Two years ago, a number of L.A.'s leading tech investors gathered for a swanky party to launch a program called PledgeLA. Its purpose: to change the mostly white, mostly male...
July 15, 2020
Microsoft this week cut dozens of full-time staffers from its MSN news service, many of them in senior positions, in a move further away from human editors and toward using...
July 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens some major airlines across the globe with bankruptcy, and both Boeing and its archrival Airbus will have to adapt and shrink until some degree of normality...
July 15, 2020
Five children with special educational needs have killed themselves during lockdown in one UK county alone. The end of the school term and disappearance of any residual support will only...
July 15, 2020
For generations, school has been an opportunity for American children to learn and make friends. For many parents today, though, it's something that's elemental in a very different way: a...
July 15, 2020
A clip of Caprice arguing for the use of masks and being dismissed by an arrogant doctor on TV in March has been a hit on social media. It perfectly...
July 15, 2020
Virus restrictions once lifted are being reimposed, shutting businesses and curbing people's social lives as communities try to curb a disease resurgence before it spins out of control. Residents of...
July 15, 2020
Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by news that an experimental COVID-19 vaccine under development by Moderna and the U.S. National Institutes of Health...
July 15, 2020
Facing a worsening economic crisis and with little chance of Western or oil-rich Arab countries providing assistance without substantial reforms, Lebanon's cash-strapped government is looking east, hoping to secure investments...
July 15, 2020
NEW DELHI — India's coronavirus caseload is approaching 1 million with a surge of 29,429 in the past 24 hours, prompting authorities to reimpose lockdowns in high-risk areas in nearly...
July 15, 2020
Nick Cannon's “hateful speech” and anti-Semitic theories led ViacomCBS to cut ties with the TV host and producer, the media giant said. “ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we...
July 15, 2020
Nearly two months of nightly protests that have devolved into violent clashes with police have prompted soul-searching in Portland, Oregon, a city that prides itself on its progressive reputation but...
July 15, 2020
It's been the story for many a starry-eyed creative type looking for a big break in the Big Apple — wait tables to pay the bills while auditioning, performing, singing,...
July 15, 2020
News outlets including The Associated Press headed to court Wednesday seeking to unseal court records involving the mental competency of billionaire Tom Benson when he rewrote his will to give...
July 15, 2020
California revamped its guidelines for COVID-19 testing to focus of those in hospitals or considered at high risk of infection as the surging pandemic strained testing capacity. The state health...
July 15, 2020
China's government has warned it will protect Chinese companies after Washington said enterprises may face legal trouble if they help carry out abuses in the Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang....
July 15, 2020
Renewed restrictions took effect in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with restaurants limited to takeout after 6 p.m., as the Asian financial center battles a resurgence of the coronavirus. Mask-wearing has...
July 15, 2020
Joe Biden targeted Texas with a modest advertising investment that raised new questions about President Donald Trump's vulnerability in the longtime Republican stronghold as coronavirus infections explode. Biden, the former...
July 15, 2020
President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new federal rule to speed up the environmental review process for proposed highways, gas pipelines and other major infrastructure, a move that...
July 15, 2020
Barry Moore closed a big gap Tuesday to defeat Jeff Coleman in the runoff for the Republican nomination for the 2nd District House seat now held by Rep. Martha Roby....
July 15, 2020
A freshman Kansas congressman who had listed a UPS Inc. postal box as his residence on a state voter registration form was charged Tuesday with three felonies, including illegal voting....
July 15, 2020
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily halted a judge's order that the Dakota Access Pipeline be shut down in three weeks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...
July 15, 2020
Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions lost the Republican nomination for his old Senate seat in Alabama to former college football coach Tommy Tuberville, likely ending a long political career...
July 15, 2020
With coronavirus cases rising fast, California overhauled its guidelines Tuesday for who can be tested, prioritizing people who are hospitalized with symptoms, those in close contact with infected people or...
July 15, 2020
The baseball players' association has discussed hiring noted sports lawyer Jeffrey Kessler to litigate a contemplated grievance against clubs accusing Commissioner Rob Manfred and management of failing to act in...
July 14, 2020
At least 30 Mississippi legislators and 11 other people who work in the state Capitol are now known to have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the state's top public...
July 14, 2020
The longtime leader of a Southern California synagogue who was wounded in a deadly attack at the house of worship he founded pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in a multimillion-dollar...
July 14, 2020
Mississippi is receiving more than $16 million in federal coronavirus relief money to provide broadband access to rural parts of the state, officials announced Tuesday. The program will provide high-speed...
July 14, 2020
The state of Illinois has collected $52 million in taxes from legal adult-use marijuana sales. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office said Tuesday that $34.7 million is coming from excise taxes. Sales...
July 14, 2020
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday that the statewide pause for counties looking to advance from their current stage of economic reopening will continue though at least July 28 and...
July 14, 2020
Bari Weiss, an opinion editor at The New York Times, quit her job on Tuesday with a public resignation letter that alleged harassment and a hostile work environment created by...
July 14, 2020
Pilot error and the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to create a central database to prevent companies from hiring pilots with bad track records are to blame for the Atlas Air...
July 14, 2020
A Florida city official pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in a scheme to bilk the federal government out of $5 million in Hurricane Michael cleanup money, the U.S. attorney's...
July 14, 2020
Officials in the Wichita area worry that a continued resurgence of novel coronavirus cases will force hospitals in Kansas' largest city to scramble for new intensive care unit beds to...
July 14, 2020
Fans wanting to see their faces at Dodger Stadium can buy cutouts for prices ranging up to $299. The team said Tuesday that net proceeds from the sale will benefit...
July 14, 2020
The broadcast networks might want to consider promoting David Muir, Lester Holt and Norah O'Donnell, at least in the summer months. ABC's Muir-hosted “World News Tonight” and NBC's “Nightly News”...
July 14, 2020
Foie gras is back on the menu in California after a federal judge ruled the rich dish can't be prevented from being brought in from out of state. California's ban...
July 14, 2020
Two Republican lawmakers in Kentucky complained Tuesday that a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was removed from the state Capitol last month by a firm with political connections to...
July 14, 2020
Federal regulators say the nation's four largest railroads shouldn't be able to exclude all the details of their conversations from a lawsuit challenging the way they set rates in the...
July 14, 2020
Peacock, one of the last major streaming services to launch in the U.S., was supposed to get a big boost this summer by carrying the Olympics. That was out the...
