A Black manager at Boeing's Everett jet assembly plant found racist symbols on his desk Tuesday, prompting Boeing to begin an internal investigation and report the incident to police. Boeing...
June 24, 2020
Los Angeles moved Wednesday to reboot its once-promising legal marijuana market, giving initial approval to changes large and small to expand licensing and get more assistance to operators who endured...
June 24, 2020
California's attorney general and a group of city attorneys on Wednesday escalated their lawsuit targeting the business model of ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft, announcing they will request a judge...
June 24, 2020
A prominent Texas official says an irate man smacked his hand when he tried to persuade the man to don a face covering Wednesday. The man was berating a cashier...
June 24, 2020
So many Idaho workers lost jobs so quickly this year due to the coronavirus pandemic that an unemployment extended benefits program will go into effect that was last used during...
June 24, 2020
The Georgia House on Wednesday passed a bill that would cut salaries for members of the General Assembly by 10% amid an economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus pandemic....
June 24, 2020
As California sees a worrisome rise in the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Wednesday to withhold up to $2.5 billion in the upcoming state budget...
June 24, 2020
A developer is dropping a bid to offer sports gambling at the site of a former racetrack in southern New Jersey. In a letter to a federal judge on Tuesday,...
June 24, 2020
Lawyers for a group of Brown University athletes whose sports have been targeted for elimination are accusing the Ivy League school of fraud for working secretly on a plan to...
June 24, 2020
A reality television star who appeared on the show “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” was indicted Wednesday for allegedly using coronavirus relief funds intended to help small businesses survive to...
June 24, 2020
North Carolina's governor announced Wednesday that people across the state must wear masks or other face coverings in public even as he extended other business restrictions by three weeks amid...
June 24, 2020
Bayer said Wednesday that it will pay up to $10.9 billion to settle litigation over the weedkiller Roundup, which has faced thousands of lawsuits over claims it causes cancer. Bayer...
June 24, 2020
Stocks slumped on Wall Street Wednesday after new coronavirus cases in the U.S. hit their highest level in two months, renewing worries that the economy may take longer to bounce...
June 24, 2020
California voters will decide in November whether governments and public colleges and universities can consider race in their hiring, contracting and admissions decisions. The state has banned affirmative action policies...
June 24, 2020
They are a symbol of celebration, loudly lighting up the night sky and best known in the U.S. as the explosive exclamation point to Fourth of July festivities. This year,...
June 24, 2020
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 23 The Washington Post on the importance of wearing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic and President Donald...
June 24, 2020
A $60 million medical center is planned for Miami Worldcenter, the mixed-use downtown development. The 100,000-square-foot Center for Health + Performance, or CH+P, will sit on the ground floor of...
June 24, 2020
Flicking a dismissive jab at President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a plan Wednesday to expand the Obama-era health law, even as Trump's administration is about to file...
June 24, 2020
Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday announced an international agreement with the Dutch government and other international partners to promote farm technology in Kentucky. The agreement was initiated by AppHarvest and...
June 24, 2020
The General Assembly gave its final approval on Wednesday to a North Carolina transportation funding and governing overhaul following a recent stinging audit and COVID-19-related revenue declines at the Department...
June 24, 2020
South Carolina's conservative Republican-dominated House stood in eight minutes and 46 seconds of “thoughtful prayer" Tuesday. Rep. Chris Hart, a Black Democrat from Columbia, asked lawmakers to not just have...
June 24, 2020
Workers in Georgia would be allowed to earn several hundred dollars more a week while keeping their full unemployment benefits under a bill that passed the General Assembly on Wednesday....
June 24, 2020
President Donald Trump welcomed Poland's president to the White House on Wednesday, with a U.S. decision to send more American troops to Poland to bolster NATO's eastern flank against Russian...
June 24, 2020
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ June 23 The Fayetteville Observer on the need for a statewide mask requirement: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper should make wearing masks a...
June 24, 2020
The agrochemical giant Monsanto has agreed to pay Washington state $95 million to settle a lawsuit that blamed it for pervasive pollution from PCBs — toxic industrial chemicals that have...
June 24, 2020
The son of a man who died in a 2018 plane crash in Grand Teton National Park has filed a $3 million wrongful death lawsuit against Teton Aviation. The complaint...
June 24, 2020
Four-year college athletic teams eliminated because of budgetary cuts or school closures associated with the coronavirus pandemic, according to Associated Press research through Wednesday, June 24. (x-denotes school closure; y-effective...
June 24, 2020
A U.S. government study concludes Americans don't get their money's worth out of the $2.7 million that Congress provided the World Anti-Doping Agency this year and suggests future funding be...
June 24, 2020
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ June 22 The State Journal on the impact of recent funding cuts made by a local fiscal court: Recent Franklin County Fiscal Court decisions...
June 24, 2020
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ June 24 The Times-News on local protests against racial injustice: In late May, the nation was collectively shell-shocked when a video surfaced of George...
June 24, 2020
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ June 24 Valdosta Daily Times on rising coronavirus cases in Georgia: COVID-19 cases are on the rise in our community and across the state...
June 24, 2020
South Carolina authorities are investigating after a man working at a manufacturing plant was crushed to death. Andrew Hobbs died Tuesday about 9 a.m. on the job at the Bridgestone-Firestone...
June 24, 2020
A bill is advancing in the Georgia House of Representatives to tax vaping products, but a key committee chairman is ruling out any increase in taxes on cigarettes and other...
June 24, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The University of Connecticut is eliminating four athletic teams as it deals with an expected...
June 24, 2020
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ June 22 The Palm Beach Post calling on local leaders to speak out against alleged racist incidents: “You do not deserve to be in...
June 24, 2020
Home boilers should be water heaters, not poisonous air polluters. That's why Lochnivar recalled about 37,942 water heaters sold under three brand names in the United States and Canada. The...
June 24, 2020
All the riots, toppled statues and attacks on American history will not end in the Year Zero the protesters want. It's going to achieve precisely the opposite, as the silent...
June 24, 2020
Broward County issued a new emergency order Wednesday that will force businesses to temporarily shut down if they're found violating laws related to social distancing and facial coverings, with county...
June 24, 2020
If black lives matter, then why are African leaders with a different take on Covid-19 being taunted?
The criticism of Tanzania's and Madagascar's presidents, John Magufuli and Andry Rajoelina, for challenging the Covid ‘consensus' shows that, for some, Black Lives Matter counts only if black voices are...
June 24, 2020
The Republican nominee in a heavily contested U.S. House race said she has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Nancy Mace sent an email to supporters saying she learned some members of...
