Johnny Depp is back in the witness box for a third day Thursday at the trial of his libel suit against a tabloid newspaper that called him a “wife-beater.” Depp...
July 9, 2020
India on Thursday reported nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections, as the disease continued its ominous spread through the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. The virus is showing no signs...
July 9, 2020
Rapper Bad Bunny has taken over from the bunny girls in the latest edition of Playboy, and GQ has gone woke. Does the new PC climate dictate that traditional men's...
July 9, 2020
Sur La Table, the Seattle-based company that built a savory brand around high-end kitchenware and upscale cooking, has filed for bankruptcy protection and will shutter 56 of its 121 remaining...
July 9, 2020
Berkeley, Calif., officials and nonprofit leaders broke ground Tuesday on housing for more than 200 homeless and low-income residents – an unusual project set to become the city's largest affordable...
July 9, 2020
The share of nationwide apartment renters who can't make their payments is rising. As of this week, almost 23% of residents had missed all or part of their July rent...
July 9, 2020
On a visit to Tania Issa's farm, you won't find any pink-skinned pigs reared to produce the lean "other white meat" once touted in pork industry advertising campaigns. She raises...
July 9, 2020
Office leasing in Los Angeles County fell to its lowest point since the Great Recession in the second quarter as many businesses reeling from coronavirus restrictions and economic uncertainty halted...
July 9, 2020
Boris Johnson's attempt to blame care facilities for Covid-19 deaths backfired after one council admitted it paid care homes to accept patients. More stories like this will emerge if he...
July 9, 2020
Preparing to complete a ninth Serie A campaign without winning the Scudetto, AC Milan decided returning to the pinnacle of football required a new approach. Jay-Z's entertainment agency Roc Nation...
July 9, 2020
Now that Major League Soccer has re-started, a group of Black Major League Soccer players is using the moment to call attention to systemic racism across sports and society. Black...
July 9, 2020
The wind blowing out at Wrigley Field. The tricky breeze in San Francisco. The heat in Los Angeles. The weather is important business in baseball. But what kind of business...
July 9, 2020
Efforts by the United Arab Emirates to fight the coronavirus have renewed questions about mass surveillance in this U.S.-allied federation of seven sheikhdoms. Experts believe the UAE has one of...
July 9, 2020
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday following gains for major U.S. tech stocks. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Australia rose. U.S. stocks have recovered most...
July 9, 2020
NEW DELHI — India has reported nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections and 487 new deaths. The new infections announced by the Health Ministry on Thursday bring the nationwide total to...
July 9, 2020
The Pentagon's top leaders are going before Congress for the first time in months to face a long list of controversies, including their differences with President Donald Trump over the...
July 9, 2020
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether Congress and the Manhattan district attorney can see President Donald Trump's taxes and other financial records that the president has fought...
July 9, 2020
President Donald Trump insists that schools reopen this fall. Many parents, educators, doctors and economists want the same thing. But getting children back to school safely could mean keeping high-risk...
July 9, 2020
A national organization is announcing a $10 million campaign to turn out Hispanic voters in several of this year's battleground states. Mi Familia Vota, based in Phoenix, said it will...
July 9, 2020
Giants first baseman Brandon Belt has been using a walking boot as he nurses a sore right heel that will keep him out at least a week. Manager Gabe Kapler...
July 9, 2020
An Australian state has closed its doors to people fleeing a second lockdown in Australia's second-largest city. Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles said on Thursday that a number of people...
July 9, 2020
Surging coronavirus cases in California prompted a warning on Wednesday from the nation's most populous county of a possible delay to classroom instruction in public schools next month — a...
July 9, 2020
Reno-based Eldorado Resorts Inc. received the go-ahead Wednesday from Nevada casino regulators to buy Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a $17.3 billion deal creating a gambling giant owning or operating 55...
July 8, 2020
Reno-based Eldorado Resorts Inc. received the go-ahead Wednesday from Nevada casino regulators to buy Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a $17.3 billion deal creating a gambling giant owning or...
July 8, 2020
Downtown businesses in Portland, Oregon, have sustained about $23 million in damages and lost customers because of violent nightly protests that have brought the city to its knees, authorities said...
July 8, 2020
The parents of a California man who died while being detained on suspicion of trespassing at Sacramento's basketball arena has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging a security guard kept...
July 8, 2020
The Transportation Security Administration has improved coronavirus protection for airport screeners after a TSA official accused the agency of endangering travelers, the whistleblower's lawyer said Wednesday. The changes include requiring...
July 8, 2020
A prominent Kentucky horse owner and breeder has been banned from racing and sales at Keeneland Race Course after his racist post on social media. Keeneland said Wednesday it was...
July 8, 2020
Texas reported its deadliest day of the pandemic with nearly 100 new deaths on Wednesday as newly confirmed cases continued soaring and Austin began preparations to turn the downtown convention...
July 8, 2020
Washington's secretary of health said Wednesday if cases of coronavirus continue to increase, it was unlikely that a current statewide pause for counties looking to advance from their current stage...
July 8, 2020
Seattle-based Amazon will begin pulling Washington Redskins football team merchandise from its online marketplace, according to Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The news came Wednesday less than an hour...
July 8, 2020
The North Carolina Department of Transportation misinterpreted a 2018 state law on employee salaries, leading to $39 million in overspending for worker raises, auditors said Wednesday. State Auditor Beth Wood's...
July 8, 2020
Country group Lady A, which dropped the word “Antebellum,” from their name because of the word's ties to slavery, has filed a lawsuit against a Black singer who has performed...
July 8, 2020
Political task forces Joe Biden formed with onetime rival Bernie Sanders to solidify support among the Democratic Party's progressive wing recommended Wednesday that the former vice president embrace major proposals...
July 8, 2020
Disney+'s streaming of “Hamilton” was surely the biggest event on television screens over the holiday weekend. Just how big, however, remains a mystery. Disney knows, but it's not telling. Data...
July 8, 2020
Hate! Extremism! Russia! Election meddling! The new Politico article has it all, breathlessly reporting on the new scandal about political ads for both Donald Trump and Joe Biden running ahead...
July 8, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is emerging as the GOP's mask spokesman, proselytizing about the importance of wearing a face covering during the pandemic. President Donald Trump may resist appearing...
July 8, 2020
U.S. officials have permanently closed four sheep and goat grazing allotments in and near central Idaho wilderness areas that are important habitat for wolves, bighorn sheep and other wildlife. The...
July 8, 2020
The mayor of Seattle has proposed creating a fund that would generate up to $30 million each year for city public transit over the next six years. Mayor Jenny Durkan...
July 8, 2020
A yearslong bid by the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation to build a casino and resort in North Carolina could stall once again following a lawsuit by North Carolina-based Eastern...
