Prosecutors charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with twice buying sex from massage parlor prostitutes will attempt to save their case this week by arguing to an appeals court...
June 29, 2020
NEW DELHI — India on Monday reported nearly 20,000 new coronavirus infections, a new record for the country, as several states reimpose partial or full lockdowns to stem the spread...
June 29, 2020
In 1894, Austin purchased 31 moonlight towers from Detroit. By 1980, only 17 of the 165-foot towers still stood, and of those, only six were in their original locations, according...
June 29, 2020
The round, wooden floor here has been a platform for some of the biggest names in science. Albert Einstein walked its surface in 1921. So, too, has Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who...
June 29, 2020
The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it...
June 29, 2020
President Donald Trump has denied that he was made aware of U.S. intelligence officials' conclusions that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan. The...
June 29, 2020
Today in History Today is Monday, June 29, the 181st day of 2020. There are 185 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 29, 1613, London's...
June 29, 2020
Shares fell Monday in Asia, tracking losses on Wall Street as rising virus cases cause some U.S. states to backtrack on pandemic reopenings. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 1.3% in...
June 29, 2020
President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he had been briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American...
June 28, 2020
Starbucks is the latest company to say it will pause social media ads after a campaign led by civil rights organizations called for an ad boycott of Facebook, saying it...
June 28, 2020
The Latest on protests over racial inequality (all times local): 5:50 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Police in San Diego shot and critically wounded a robbery suspect who they said took...
June 28, 2020
Officials are announcing more beaches will be closing again to avoid further spread of the new coronavirus as officials try to tamp down on large gatherings amid a spike in...
June 28, 2020
Chesapeake Energy, a shale drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Oklahoma City-based company said Sunday that...
June 28, 2020
Georgia reported more than 2,200 additional COVID-19 cases Sunday, a new high of daily reported cases as confirmed infections continue to rise. The number of reported cases on Sunday eclipsed...
June 28, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the...
June 28, 2020
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline increased by 6 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.22 per gallon. That's 51 cents below the average pump price from a...
June 28, 2020
Many museum curators do not believe in high art anymore and are too ashamed to present our culture honestly. But pretending to be cool, and using pop culture to try...
June 28, 2020
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law this weekend that allows local elections officials across the state to use a secondary system to speed up recounts and verify...
June 28, 2020
An expiring United Nations weapons embargo on Iran must remain in place to prevent it from “becoming the arms dealer of choice for rogue regimes and terrorist organizations around the...
June 28, 2020
A Russian metallurgical company said Sunday that it improperly pumped wastewater into the Arctic tundra and that it has suspended the responsible employees. The statement from Nornickel is the second...
June 28, 2020
North Carolina's General Assembly has passed a bill that would restart an Outer Banks passenger ferry that had been scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic. The N.C. Department of Transportation...
June 28, 2020
A Kansas State University wheat geneticist will get nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research designed to improve the genetic diversity of wheat. The Hutchinson News...
June 28, 2020
The Trump administration has decided a chemical with a notorious legacy in Nevada will not be regulated in drinking water, but state officials say the reversal of the Obama-era policy...
June 28, 2020
The New York Times published an article claiming that Russia was paying out monetary bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan. There's just one problem — none...
June 28, 2020
Illinois' minimum wage increases to $10 per hour this week, and state officials are reminding workers to make sure their paychecks reflect the change. The change takes effect Wednesday as...
June 28, 2020
Leaders of a South Georgia city upheld a decision to fire their city manager over allegations of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior. The city council of Americus rejected an...
June 28, 2020
Dealerships in northern Indiana that sell recreational vehicles are seeing a surge in demand for RVs as people eye summer road trips with their families in place of air travel...
June 28, 2020
In 1919, hundreds of people were murdered in race riots across the US and UK. Men, women and children were butchered. So why is it a footnote in history? Because...
June 28, 2020
People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if...
June 28, 2020
Rebecca Nakamanya rolls her eyes, dismissing a question about school fees. What really worries her is how to feed three children and a jobless partner on a daily wage of...
June 28, 2020
Russia's main criminal investigation body has launched a probe after a report that a nickel-processing plant was pumping water contaminated with heavy metals into the Arctic tundra. The reported pollution...
June 28, 2020
Muriel Bowser's national profile had never been higher, thanks to a Twitter beef with President Donald Trump and a renewed push to turn the nation's capital into the 51st state....
June 28, 2020
A man drove into a Northern California distribution center and started shooting at people, killing an employee and wounding four others before he was killed by police, authorities said. The...
June 28, 2020
Actors Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell say they've resigned because they now realize that they shouldn't be playing mixed-race characters and must acknowledge their “acts of complicity.” This really serves...
June 28, 2020
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's minister for science and technology says the country has started producing locally designed ventilators, as authorities reported 83 more deaths from the coronavirus. In a tweet, Fawad...
June 28, 2020
During the first demonstrations in downtown Miami against police brutality toward Blacks, hundreds of protesters marched through the streets as squads of officers ringed police headquarters to protect the building....
June 28, 2020
Joey and Nancy Clark opened The Blend Coffee House in a small building on Main Street in Sumiton in November 2018, but they quickly outgrew the space. They needed more...
June 28, 2020
There are many shades to CeeLo Green. The flashy hip-hop root of Goodie Mob. The quirky soul-funk maestro in Gnarls Barkley. The pop culture-loving music fan who steeped his Las...
June 28, 2020
Tucked away in a retail center off Hoover's busy John Hawkins Parkway, Jake's Soul Food Café is practically hidden in plain sight. Pardon us that it has taken us this...
June 28, 2020
As COVID-19 made its way to the All-America City, three workers tucked inside an often unseen wing on the second floor of City Hall knew they would have to start...
