents need more information from schools Parents of schoolchildren are intensely discussing how to educate kids amid a pandemic,...
July 20, 2020
It's bigger even than toilet paper: Who could have predicted that the humble bicycle would become one of the hottest -- and scarcest -- commodities in a grim pandemic? Certainly...
July 20, 2020
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot....
July 20, 2020
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot....
July 20, 2020
As we cross into the second half of 2020, there is little hope left that our misfortunes will end when this annus horribilis goes out. We may be entering one...
July 20, 2020
American investment firm RedBird Capital Partners has agreed to buy an 85% stake in struggling French soccer club Toulouse, the sides said Monday. Olivier Sadran, who had been club president...
July 20, 2020
Rap superstar Kanye West seems determined to run for president. Whether he succeeds or fails, his bravery and outspokenness may turn a new generation to conservative thought. To say that...
July 20, 2020
Hundreds of Catalan independence supporters protested the visit of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Monday to the northeastern region as part of a royal tour across Spain that...
July 20, 2020
Millions of people are fearful and permanently out of work. The supply chain devastation will continue with a tsunami of defaults, starting with the airlines who promised not to fire...
July 20, 2020
A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge as he answered the door of the family home Sunday in New Jersey and shot and wounded the...
July 20, 2020
Chevron will take over Noble Energy for $5 billion in the first big deal announced since the coronavirus pandemic shook the energy sector. Chevron, based in San Ramon, California, has...
July 20, 2020
Real estate webinars this week focus on a variety of topics — from affordable housing to construction. July 21 ▪ The Coral Gables-based law firm Siegfried Rivera will host the...
July 20, 2020
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. STRIKING FOR BLACK LIVES Tens of thousands of workers are set to...
July 20, 2020
Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, ranted against historical figure Harriet Tubman on Sunday, saying the Underground Railroad conductor “never actually freed the...
July 20, 2020
Amber Heard entered the witness box Monday to give evidence during her ex-husband Johnny Depp's libel case against a British tabloid that accused him of assaulting her during their tempestuous...
July 20, 2020
Karyn Johnson-Dorsey completed her last trip as a delivery worker for Shipt, Target Corp.'s grocery delivery app, on June 8. She'd spent time at Petco texting pictures of litter boxes...
July 20, 2020
C. Mikel Oglesby doesn't think the end is nigh for public transportation. Dire predictions have swirled about transit's future as COVID-19 has upended the economy and kept commuters at home....
July 20, 2020
Lessons via radio or TV. Math problems in newspapers. Classes on Zoom or WhatsApp. The options for African students to keep studying while schools remain closed because of the coronavirus...
July 20, 2020
Asian shares were mixed in directionless trading Monday as investors cautiously eyed the summit of European leaders discussing the pandemic crisis, as coronavirus cases soared in the U.S. Japan's benchmark...
July 20, 2020
Weary and bleary, European Union leaders were gearing up Monday for a fourth day of fighting over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund, barely...
July 20, 2020
NEW DELHI — India reported more than 40,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, a record high for the country. The 40,425 new cases raised India's total to 1,118,043,...
July 20, 2020
President Donald Trump appears to be living in an alternate reality when it comes to the COVID-19 threat. Over the weekend, he clung to the misguided notion that the virus...
July 20, 2020
Gary Williams — the Rev. Gary Williams, in actual fact — has no trouble envisioning the transition he hopes will soon take place inside a dimly lit, 8,700-square foot storefront....
