The refusal of radical union leaders to reopen schools this fall unless their demands are met is not about Covid-19 – it's a political act aimed at getting Joe Biden...
July 17, 2020
At the start of one of the most daunting and divisive summits in recent history, the atmosphere among the European Union leaders was downright giddy. Blame the coronavirus pandemic. With...
July 17, 2020
An iconic North Carolina restaurant has reopened its doors more than a year after it was shut down due to its tax debt. Wilber's Barbecue in Goldsboro welcomed customers once...
July 17, 2020
Alabama's unemployment rate dropped to 7.5% as the economy recovers during a worsening coronavirus threat, the state said Friday. The jobless rate from June was down substantially from April, when...
July 17, 2020
L.L. Bean is expanding from its original model of direct-to-customer catalog sales and in-stores sales with an agreement to sell products in Nordstrom, Staples and sporting goods chain SCHEELS. The...
July 17, 2020
An eye-catching new vehicle is on the streets of Miami Beach. No, it's not a convertible or a motorcycle, but a COVID testing truck. Aardvark Mobile Health launched trucks designed...
July 17, 2020
Another retail chain filed for Chapter 11 on Monday, spelling more bad news for the South Florida retail market, according to one retail expert. The parent company of New York...
July 17, 2020
Despite the bumpy rollout, the CARES Act PPP program provided forgivable loans to about 4.5 million businesses. There is concern that many middle market businesses have exhausted much of the...
July 17, 2020
In a landmark 6-3 decision last month, the Supreme Court of the United States expanded existing Title VII workplace protections to LGBTQ+ individuals. The decision provides much needed guidance to...
July 17, 2020
CEOs were asked: How has the latest surge in COVID-19 cases affected your workplace? Have you extended your work-from-home policy or made other changes? == Our broader Mana team is...
July 17, 2020
TextEditor 2020 has been a most unique year. Coming into the first quarter, South Florida experienced a great surge in business and was tracking for an excellent year in real...
July 17, 2020
“Field of Dreams” is my favorite movie. Lately, I can't stop thinking about James Earl Jones' “people will come” monologue when he says, “America has rolled by like an army...
July 17, 2020
European Union leaders are meeting Friday in the largest room they could find at their summit center so they can keep apart as a health precaution. That's not the only...
July 17, 2020
In its 2019 Sustainability Report released Thursday, General Motors is providing new details of its upcoming flood of electric vehicles. The report also outlined advances across the company GM made...
July 17, 2020
El cofundador del festival de Lollapalooza, Marc Geiger, predice que no habra festivales ni grandes conciertos a la vieja usanza hasta 2022. En declaraciones al 'Bob Lefsetz Podcast' recogidas por...
July 17, 2020
A Motor City bicycle maker has left its training wheels in the dust. Founded nine years ago, Detroit Bikes LLC now produces up to 10,000 bikes a year, says CEO...
July 17, 2020
3M has investigated 4,000 reports globally of fraud, counterfeiting and price gouging in connection with its N95 respirators. As a result, it has filed 18 lawsuits in North America. The...
July 17, 2020
A bridge that connects Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Cairo, Illinois, will be closed for extensive maintenance next month, officials said. The U.S. 51 Ohio River “Cairo” Bridge is scheduled to close...
July 17, 2020
BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) — Big league players will still hear the roar of the crowd even though the stands will be empty when the baseball season opens next week....
July 17, 2020
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street closed lower amid uncertainty about the U.S. economic outlook. Shanghai and Tokyo retreated while Hong Kong and Seoul advanced. That followed...
July 17, 2020
BEIJING — China is now requiring those arriving on the mainland from Hong Kong show a negative coronavirus test taken within the previous three days and undergo 14 days of...
July 17, 2020
India has crossed 1 million coronavirus cases, third only to the United States and Brazil, prompting concerns about its readiness to confront an inevitable surge that could overwhelm hospitals and...
July 17, 2020
The Federal Reserve provided the footing for the stock market rally since March. Hope for another round of Congressional stimulus spending has built up investor confidence. That optimism meets political...
July 17, 2020
Oakland will pay $32.7 million to settle lawsuits filed over a 2016 fire at an illegally converted warehouse dubbed the Ghost Ship that killed 36 people, the city announced Thursday....
July 17, 2020
California regulators will require 72 hours of backup power at cell towers in emergency situations, including electricity shutoffs during fire seasons. The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously Thursday to...
July 16, 2020
Washington state saw a surge in new claims for unemployment insurance as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hurt the economy. The Seattle Times reports that for the week ending July...
July 16, 2020
An aviation company disputes a claim it is responsible for the death of a glider passenger in response to a lawsuit filed by the family of a victim in a...
July 16, 2020
Pacific Gas & Electric transmission lines sparked a wildfire in California's wine country last year that destroyed hundreds of homes, fire officials said Thursday. The California Department of Forestry and...
July 16, 2020
Pacific Gas & Electric transmission lines sparked a wildfire in California's wine country last year that destroyed hundreds of homes, fire officials said Thursday. The California Department of Forestry and...
July 16, 2020
They can be colorful or come in basic black, make a political statement or just a funny one. Masks made of cotton and other washable materials have become big sellers,...
July 16, 2020
Foreign hackers are determined as ever to steal technology, meddle in elections and skew foreign policy, but fear not! The CIA has apparently been authorized to deliver preemptive cyber-strikes based...
July 16, 2020
A Kansas businessman pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in two fraud schemes involving false payday loan debt and tax evasion totaling more than $8 million, federal prosecutors said. Joel...
July 16, 2020
HARD COVER FICTION 1. “28 Summers” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 2. “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett (Riverhead) 3. “Camino Winds” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. “A Beautifully Foolish...
July 16, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ A coalition of health department leaders in major American cities cautioned Major League Baseball to...
July 16, 2020
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced a revised coronavirus restriction, limiting indoor and outdoor social gatherings for counties in the third phase of a four-stage reopening plan to 10,...
July 16, 2020
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday he would be reluctant to allow UConn's football team to travel to any state with a high coronavirus infection rate this fall. UConn, which...
July 16, 2020
New Jersey gambling regulators rejected bids Thursday from two casino company competitors to weigh in before deciding whether to give the last approval needed for a $17.3 billion corporate buyout...
July 16, 2020
Hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of world leaders, celebrities and tech moguls on Wednesday in one of the most high-profile security breaches in recent years, highlighting a major flaw...
July 16, 2020
The baseless conspiracy theory took off after an anonymous user posed a bizarre question in an internet chatroom: What if retail giant Wayfair is using pricey storage cabinets to traffic...
July 16, 2020
Federal regulators on Thursday threw a significant curveball at a coalition that has been planning for years to demolish four massive hydroelectric dams on a river along the Oregon-California border...
