Police in Kansas City say a teenager riding a bike has died after being run over by a mail truck. The incident happened Wednesday morning as the 15-year-old boy was...
July 3, 2020
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he's instituting an overnight curfew and closing some businesses as the county's number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalization rates continue to rise. Gimenez said Thursday...
July 3, 2020
Corporate giants are boycotting advertising on Facebook because of “hate speech”. But can social-media platforms really be held responsible for the deluded rantings of those who've simply never been taught...
July 3, 2020
Republic Real Estate, a branch of the New York-based investment platform Republic, is trying to raise a total of $300,000 in its Brickell Flatiron unit. So far, 600 investors have...
July 3, 2020
There were several milestones in March that grabbed the attention of Americans to the fast developing threat from the novel coronavirus: local schools closing, California's statewide stay-at-home order, and Disney...
July 3, 2020
South Florida's Fourth of July holiday festivities this year will include masks, social distancing and virtual fireworks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But not beaches. If you're looking to celebrate...
July 3, 2020
Moving a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the Kentucky Capitol to Davis' birthplace in western Kentucky is costing the state $225,000. The state Finance and Administration Cabinet recorded...
July 3, 2020
The prime minister lauding Franklin Delano Roosevelt's “New Deal” this week is just the latest step along the Conservative Party's long road to leftism. He's not so much a “Brexity...
July 3, 2020
Despite the UK government lobbing billions of pounds at the problem, millions will lose their jobs and thousands of businesses will go bust. And it's the poor and the young...
July 3, 2020
Asking people in English pubs to keep their distance is going to be tough after they've had a few of their favorite tipples. Pub managers will have to be resourceful...
July 3, 2020
The nurse started crying when describing her work at a Johannesburg hospital: The ward for coronavirus patients is full, so new arrivals are sent to the general ward, where they...
July 3, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked “unimaginable and irretrievable crisis,” state media said Friday. Despite the warning, Kim...
July 3, 2020
Markets advanced in Asia on Friday following a Wall Street rally driven by strong jobs data. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index picked up 0.3% to 22,211.89, while the Shanghai Composite index...
July 3, 2020
The March day that his father died, Karan Murgai boarded a plane to India. The coronavirus was spreading, so Murgai's wife and their two young children stayed home in Dallas....
July 3, 2020
Monette Johnson wants her husband, Chuck, to see another of the wheat harvests that have been so central to his life. His career centered around grain elevators and wheat sales....
July 3, 2020
The story of what happened to the Brewster family of Kansas City, Kansas, may be as tragic as any in this pandemic that has taken thousands of lives. Released by...
July 3, 2020
Veterinary researchers at Mizzou have had such success with a new immunotherapy approach for bone cancer treatment in dogs, the results have now helped secure FDA approval to test the...
July 3, 2020
For Brandon Johnson, the journey to leading the Kansas board that regulates police officers began 15 years ago, with his face to the ground on a Wichita street and an...
July 3, 2020
Californians should wear masks and skip Fourth of July family gatherings, Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded as the state's coronavirus tally surged. But the governor stopped short of threatening a crackdown...
July 3, 2020
NEW DELHI — India reported another single-day record high of new virus cases Friday while its monuments like the Taj Mahal will reopen for tourists next week. The 20,903 new...
July 3, 2020
As coronavirus-related restrictions are eased and temperatures climb, people are flocking back to the Jersey Shore. And with the July Fourth holiday weekend upon us, that's making some people nervous,...
July 3, 2020
The U.S. economy just posted its best single-month job gain in history. U.S. unemployment is at one of its worst points since the Great Depression. Both are true. As Republicans...
July 3, 2020
Out-of-work Floridians got an additional break this week after Gov. Ron DeSantis again waived requirements to prove they're search for work to qualify for unemployment benefits. The waiver — first...
July 3, 2020
Twenty years after prosecutors filed charges against a then-unknown serial rapist based on DNA samples, a former federal prison guard pleaded guilty Thursday to the California crimes. Mark Jeffrey Manteuffel,...
July 3, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked “unimaginable and irretrievable crisis,” state media said Friday. Despite the warning, Kim...
July 3, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked “unimaginable and irretrievable crisis,” state media said Friday. Despite the warning, Kim...
July 3, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked “unimaginable and irretrievable crisis,” state media said Friday. Despite the warning, Kim...
July 3, 2020
Oklahoma State's athletic director said late Thursday an internal review had found “no sign or indication of racism” in the football program under coach Mike Gundy after a number of...
July 3, 2020
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered that face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state, a dramatic ramp-up of the Republican's efforts to control spiking...
July 3, 2020
The union that represents film actors told its members Thursday not to work on the upcoming pandemic thriller “Songbird,” saying the filmmakers have not been up-front about safety measures and...
July 3, 2020
The heiress to the Golden Flake potato chip empire is for now back in control of her fortune after a ruling Thursday by the Alabama Supreme Court. The court voided...
July 2, 2020
Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward was going to address his entire team before the start of MLB's unprecedented summer training camp, just like he did when spring training opened about...
July 2, 2020
The title sponsor of the Washington Redskins' stadium wants the NFL team to change itsr name. “We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the...
July 2, 2020
The Major League Baseball Players Association more than doubled its liquid investments over two years as the sport heads toward collective bargaining that could lead to a spring training lockout...
July 2, 2020
Amid a meager recovery in U.S. air travel, American Airlines warned employees this week that it now has between 7,000 and 8,000 more flight attendants than it needs. As a...
July 2, 2020
Rapper 21 Savage will be launching a free online financial literacy education program for youth sheltered at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The Grammy winner announced his new Bank Account...
July 2, 2020
Heading into Memorial Day weekend, California's mood was celebratory. The state had avoided dire predictions of a coronavirus surge, hospitalizations were starting to decline and restaurants and most other businesses...
July 2, 2020
People traveling to Chicago from 15 states with increasing numbers of confirmed cases of the coronavirus will have to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival or face possible fines, city...
July 2, 2020
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered that face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state, a dramatic ramp up of the Republican's efforts to control...
July 2, 2020
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that because of an increase in the rate of COVID-19 infection, starting next week, bar seating will no longer be permitted for counties currently...
