A former high-ranking city official has been indicted in an ongoing federal investigation into corruption at Atlanta City Hall. Former commissioner of the Department of Watershed Management, Jo Ann Macrina,...
June 19, 2020
Doctors and medical students won't be able to perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients without their informed consent under a bill signed by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis late Thursday....
June 19, 2020
The Supreme Court's rejection of one of Donald Trump's key immigration measures reignites a hot-button issue in a presidential campaign already scorched by pandemic, economic collapse and protests over police...
June 19, 2020
A federal judge on Friday approved a $58 billion plan by the nation's largest utility to end a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after Pacific Gas & Electric's outdated equipment...
June 19, 2020
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed another attempt by Republican legislators to accelerate the speed in which North Carolina commerce is being restored through his COVID-19 executive order. The...
June 19, 2020
U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower Friday after worries about rising coronavirus infections in several states undercut an early rally. The selling followed word that Apple will temporarily close 11...
June 19, 2020
The New England Patriots are offering season ticket holders at an elevated risk of COVID-19 infection the chance to skip the 2020 season entirely and still hold onto their seats...
June 19, 2020
Albert Pujols will pay the salaries of the Los Angeles Angels' furloughed employees in his native Dominican Republic for five months, a person with knowledge of the decision told The...
June 19, 2020
Thousands of people are expected at a march Friday in Seattle's Central District, one of several events to celebrate Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved...
June 19, 2020
Victoria Nuland, the infamous State Department diplomat who “midwifed” Ukraine's 2014 coup, has outlined a Russia strategy for the Biden administration. It is based on fantasies and projection, offering nothing...
June 19, 2020
Summer cruising is canceled. The cruise industry lobbying group Cruise Lines International Association announced Friday that its member lines — including South Florida-based Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Norwegian...
June 19, 2020
Kansans struggling to find work amid the coronavirus pandemic can receive unemployment for 13 more weeks. The Kansas Department of Labor announced Thursday that the state has qualified for a...
June 19, 2020
TOP OF THE HOUR: — Colin Kaepernick contributing to legal defense for protesters facing charges. — Juneteenth marches in Washington to converge on White House. — Juneteenth to be official...
June 19, 2020
Multiple Texas counties and cities are ordering businesses to require customers and workers to wear face masks as the state sees a continued rise in the numbers of new coronavirus...
June 19, 2020
Christy's phone hasn't stopped ringing since the building where the Coral Gables restaurant has resided for 42 years was sold this week. Chris Klaic, managing partner for 25 years, arrived...
June 19, 2020
Some Georgia lawmakers want to test the odds one more time on sports gambling this year. The Senate Special Judiciary Committee voted Friday to amend House Bill 903 to allow...
June 19, 2020
The Cruise Lines International Association announced Friday that ships will not be sailing from U.S. ports throughout the summer, extending a pause put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic....
June 19, 2020
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social...
June 19, 2020
It's a clash over water usage that Egypt calls an existential threat and Ethiopia calls a lifeline for millions out of poverty. Just weeks remain before the filling of Africa's...
June 19, 2020
The Trump administration Friday moved forward with a rule that rolls back health care protections for transgender people, even as the Supreme Court barred sex discrimination against LGBT individuals on...
June 19, 2020
A federal judge has dismissed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the University of Saint Joseph that accused Hall of Fame men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun of harassment. Jaclyn Piscitelli sued...
June 19, 2020
TOP OF THE HOUR: — Juneteenth to be official NYC holiday next year. — Marches, gatherings mark Juneteenth in Philadelphia. — Police in Memphis, Tennessee, to stop using no-knock warrants....
June 19, 2020
When Walt Disney World reopens its Florida theme parks next month after shutting down during the coronavirus pandemic, they'll be introducing a new reservation system. The company announced Friday that...
June 19, 2020
Bradley Beal grabbed a microphone and asked the crowd that joined the Washington Wizards and WNBA's Washington Mystics on a march to collectively raise a fist into the air and...
June 19, 2020
The Mississippi-based Gulfside Casino Partnership won the Arkansas Racing Commission's license to construct and operate a casino in Pope County. The seven-member commission selected Gulfside on Thursday, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
June 19, 2020
The mayor of Tulsa has declared a civil emergency and set a curfew for the area around the arena where President Donald Trump plans to hold a campaign rally this...
June 19, 2020
A Hispanic immigrant working at a fast-food restaurant in North Carolina is rushed to the hospital after she contracts COVID-19. A sickened Honduran woman in Baltimore with no health insurance...
June 19, 2020
A health industry giant is pledging millions of dollars to address racial injustices and inequities in Black communities around the state. Guidewell Mutual Holding Corporation, the Jacksonville-based non-profit that owns...
June 19, 2020
Apple is closing 11 stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina that it had opened just few weeks after reopening them. The decision announced Friday arrives amid rising...
June 19, 2020
The Philadelphia Phillies say five players have tested positive for COVID-19 this week at the team's spring training complex in Clearwater, Florida. The team also said Friday that three staff...
June 19, 2020
The nation's largest movie theater chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to...
June 19, 2020
A Transportation Security Administration official is accusing the agency of failing to adequately protect airport screeners from the new coronavirus, endangering both the officers and the traveling public. The top...
June 19, 2020
The Georgia Senate advanced a state budget proposing broad cuts on Friday, but not before Democrats argued that Republicans were overly focused on reductions rather than recapturing revenue lost from...
June 19, 2020
John Stuper remembers some of the first advice he got from veterans when he joined the St. Louis Cardinals as a rookie pitcher in 1982: Don't get too high or...
June 19, 2020
The Minnesota Twins on Friday announced they removed a statue of former owner Calvin Griffith at Target Field, citing racist remarks he made in 1978. Griffith's statue was one of...
June 19, 2020
South Carolina's hard-hit hospitality industry in May clawed back some of the jobs lost amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as businesses across the state continue to reopen - and new...
June 19, 2020
By focusing on the historical crimes of Western imperialism, we are in danger of forgetting that some terrible wrongs were done more recently in US-led ‘regime-change' operations for which no...
June 19, 2020
The mayor of Tulsa has declared a civil emergency and set a curfew for the area around the arena where President Donald Trump plans to hold a campaign rally this...
June 19, 2020
French club Marseille was ordered to pay a fine of 3 million euros ($3.4 million) to UEFA on Friday for breaking rules that monitor club finances. UEFA said the American-owned...
June 19, 2020
It's been 17 years since Jack Knowlton and his Sackatoga Stable pals rode yellow school buses to the Belmont Stakes. It was a rollicking party on wheels for the group...
