The Group of Seven leading economies is calling on China to reconsider plans to impose a national security law in Hong Kong. In a joint statement Wednesday, G-7 foreign ministers...
June 17, 2020
A conglomerate of people that often beg for video games and comic books to be more political are upset that a company did just that. Whoops! In a now deleted...
June 17, 2020
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ June 17 The Miami Herald on surging COVID-19 cases in the state: On the same day that Florida posted the largest number ever of...
June 17, 2020
The latest challenge for the autonomous vehicle industry: How to assure passengers that the car they are getting in is virus free, even if it doesn't have a driver. Widespread...
June 17, 2020
A federal judge has sentenced a Mississippi doctor to four years in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday that U.S....
June 17, 2020
Major leaguers have committed $1 million to support minor leaguers whose leagues appear unlikely to start this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Major League Baseball Players Trust, a...
June 17, 2020
The families of some of the 85 people killed by a horrific Northern California wildfire ignited by Pacific Gas & Electric's long-neglected equipment vilified the company Wednesday as greedy, corrupt...
June 17, 2020
Health officials in southwestern Idaho say a coronavirus outbreak linked to patrons at six Boise bars has spread to 34 confirmed cases. Officials said Tuesday that the infected bar patrons...
June 17, 2020
These mobs of hating, condemning, moralizing, groupthink hypocrites are modern-day Nazis. They don't wear uniforms or have guns, but their weapon of online psychological abuse is proving frighteningly effective. Totalitarianism...
June 17, 2020
Fourteen Oxford professors have rebelled against their vice-chancellor, who invoked Nelson Mandela's acceptance of Cecil Rhodes to defend his statue. But dismissing Mandela doesn't sound like the spirit of Black...
June 17, 2020
Joe Biden ratcheted up his criticism of President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, accusing him of ignoring the damage he's caused by an inadequate and ineffective...
June 17, 2020
As the world economy tanks, luxury conglomerate Kering, which owns posh brands like Gucci, has appointed actress Emma Watson to chair its sustainability committee. Is this anti-pitchfork insurance or more...
June 17, 2020
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ June 16 The Greenwood Commonwealth on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling protecting LGBT workers from job discrimination: In a major surprise from a...
June 17, 2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Tuesday that the federal government's role in strengthening the U.S. market in the face of a recession is vital in preventing a worsening of...
June 17, 2020
Gov. Roy Cooper's Cabinet secretary leading the Department of Information Technology will leave the post just five months after getting sworn in. Tracy Doaks will step down July 31, Cooper...
June 17, 2020
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ June 16 The Winston-Salem Journal on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling protecting LGBT workers from job discrimination: There was much celebration in...
June 17, 2020
It took just 41 minutes for the restarted Premier League to create another big controversy over technology. This time, it wasn't a VAR decision that was the talking point. Instead,...
June 17, 2020
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred met with players' union head Tony Clark in Arizona in an attempt to restart talks aimed at starting the pandemic-delayed season. The meeting was disclosed to...
June 17, 2020
Sky News is the latest broadcaster in the UK to tell its staff not to tweet about politics in an attempt to portray itself as an impartial outlet. It's time...
June 17, 2020
The Republican-controlled General Assembly could be heading toward another power struggle with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper over appointments, this time over the composition of the North Carolina Board of Transportation....
June 17, 2020
An influential group behind the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement has established a fund worth more than $12 million to aid organizations fighting institutional racism, in the wake...
June 17, 2020
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ June 16 Valdosta Daily Times on commemorating Juneteenth: On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing all persons held as...
June 17, 2020
The Justice Department is proposing that Congress roll back legal protections for online platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter that generally could not be held legally responsible for what...
June 17, 2020
The Justice Department is proposing that Congress roll back legal protections for online platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter that generally could not be held legally responsible for what...
June 17, 2020
Mark Cuban is ready to talk business — or whatever else his radio listeners want to discuss. The outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner will host specials on SiriusXM's Business Radio on...
June 17, 2020
Washington state is facing a reduction in projected state revenues of about $8.8 billion over the next three years due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, new numbers...
June 17, 2020
With so much uncertainty, Larry Quinn can't predict just how severe the NHL's financial losses might be due to the coronavirus pandemic. That doesn't stop the former Buffalo Sabres managing...
June 17, 2020
Officials at Florida's busiest airport said Wednesday that only two workers out of 500 employees tested positive for COVID-19 over three days last week, and 132 employees overall have had...
June 17, 2020
A former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods has been sentenced to more than three years in jail for his role in a canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving three major companies,...
June 17, 2020
The blue-cheese salad dressing, butter, ground turkey, cans of grain-free dog food and new toothbrush came to $24.97. Laurie Mahlenbrei handed the cashier a slice of wood marked $25, and...
June 17, 2020
The chairman of a Senate committee accused the Federal Aviation Administration of stonewalling lawmakers' attempts to understand how the agency approved a Boeing jet that later suffered two deadly crashes...
June 17, 2020
By calling out Germany for failing to pay its fair share of the cost of NATO, US President Donald Trump has challenged the legitimacy of the foundational premise upon which...
June 17, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The women's and men's professional tennis tours have issued what they are calling “provisional” calendars...
June 17, 2020
Even before he has spent one day with his full team, Joe Judge has been tested in unforeseen ways. Two months after starting his new job as coach of the...
June 17, 2020
Citing concerns over the economic impact of the coronavirus shut down, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has extended the national moratorium on evictions and foreclosures to August 31. The...
June 17, 2020
The apartment blocks of Fort Apache are emblazoned with murals of Carlos Tevez, the superstar forward for Argentina's most popular pro soccer team and its national squad. “I come from...
June 17, 2020
The killing of George Floyd and others has brought justified black outrage onto the streets. The US's Latino population has every reason to be part of the outrage too, rather...
June 17, 2020
European soccer body UEFA wants to improve its campaigns promoting anti-racism and diversity after seeing several players make a big impact off the field. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin praised England...
June 17, 2020
The controversial boxing promoter helping to arrange the all-British heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has been dropped as an adviser to a Bahraini sports organization that is...
June 17, 2020
World War II and the UK's role in it are crucial parts of history, but we have been invoking it at every turn – from coronavirus to statues. Time to...
