A Mississippi businessman faces up to 20 years in prison and $500,000 in fines after pleading guilty to his part in a $510 million health care fraud scheme involving high-priced...
July 12, 2020
Procrastinators are facing a deadline to file their 2019 Mississippi income tax returns. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the state extended its filing deadline from April 15 until July 15....
July 12, 2020
Toyota says it has begun production of a newly redesigned four-cylinder engine at its manufacturing plant in north Alabama. The factory at Huntsville supplies engines for one-third of all the...
July 12, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial primary election held by the city's pro-democracy camp as it gears up to...
July 12, 2020
The polls look healthy for Joe Biden as the US election draws ever nearer. But victory isn't a fait accompli, as his party has a rich history in snatching defeat...
July 12, 2020
The virtuous claim by liberals that they stand against injustice and protect the downtrodden is really laid bare for the sham it is whenever they're questioned about their undue reverence...
July 12, 2020
After months of insisting that the Republican National Convention go off as scheduled despite the pandemic, President Donald Trump is slowly coming to accept that the late August event will...
July 12, 2020
China has fast become a top election issue as President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden engage in a verbal brawl over who's better at playing the tough guy against...
July 12, 2020
As statues get toppled and defaced around the US, President Donald Trump is creating a safe space for the images of “heroes.” It's a projection for the kind of walled-off...
July 12, 2020
The future of a cherished Burning Man pit stop that's the only thing resembling a grocery store within 100 miles (160 kilometers) of the Black Rock Desert is in limbo...
July 12, 2020
Only five years ago, then-British Prime Minister David Cameron was celebrating a “golden era” in U.K.-China relations, bonding with President Xi Jinping over a pint of beer at the pub...
July 12, 2020
At this time of the year, The Friendly Fisherman on Cape Cod is usually bustling with foreign students clearing tables and helping prepare orders of clam strips or fish and...
July 12, 2020
NEW DELHI — India's coronavirus caseload is nearing 850,000 with a record surge of 28,637 in the past 24 hours, prompting authorities to announce a weeklong lockdown in the key...
July 12, 2020
Near the end of March, a couple of weeks into the COVID-19 outbreak that put normal on hold across America, Jay Wilson's wife asked him what kind of cake he...
July 12, 2020
Today in History Today is Sunday, July 12, the 194th day of 2020. There are 172 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 12, 1967, rioting...
July 12, 2020
Taiwan wrapped up an annual film festival with an awards ceremony Saturday night as it holds more public events after keeping its coronavirus outbreak to a few hundred cases. Actors...
July 12, 2020
Albert Pujols' 20th season in the majors is about to begin with the Los Angeles Angels. When it does, the 40-year-old slugger is likely to be the oldest player in...
July 12, 2020
A Northern California nursing home hit hard by a deadly coronavirus outbreak is a highly rated facility. But even with a good track record, it wasn't prepared to combat the...
July 11, 2020
Collaboration or bust. Given the gravity of the new coronavirus pandemic and the abrupt decision to place the NHL season on pause in March, it didn't take commissioner Gary Bettman...
July 11, 2020
President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial...
July 11, 2020
Thousands of K-12 students in South Carolina will soon get help to buy food. A one-time Electronic Benefits Transfer card, worth $330, will be mailed to students who qualified for...
July 11, 2020
Walt Disney World has again reopened to the public after nearly four months of being closed due to the novel coronavirus. While Disney was the most anticipated park to reopen,...
July 11, 2020
The image Karl Harris has of his father is painted by old photos and the stories his brothers tell. His older brother, both best friend and basketball running mate, was...
July 11, 2020
The image Karl Harris has of his father is painted by old photos and the stories his brothers tell. His older brother, both best friend and basketball running mate, was...
July 11, 2020
NEW DELHI — Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is hospitalized in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital. In a tweet on Saturday,...
July 11, 2020
A pharmaceutical plant in South Carolina has announced a $215 million expansion, that will create 380 new jobs. Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp., in a news release Friday, said the expansion would...
July 11, 2020
A Kentucky man has been sentenced to one year and three months in prison for operating an illegal gambling operation on the internet. The Daily News reports Douglas Booth was...
July 11, 2020
Mississippi's top public health official has ordered a temporary halt to all elective surgeries to try to save hospital bed space as the state sees a rapid expansion in cases...
July 11, 2020
Georgia's largest public transit system plans to require riders to wear masks to protect against the coronavirus, even though the governor insists that local mask orders aren't enforceable because he...
July 11, 2020
An unopened copy of a vintage Super Mario Bros. video game has been sold for $114,000 in an auction that underscored the enduring popularity of entertainment created decades ago. A...
July 11, 2020
Diane Coleman drives past run-down motels, mom-and-pop cafes and car repair shops on the main drag of this north-central Florida city of about 60,000 people. At a stoplight, she pulls...
July 11, 2020
Draft safety guidelines for school this fall from the Kansas State Department of Education say students, teachers and staff should wear masks, but that students up to fifth or sixth...
July 11, 2020
The state of Missouri is investigating a St. Louis company that it says approved 600 fake medical marijuana certifications. State investigators say Lou Moynihan, 33, knew or participated in the...
July 11, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has taken away another summertime tradition in the U.S.: There will be no free Slurpees at 7-Elevens on Saturday — July 11 — to hail a date...
July 11, 2020
Formerly lauded awards ceremonies are introducing inclusivity measures in a bid to force game developers and filmmakers into representing marginalized groups, but in doing so they risk stagnating mediums that...
July 11, 2020
As the coronavirus ripped through the Navajo Nation, it spotlighted longstanding inequities on the reservation where thousands of tribal members travel long distances for medical care, internet service is spotty...
July 11, 2020
“But I am free from American slavery, after wearing the galling chains on my limbs 53 years 9 of which it has been my unhappy lot to be the slave...
July 11, 2020
The South Carolina Railroad Museum is reopening train rides for the summer this weekend. Passengers will be able to book tickets online for rides scheduled starting Saturday, the museum said...
July 11, 2020
Joe Biden stood in a Pennsylvania metal works shop, just miles from his boyhood home, and pledged to define his presidency by a sweeping economic agenda beyond anything Americans have...
July 11, 2020
Georgia state government preliminarily closed out its 2019-2020 budget year with a more than $1 billion drop in tax collections according to figures released Friday, but the real budget shortfall...
