The Trump administration said Monday that it was extending a ban on green cards issued outside the United States until the end of the year and adding many temporary work...
June 22, 2020
The Mississippi Department of Health reported 1,646 new cases of coronavirus and 40 deaths on Monday, after a five-day delay in posting figures online. The numbers represent new cases and...
June 22, 2020
The Trump administration has taken the final step to allow rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, a new front in the movement of energy products that had been opposed by...
June 22, 2020
An Atlanta-area business leader will become the first Black chief executive of Birmingham's regional chamber of commerce, the organization said Monday. The Birmingham Business Alliance said Kenneth E. Coleman has...
June 22, 2020
The former head of an Idaho investment firm has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for wire fraud. David Hansen, 49, was the majority owner and CEO of...
June 22, 2020
As a Libyan refugee runs amok in a Reading park, maybe Britain should look more closely at asylum seekers from the war-ravaged nation who currently enjoy nearly 100 percent success...
June 22, 2020
The fiery leader of Minneapolis' police union has built a reputation of defying the city, long before he offered the union's full support to the officers charged in George Floyd's...
June 22, 2020
Barcelona generated 1.2 million euros ($1.3 million) with its inaugural sale of “fan tokens” on Monday. The club sold all 600,000 of the cryptocurrency-based tokens in less than two hours...
June 22, 2020
John Bolton's vindictive tell-all ‘The Room Where It Happened' contains little of worth on Donald Trump and seems motivated by anger that the US did not attack Venezuela, Iran or...
June 22, 2020
Grain futures were mostly lower on Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 6.60 cents at $4.8420 a bushel; July corn lost...
June 22, 2020
It's an understatement to say that things in the US are not so great right now. A recent study found Americans are the unhappiest they've been since the survey began...
June 22, 2020
Fruit warehouse worker Armida Rivera says her days in Yakima County, Washington, are filled with the fear of getting the coronavirus. Sean Gilbert worries about the threat to his family's...
June 22, 2020
Kareem Hunt knows he's run out of second chances. “I've got to do better,” he said. Scared he jeopardized his NFL career when police found a small amount of marijuana...
June 22, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic state Legislature have agreed on a budget plan that would cover the state's estimated $54.3 billion budget deficit, ending weeks of high-stakes negotiations...
June 22, 2020
The Kansas fishing and hunting industry has seen a sharp increase in license sales since the coronavirus pandemic began. Between March 1 and June 1, the state sold 11,049 residential...
June 22, 2020
Embattled Kansas Labor Secretary Delia Garcia resigned Monday amid escalating problems with the state's unemployment insurance caseload and a record number of jobless claims. Gov. Laura Kelly announced she had...
June 22, 2020
Georgia's tobacco tax could more than triple under a late-in-the-game move in the state Senate. The Senate Finance Committee voted 5-2 on Friday to amend a House resolution to raise...
June 22, 2020
Washington Wizards forward Davis Bertans will skip the Disney-based resumption of the NBA season, making him the first known example of a healthy, eligible player sitting out. Bertans can become...
June 22, 2020
American whiskey distillers have watched more than $300 million in export revenues evaporate in the two years since becoming entangled in a trade dispute between the Trump administration and the...
June 22, 2020
Now that both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have been ignominiously defenestrated, it is clear that the “woke” iconoclasts really do mean business. But will left-wing icons be held to...
June 22, 2020
A rural area of Missouri's far southwestern corner is seeing a big spike in coronavirus cases, driving a record increase in cases in the state. Missouri reported 389 new cases...
June 22, 2020
With political correctness running roughshod over Hollywood, now is the perfect time for a billionaire to invest in a streaming service that prioritizes entertainment over wokeness. We now live in...
June 22, 2020
A Florida man who admitted taking more than $2.5 million in kickbacks and bribes for construction projects on federal buildings, including the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction,...
June 22, 2020
German soccer clubs may have to cut costs after a slight fall in the value of the domestic broadcast rights for the top two men's divisions and economic turbulence caused...
June 22, 2020
Laws legalizing recreational marijuana may lead to more traffic deaths, two new studies suggest, although questions remain about how they might influence driving habits. Previous research has had mixed results...
June 22, 2020
Elk Grove Village is holding its own version of “The Bachelor.” It has a nice green rose with five zeroes behind it. Now it's looking for the right partner. With...
June 22, 2020
Amid the election race Trump may take risky steps leading to a dangerous military standoff with China in the Asia-Pacific. Ironically, his reelection could be the only chance to avoid...
June 22, 2020
The tournament director for this week's Travelers Championship had an idea. How about filling the natural amphitheater around the 18th green at TPC River Highlands with giant video boards showing...
June 22, 2020
A large producer of wood pellets that are burned for electricity is buying a pellet plant in southeast Georgia for $175 million. Enviva Partners of Bethesda, Maryland, announced last week...
June 22, 2020
More than 200 employees at the former Sprint headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, have been laid off just two months after the company merged with T-Mobile. A June 17 notification...
June 22, 2020
Spanish cruise line Pullmantur Cruceros, partially owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., has filed for reorganization. Miami-based Royal Caribbean owns 49% of Madrid-based Pullmantur in a joint venture with Cruises...
June 22, 2020
Venezuela's socialist government tried to recruit then-Congressman Pete Sessions to broker a meeting with the CEO of Exxon Mobil at the same time it was secretly paying a close former...
June 22, 2020
Americans' outlook on the national economy has improved somewhat from its lowest points during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, but a new poll suggests Democrats and Republicans are...
June 22, 2020
Tour promoter Live Nation has announced its first-ever drive-in concerts series in the U.S. for July, months after the live music industry has been on lockdown due to the coronavirus...
June 22, 2020
It's bad enough that Schalke is going through its longest ever run without a win in the Bundesliga. But the German soccer club's chairman Clemens Tönnies is also under fire...
June 22, 2020
A Sanford maker of fishing lures got caught not paying an employee money due under a pair of federal acts, the U.S. Department of Labor announced. Labor's Wage and Hour...
June 22, 2020
Extraordinary international events have a way of forever changing our everyday habits, lifestyles, and decision-making. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, for example, have dramatically altered air travel for...
June 22, 2020
The pandemic and ensuing economic slowdown has prompted some condo owners to post virtual ‘for sale' signs on their units, even in the toniest enclaves. The result: an uptick in...
June 22, 2020
The construction industry is at the center of most talks this week. June 22 ▪ The Miami Association of Realtors will publish its May 2020 existing home sales report for...
June 22, 2020
More than 4,000 workers went on strike against one of the Navy's largest shipbuilders Monday after rejecting a three-year contract. It was the first strike by production workers at Bath...
