The governor of Germany's most populous state has announced lockdown measures in a county that has seen a large increase in COVID-19 cases linked to a slaughterhouse. Armin Laschet, the...
June 23, 2020
Starbucks is adding plant-based meat to its U.S. menu for the first time. The Seattle-based coffee chain said Tuesday that a breakfast sandwich made with imitation sausage from Redwood City,...
June 23, 2020
A ferry in western Kentucky will remain out of service a little longer, causing motorists to take long detours. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry extended a temporary closure for mechanical repairs through...
June 23, 2020
Black workers with bachelor's degrees continued to lose jobs in May, even as the relaxing of coronavirus restrictions led to job gains for white professionals. White college graduates gained almost...
June 23, 2020
Eric Hughie felt lucky to land a job making eyeglasses in January. Then his job vanished, along with 40 million others, as the coronavirus tore through America. But Hughie confronts...
June 23, 2020
Stephanie McRae leaned into the bed of her husband's 1997 Ford F-150 to slide in an enormous pellet smoker for her son on Father's Day, as grandson Kameron Runge watched....
June 23, 2020
Asian shares were higher on Tuesday, recovering from some early losses as regional markets tracked a late rally on Wall Street led by technology shares. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added...
June 23, 2020
As the world reflects on the historical effects of the slave trade, with statues being dethroned, most people don't know that tens of millions are being exploited and kept in...
June 23, 2020
India has added nearly 15,000 new infections to its coronavirus caseload as some of the states less affected by the initial surge of the virus are considering new lockdowns to...
June 23, 2020
One of the Arab world's oldest and most prestigious universities, which endured civil war, kidnappings and various economic crises, is preparing for what may be the biggest challenge in its...
June 23, 2020
China's decision to ban imports from a single Tyson Foods poultry plant where there was a coronavirus outbreak has raised concerns about the implications on the U.S. meat industry if...
June 23, 2020
Australia's Victoria state has recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19, resulting in the closing of two primary schools in Melbourne. State Premier Daniel Andrews said there would be “significant community...
June 23, 2020
California can't require a cancer warning label on Roundup, the world's most widely used weed-killer, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge William Shubb issued a permanent injunction against...
June 23, 2020
President Donald Trump expanded his crackdown on foreign workers on Monday, freezing green cards issued outside the United States until the end of the year and adding many temporary work...
June 23, 2020
Michigan's attorney general on Monday asked a judge to shut down a pipeline in the Great Lakes after an energy company discovered that an anchor support had shifted deep below...
June 23, 2020
American-born Brian Goorjian is returning to Australia to coach the Hawks in the National Basketball League. Goorjian, a former coach of the Australian national team, had been coaching in China...
June 23, 2020
The timing eventually worked out for Troy Weaver and the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons introduced Weaver as their new general manager on a video conference Monday. The former Oklahoma City...
June 23, 2020
The North Carolina Senate on Monday confirmed the appointment of Gov. Roy Cooper's transportation secretary. The Senate voted unanimously for Eric Boyette, whom Cooper chose for the DOT post in...
June 23, 2020
California lawmakers on Monday ended a bid to put a measure on the November ballot that would legalize sports wagering in the nation's largest market, potentially setting up a showdown...
June 23, 2020
South Carolina's state-owned utility company extended the contracts of its two executives Monday amid continuing debate by state lawmakers on whether to sell or reform the company. Santee Cooper's board...
June 22, 2020
There will be no hot air balloons lifting off this fall as part of an international event that draws hundreds of thousands of spectators and ballooning teams from around the...
June 22, 2020
Lyft Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal law when some of its drivers refused to give rides to people using folding walkers or collapsible wheelchairs in...
June 22, 2020
While promoting the possibility of bilateral agreements with Russia, the US was only interested in staging a cheap propaganda photo-op attacking China, making the prospects for New START look bleak....
June 22, 2020
The outdoor gear company Patagonia is the latest company to announce an advertising boycott of Facebook and its Instagram app for the month of July — or longer — saying...
June 22, 2020
Farmers have harvested a quarter of the winter wheat crop in Kansas, making about average progress for this time of year, the government reported Monday. The National Agricultural Statistics Service...
June 22, 2020
There's no rational basis for denying a disabled woman supplemental Social Security benefits because she lives on Guam, while allowing her twin sister in Pennsylvania who has the same genetic...
June 22, 2020
The couch is still in storage, but the morning team on “Fox & Friends” returned for the first time Monday to the midtown Manhattan studio vacated in March because of...
June 22, 2020
The executive board of the Major League Baseball Players Association rejected a proposed 60-game schedule by a 33-5 vote, daring Commissioner Rob Manfred to give a unilateral order for the...
June 22, 2020
President Donald Trump is set to mark 200 miles (322 kilometers) of wall along the southwest border in Arizona on Tuesday, in an area where crews have built dozens of...
June 22, 2020
Texas' surging coronavirus numbers will not slow the state's reopening as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday instead prescribed an emphasis on face coverings and social distancing to curtail sobering...
June 22, 2020
Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday added Idaho to a list of 11 other states where state-funded travel isn't allowed because he determined that they violate a California law. That...
June 22, 2020
President Donald Trump opened a new front Monday in his fight against mail-in voting, making unsubstantiated assertions that foreign countries will print up millions of bogus ballots to rig the...
June 22, 2020
MSC Cruises plans to resume cruises from Florida in November 2020. The company said it will begin cruises on is MSC Meraviglia and MSC Armonia ships from PortMiami and on...
June 22, 2020
A county in Georgia has announced it's hiring an independent firm to investigate possible coal ash contamination of residential water wells. An environmental consulting group will test wells of residents...
June 22, 2020
The state of Washington plans to take public comment on plans to clean contamination from decades of petroleum storage underneath a northwestern city. The contamination was left beneath a square...
June 22, 2020
Every corner of the country saw a major decline in housing sales for a third-straight month in May, especially those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, the Associated Press reported....
June 22, 2020
Georgia lawmakers have passed a measure that would allow the state's Public Service Commission to regulate how much electric cooperatives charge to carry internet lines on their utility poles. House...
June 22, 2020
Stocks on Wall Street shook off a choppy start and closed higher Monday, extending the market's gains from last week. The initial drop followed weakness in overseas markets as the...
June 22, 2020
A South Carolina city is considering whether to become the first in the state to require people to wear masks in grocery stores and pharmacies to help fight COVID-19. The...
June 22, 2020
Chicago will join the rest of Illinois in the next reopening phase starting Friday, allowing museums, gyms and zoos to open for business with restrictions in place. Public health officials...
