Top Republicans in Congress are expected to meet Monday with President Donald Trump at the White House on the next COVID-19 aid package as the crisis many hoped would have...
July 20, 2020
In the four months since Joe Biden effectively won the Democratic presidential nomination, he has focused on consolidating the party's divergent and often warring factions. As the closing stretch of...
July 20, 2020
China's latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. One of the 17 new cases reported on Monday was in the ancient Silk...
July 20, 2020
Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and...
July 20, 2020
When tourism in Miami falls under the weather, the rest of South Florida's economy usually gets the flu. And now, with tourism ground to a halt—something reflected in the avalanche...
July 20, 2020
Proms were canceled. So were Spring weddings. Bachelor and bachelorette parties? Not happening. Cruise ships remain parked. Corporate travel is practically non-existent. Night clubs remain closed. Five months into the...
July 20, 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 20, 2020
The party once looked like it would never end in Miami — but now, if it's not dying, it will certainly need mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after the pandemic ends. Mena Caterings...
July 20, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, vacation van rental company Ondevan saw its clientele evaporate overnight. Used to fielding bookings from mostly international customers, Ondevan owners Omar Bendezú, 34, and Haley...
July 20, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis forced Dharma Yoga Studio in Coconut Grove to quickly pivot to a fully online model. The idea was to offer a variety of Zoom classes for a...
July 20, 2020
Asian shares were mostly lower Monday as investors cautiously eyed the summit of European leaders discussing the pandemic crisis and coronavirus cases continued to soar in the U.S. Japan's benchmark...
July 19, 2020
A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal,...
July 19, 2020
Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, delivered a lengthy monologue Sunday touching on topics from abortion and religion to international trade and licensing...
July 19, 2020
Less than three weeks after reopening its borders to international visitors, the Bahamas on Sunday announced that it is closing all of its airports and seaports to tourists from the...
July 19, 2020
A United Arab Emirates spacecraft began its journey to Mars with a blastoff in Japan on Monday in what is the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. The launch of the...
July 19, 2020
Farmers once again clashed with Mexican military forces Sunday to protest releases of water from a dam to repay a water debt owed to the United States. Video posted by...
July 19, 2020
Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers were able to reset the passwords of 45 of those...
July 19, 2020
Federal prosecutors have sought records on property tax appeals made to former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios on more than 100 properties, including a Chicago mansion owned by Gov. J.B....
July 19, 2020
The Walt Disney Co. has “dramatically” slashed its advertising budget on Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. It's the latest setback for the...
July 19, 2020
President Donald Trump clung to the false notion that the coronavirus will just “disappear,” made incorrect claims about a top government expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and again insisted that Americans...
July 19, 2020
NFL players are publicly pleading with the league to address several health and safety concerns on the eve of training camp. The league informed teams on Saturday that training camps...
July 19, 2020
The way BLM and the leftist milieu their protests attract tell it, they're waging a just war against a racist system of oppression. The reality is that they're full of...
July 19, 2020
Spirit AeroSystems sent some employees notices about voluntary layoffs, citing the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and the grounding of the 737 Max. The five-page notice that went out Friday...
July 19, 2020
Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet — not for work, but a recent hobby: figuring out how many of Amazon's 400,000 warehouse workers have fallen sick...
July 19, 2020
Illinois is expanding an apprenticeship program that officials hope will help people in underserved communities learn skills and connect with employers amid a difficult job market. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and...
July 19, 2020
A coalition of states is following California's lead in setting goals to jump-start a transition to electric-powered trucks, vans and buses in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve...
July 19, 2020
The left is lavishing Joe Biden with praise for his energy and environmental policies. But he still has to reassure those who work in the oil and gas field that...
July 19, 2020
A stipulation in a Kentucky police contract prohibited officials from initially firing the officers involved in Breonna Taylor's death in Louisville. The disciplinary history of a Chicago police officer who...
July 19, 2020
Acrimonious European Union talks over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund entered a third day Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel warning that the...
July 19, 2020
Andrea, a 45-year-old single mother from Mexico, lives with her three children in Homestead. An undocumented farm worker with no formal ties to the small-scale vegetable and fruit farm where...
July 19, 2020
Andrea, a 45-year-old single mother from Mexico, lives with her three children in Homestead. An undocumented farm worker with no formal ties to the small-scale vegetable and fruit farm where...
July 19, 2020
Syrians headed to polling stations in government-held parts of the war-torn country on Sunday to elect a new parliament amid strict health measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The...
July 19, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will resume in earnest in January, with thrice-weekly evidentiary hearings set to begin then, a Jerusalem court decided Sunday. It was not immediately...
July 19, 2020
NEW DELHI — A record 24-hour surge of 38,902 new cases has taken India's coronavirus total to 1,077,618. The Health Ministry on Sunday also reported 543 additional deaths for a...
July 19, 2020
It stands as the biggest economic rescue in U.S. history, the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill swiftly approved by Congress in the spring. And it's painfully clear now, as the...
July 19, 2020
Like many places across the country, working at Haney Farms is a family affair. According to Matt Haney, who co-runs the business with his cousin Keith Haney, Haney Farms was...
July 19, 2020
Local Roots dug in April 1, 2016, opening a popular food truck and even more lucrative catering business in Tuscaloosa with just three employees. “So we're a little over four...
July 19, 2020
Local folks call him the “holy goat.” For reasons known only to himself, the big billy goat likes to hang out in front of Rose Bower Missionary Baptist Church on...
July 19, 2020
China on Sunday reported another 13 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the northwestern city of Urumqi, raising the total in the country's most recent local outbreak to at least...
July 18, 2020
Nearly 4,000 laptops issued last school year to students in Greenville County are missing. The machines — Chromebooks that individually cost about $300 — are worth a combined $1.19 million,...
