Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $1.28 to settle at $39.62 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for September delivery dropped 94 cents to $42.35 a barrel. Wholesale...
July 9, 2020
Federal authorities in Mississippi say a nurse has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for her role in a health care fraud scheme. A U.S. Justice...
July 9, 2020
Mississippi's five largest hospitals had no Intensive Care Unit beds available for patients as of Wednesday because of a surge in coronavirus cases, officials reported Thursday. An additional four hospitals...
July 9, 2020
Democrats and the US mainstream media have insisted that tales of George Soros' malign influence on US politics are conservative conspiracies. Americans targeted by prosecutors whose elections he financed can...
July 9, 2020
Hollywood's technical expertise can awe us with monsters and imaginary worlds. But is it capable of delivering a simple screen kiss during a pandemic marked by masks and social distancing?...
July 9, 2020
Voting rights advocates asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a stay on a federal judge's ruling that allowed Florida felons to regain the right to vote, regardless of unpaid...
July 9, 2020
There are a growing number of stories being published outlining the possible neurological effects of Covid-19. They are determined to petrify people without proper evidence. But the researchers themselves are...
July 9, 2020
Employment Security Department Commissioner Suzi LeVine said Thursday that just under 35,000 people are waiting for resolution of their claims for unemployment benefits, and that questions around their claims should...
July 9, 2020
NFL teams will be prohibited from post-game interactions within 6 feet of each other, so players won't be allowed to exchange jerseys after games as part of the guidelines to...
July 9, 2020
Cookware and kitchen chain Sur La Table is closing more than 50 of its 121 stores as it seeks bankruptcy protection, the latest retail casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. The...
July 9, 2020
The US leader has called Obama's model for crushing the 2011 Occupy Wall St movement “beautiful” and is using it to label even peaceful BLM protestors as domestic terrorists. It's...
July 9, 2020
Park Won-soon, the three-term mayor of South Korea's capital, a fierce critic of economic inequality who was seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2022, was found dead early Friday....
July 9, 2020
The long-time track and field coach at a historically black college in North Carolina is one of four people suing the school, alleging wrongful termination. The plaintiffs claim they were...
July 9, 2020
1. “The Room Where It Happened” by John Bolton (Simon & Schuster) 2. “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo (Beacon Press) 3. “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi...
July 9, 2020
Google's first U.S. operations center is coming to northwest Mississippi. The company announced Thursday it will lease a new 60,000-square-foot (5,574 square-meter) facility in Southaven, Mississippi, near Memphis, Tennessee. Google...
July 9, 2020
A mountain of graphic details are being laid bare in Johnny Depp's libel trial. But away from the lurid headlines, this is a case that could have a significant impact...
July 9, 2020
With 82% of Georgia's critical care beds now in use, health systems across the state say they're quickly nearing capacity as cases of COVID-19 continue to rise. In the Albany...
July 9, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday extended a statewide moratorium on foreclosures and evictions until Aug. 31, saying renters need more breathing room in the midst of the pandemic. The Wolf...
July 9, 2020
In the fun musical comedy ‘Eurovision', Russian pop star Alexander Lemtov could have easily been yet another offensive caricature. Instead, he's won the hearts of the internet... and given me...
July 9, 2020
The number of new jobless claims in Florida again fell — dipping by 67,070 last week, according to federal data — as job losses from the coronavirus pandemic continued to...
July 9, 2020
Bad paint caused Avalon Furniture to recall a bedroom furniture line sold exclusively at Rooms To Go. The exact problem with about 9,500 Cottage Town Bedroom Furniture Collection sets, as...
July 9, 2020
Recently, dozens of scholars, authors, and others signed an open letter against cancel culture. Not even 24 hours later, some rescinded because of “other people on the list,” handing ‘cancel...
July 9, 2020
The New Jersey Devils are hiring veteran coach Lindy Ruff to take over one of the NHL's youngest teams and removing the interim tag off Tom Fitzgerald's title as general...
July 9, 2020
The Duchess of Sussex asked a British court Thursday to prevent a newspaper from publishing the names of five friends who defended her while speaking to an American magazine under...
July 9, 2020
Grain futures were higher on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. delivery advanced 14.40 cents at $5.23 a bushel; July corn gained 10.80...
July 9, 2020
The Subway restaurant chain is now asking customers to conceal their firearms when coming into its stores across the nation. The Raleigh News & Observer reported Wednesday that the policy...
July 9, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has been a rollercoaster for state lotteries across the country, with some getting a boost from the economic downturn and others scrambling to make up for revenue...
July 9, 2020
Forget about up-close “meet-and-greet" sessions with Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck when Walt Disney World parks reopen. There will be no firework shows or parades — those would draw too...
July 9, 2020
New claims for state and federal unemployment benefits filed by Florida workers continue to steadily decline. For the week ending July 4, jobless claims from newly laid-off workers in the...
July 9, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic pushed Walgreens to a $1.7 billion loss in the third quarter with customers staying home or limiting shopping to essential supplies from grocery stores. The drugstore chain...
July 9, 2020
A “Top Chef” contestant's restaurant in North Carolina has permanently closed down due to revenue losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Katsuji Tanabe told The News & Observer on Wednesday that...
July 9, 2020
The U.S. government will provide its latest snapshot Thursday of the layoffs that have remained stuck at an elevated weekly pace above 1 million since the coronavirus erupted in March...
July 9, 2020
At the behest of the U.S. government, German authorities have seized a computer server that hosted a huge cache of files from scores of U.S. federal, state and local law...
July 9, 2020
Bayside Marketplace has filed suits against Hard Rock Cafe, Bubba Gump Shrimp, and three other national chains for not paying rent at the downtown outdoor shopping center. The suits, filed...
July 9, 2020
Carrfour Supportive Housing has developed 21 affordable housing communities in Miami-Dade, but never in its 27-year history has it seen as much interest as in its first Broward project. The...
July 9, 2020
An ambitious new plan to address Miami-Dade's growing housing affordability crisis is the first of its kind to incorporate the COVID-19 pandemic in its projections and solutions. The Miami-Dade Affordable...
July 9, 2020
After nearly four months of being closed during the pandemic, one of the last major theme parks in Florida will reopen this weekend. Mickey Mouse is back, but Walt Disney...
July 9, 2020
In order to help people with special needs who are out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, Goodwill South Florida has opened 125 positions in its paid training program...
July 9, 2020
For a moment, South Florida was sitting pretty: Out-of-town real estate deal hunters were coming to the region seeking refuge from the coronavirus pandemic. As the MIAMI Association of Realtors...
July 9, 2020
Launching an economic pitch expected to anchor his fall presidential campaign, Democratic candidate Joe Biden is proposing sweeping new uses of the federal government's regulatory and spending power to bolster...
