About 150 seasonal workers hired by a salmon cannery in Alaska are being forced to quarantine without pay at a hotel in Los Angeles after three of them tested positive...
June 20, 2020
TOP OF THE HOUR: — Peaceful protester arrested outside Trump rally venue. — Two Confederate statues taken down in North Carolina on governor's order. — Pence to meet with Black...
June 20, 2020
TOP OF THE HOUR: — Two Confederate statues taken down in North Carolina on governor's order. — Pence to meet with Black leaders in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ahead of Trump rally....
June 20, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Kansas State has paused all voluntary workouts for football student-athletes for two weeks following the...
June 20, 2020
A Tennessee businessman accused of taking kickbacks involving millions in military contracts has pleaded guilty in federal court in Georgia. David Kennedy, 67, of Nashville, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one...
June 20, 2020
Two Kansas City-area brothers have pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud oil and gas investors out of millions of dollars. Phil Hudnall, 49, of Lenexa, Kansas, pleaded guilty Friday...
June 20, 2020
The powerful U.S. attorney in Manhattan who has been overseeing investigations of President Donald Trump's allies showed up at his office to work Saturday, defying the attorney general who abruptly...
June 20, 2020
Natasha Cloud and her WNBA colleagues are staying active in the fight against social injustice and police brutality, participating in protests and sticking with the work they began four years...
June 20, 2020
Job losses in Washington's aviation sector are climbing as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Swissport, which provides ground handling and fueling services for airlines, is laying off nearly 300 workers at...
June 20, 2020
Developers have announced plans for a $1.2 billion redevelopment of a once-popular tourist spot on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Mississippi news outlets report that Dakia Entertainment Hospitality and Broadwater Development,...
June 20, 2020
Construction has begun on a new Music Building at Mississippi State University in Starkville. The university says in a news release that the official groundbreaking took place Monday on the...
June 20, 2020
Bob Franklin's canoe rental shop on Missouri's Black River has withstood 43 years of history, bolstered each year by crowds interested in getting on the river during float season. But...
June 20, 2020
A group of educators from throughout the state aims to overhaul some of the country's oldest standards for science education, all while avoiding a protracted political dispute over climate change...
June 20, 2020
It's a curious sight to come upon while walking the Appalachian Trail in Cumberland County: a tiny, ancient cemetery, nearly consumed by trees, brush and earth. Many a hiker has...
June 20, 2020
A federal judge ruled Saturday that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book despite efforts by the Trump administration to block the release...
June 20, 2020
For months, Charles Booker languished in the shadows, talking about racial and economic justice in a long shot bid to take on Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the U.S....
June 20, 2020
A federal judge ruled Saturday that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book despite efforts by the Trump administration to block the release...
June 20, 2020
Coronavirus outbreaks among meat plant workers happen because you don't want to break the bank paying for your meat, the narrative managers have declared. The implication? Meat should be a...
June 20, 2020
Indiana's ports authority has landed a more than $545,000 federal grant for a planned steel barge shuttle that officials say will boost steel coil shipments at the state's Ohio River...
June 20, 2020
A utility that serves about 145,000 customers in southwestern Indiana plans to close three coal-fired power plants while adding solar and wind power as part of a larger proposal that...
June 20, 2020
Whether it's protests over lockdowns or warding off looters, the US has rarely seen such overt displays of ballistic power from private citizens. But, for all their garage military get-ups,...
June 20, 2020
The body that handles most lawmaking for China's top legislative body closed its latest meeting Saturday with no word on whether it had passed a highly controversial national security law...
June 20, 2020
Prolific pitchman Anthony Sullivan has earned television renown as the commercial spokesman for a long list of products, including OxiClean, Smart Mop and Nutrisystem. Now, the St. Petersburg resident has...
June 20, 2020
Preparing for her appearance before the U.N. General Assembly last fall, Greta Thunberg found herself constantly interrupted by world leaders, including U.N. chief Antonio Guterres and German Chancellor Angela Merkel,...
June 20, 2020
The Justice Department moved abruptly Friday night to oust Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan overseeing key prosecutions of President Donald Trump's allies and an investigation of his...
June 20, 2020
Pressing ahead in a pandemic, President Donald Trump looked to reverse a decline in his political fortunes Saturday by returning to the format that has so often energized himself and...
June 20, 2020
The Justice Department moved abruptly Friday night to oust Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan overseeing key prosecutions of President Donald Trump's allies and an investigation of his...
June 20, 2020
White inmates in Illinois are having their sentences shortened during the coronavirus pandemic at a higher rate than Black inmates, an analysis of public data by a prison reform group...
June 20, 2020
It began with a few texts, a flyer and a hashtag: #WeMatterMontgomery. It ended with hundreds of people gathered downtown under the searing June sun, with as equal of a...
June 20, 2020
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has reported 153 COVID-19 fatalities, a new daily record, as infections continue to spiral, pushing the overall number of confirmed cases to 171,665. Pakistan recorded 6,604 new...
June 20, 2020
Nicolás Bergerie's family has been making coffins for four generations, with barely any alteration. But when he saw the coronavirus ravaging Europe, he decided to roll out a new product....
June 20, 2020
South Korea has reported 67 additional cases of the coronavirus, the largest daily jump in about three weeks amid an upward trend in new infections. Figures released Saturday took the...
June 20, 2020
The Associated Press changed its writing style guide Friday to capitalize the “b” in the term Black when referring to people in a racial, ethnic or cultural context, weighing in...
June 20, 2020
The players' association was told by Major League Baseball on Friday that teams will not agree to more than 60 games in the pandemic-delayed season, leaving open the possibility of...
June 20, 2020
A Southern California woman was arrested Friday on charges of swindling investors, mainly from China, out of $21.6 million in a phony condominium and hotel complex project. Ruixue “Serena” Shi,...
June 20, 2020
John Legend, Gabrielle Union and Ava DuVernay are some of the many black cultural leaders who have signed a letter to fight against racism, promote equal pay and ask industries...
June 19, 2020
Once a week, barber Josué Yacahuanca makes his way up the dusty hills of Peru's capital, heading into its poorest neighborhoods carrying a treasured golden briefcase that holds his life's...
June 19, 2020
Chicago's restaurants will be allowed to serve limited numbers of diners indoors beginning next week, which is earlier than expected, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday. It's an about-face from Lightfoot's...
June 19, 2020
The Los Angeles Lakers are looking for new ways to understand racism as an organization, and Karida Brown has joined them to help. The 16-time NBA champions hired Brown this...
June 19, 2020
A proposed financial and governing overhaul for North Carolina's Department of Transportation received unanimous state Senate approval this week even though it would lessen Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's control of...
