A lawsuit filed by an Idaho county against Republican Gov. Brad Little and other state officials could upend plans for distributing $1.25 billion in coronavirus rescue money the state received...
July 16, 2020
Joe Biden has forged a healthy lead in the US election polls without having to do or say too much thanks to lockdown. But will he survive head-to-head debates and...
July 16, 2020
Controversial music producer Dr. Luke was once pop music's top hitmaker, crafting hits for virtually every female pop star, from Katy Perry to Kelly Clarkson to Britney Spears. He's returned...
July 16, 2020
Work is nearing completion on a $1 million project to rebuild a covered bridge in northern Illinois that was severely damaged two years ago by a delivery truck. Long Grove...
July 16, 2020
American Airlines and JetBlue Airways said Thursday they will sell seats on some of each other's flights in the Northeast to strengthen both airlines in New York and Boston, where...
July 16, 2020
Allegations of systemic sexual abuse are spreading through the US military as service members speak up following the death of Vanessa Guillen. I was violently assaulted, and it's damn time...
July 16, 2020
As Senate Republicans prepare to roll out their next COVID-19 aid bill, the top Democrat said Thursday that he wants to shift $350 billion from an untapped Treasury Department virus...
July 16, 2020
Shelly Bell's resume includes performance poet and serial entrepreneur. As a performer, she had plenty of role models and cheering audiences. But as an entrepreneur, she was largely on her...
July 16, 2020
A month after cancelling a speech by Ivanka Trump, Wichita State University's technical school has embraced a national ad program the president's daughter has touted telling workers who lost jobs...
July 16, 2020
A European and NASA spacecraft has snapped the closest pictures ever taken of the sun, revealing countless little “campfires” flaring everywhere. Scientists on Thursday released the first images taken by...
July 16, 2020
Last year saw record representation of LGBTQ characters in the 118 films released by major studios, according to a new study by GLAAD. But for the third straight year, the...
July 16, 2020
Mary L. Trump's scathing memoir about her uncle, President Donald Trump, is nearly a million seller on preorders alone. Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that Mary Trump's “Too Much and...
July 16, 2020
After weeks of steady declines, Florida saw a new surge in first-time filings for unemployment benefits as coronavirus cases hit record numbers throughout the state. The U.S. Department of Labor...
July 16, 2020
North Carolina's Biltmore Estate will cut 400 jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Wednesday that the massive mansion-turned tourist destination had reopened on a limited basis...
July 16, 2020
Several Spirit Airlines employees were injured Tuesday night when they were attacked by three women who were apparently upset that their flight from Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia had been delayed,...
July 16, 2020
The French government presented a draft law Wednesday that would enable France to return certain cultural artifacts taken from African countries during the colonial era. The law, which will go...
July 16, 2020
Another European soccer club banned from the Champions League for breaking financial monitoring rules challenged UEFA at sport's highest court on Thursday. Three days after Court of Arbitration for Sport...
July 16, 2020
Nuclear family, rational thinking and planning for the future are just some of the ‘white' things whose very existence offends people of color, according to a US government-run museum in...
July 16, 2020
A pair of spacewalking astronauts tackled the final set of battery swaps outside the International Space Station on Thursday. NASA's Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy ventured out on their third...
July 16, 2020
The South Florida luxury housing market suffered headwinds in the second quarter. The number of sales dropped up to 55.6% year-over-year in one neighborhood. Transactions fell for condos and single-family...
July 16, 2020
Unemployment remains painfully high in the U.S. even as economic activity slowly picks up. That reality will be on display Thursday morning when the U.S. government releases data on how...
July 16, 2020
There are limits to videoconferencing. When there is a lot of money at stake, people like to look each other in the eye. So on Friday, leaders from 27 European...
July 16, 2020
In an effort to reduce the influence of gang culture and rid UK schools of weapons, some have decided to post police on site. But political activists who choose victimhood...
July 16, 2020
Johnny Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder will no longer be appearing as witnesses in the star's libel suit against a British tabloid newspaper that accused him of...
July 16, 2020
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CHINESE COMPANIES USE WORKERS TO ‘PRE-TEST' COVID-19 VACCINE In the global race...
July 16, 2020
A breach in Twitter's security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake...
July 16, 2020
The European Union's top court ruled Thursday that an agreement that allows big tech companies to transfer data to the United States is invalid, and that national regulators need to...
July 16, 2020
Chuck Hattemer broke his lease in San Jose for temporary and remote shelter during the pandemic. Hattemer, the co-founder of property management startup Onerent, returned to his parents in San...
July 16, 2020
South Carolina state Rep. Wendell Gilliard says he's "getting calls day in and day out" from financially strapped constituents in the hurricane-prone Lowcountry. Hurricane season is here, and they are...
July 16, 2020
Nailah Ellis, founder and owner of Ellis Island Tea, recently noticed that the Detroit-based company began receiving a surge of online orders. Then she got a call from her sister,...
July 16, 2020
One of Chicago's highest-altitude restaurants is for sale, offering the rare opportunity for another restaurant – or a resident – to take over the top of the only high-rise east...
July 16, 2020
CHICAGO – A former Target that's been sitting vacant in Calumet City, Ill., for five years will be reborn as an indoor vertical farm producing locally grown greens for the...
July 16, 2020
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian authorities say a COVID-19 patient apparently became infectious within a day of contracting the coronavirus. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd gave no details of how...
July 16, 2020
Shares retreated in Asia on Thursday as investors mulled figures showing China's economy returned to growth in the last quarter. The Shanghai Composite index led Thursday's declines, dropping 2.9% to...
July 16, 2020
Bars may be off the menu and many schools look set to remain closed for months to come as the new coronavirus causes more illness and death in many countries...
July 16, 2020
China became the first major economy to grow since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, recording an unexpectedly strong 3.2% expansion in the latest quarter after anti-virus lockdowns were lifted...
July 16, 2020
In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, a state-owned Chinese company is boasting that its employees, including top executives, received experimental shots even before the government approved testing...
July 16, 2020
At the start of the year, Luis Lopez moved his barbershop to a bigger location with three more chairs and more than twice the rent. Then, when the coronavirus pandemic...
July 16, 2020
NEW DELHI — India's virus cases have surged another 32,695, taking the nation closer to 1 million and forcing a new lockdown in the popular western beach state of Goa,...
July 16, 2020
India's virus cases surged another 32,695 as of Thursday, taking the nation closer to 1 million and forcing a new lockdown in the popular western beach state of Goa two...
