The University of Washington Medical Center has announced plans to close its psychiatric facility at its Montlake center in Seattle, lay off employees and reduce the number of available inpatient...
June 16, 2020
The head of the U.S. communications regulator said T-Mobile's nationwide, hours-long outage Monday was “unacceptable” and that the Federal Communications Commission will investigate. T-Mobile, one of the country's three largest...
June 16, 2020
European Union regulators opened two investigations on Tuesday into Apple's mobile app store and payment platform over concerns its practices distort competition, opening a new front in the EU's battle...
June 16, 2020
In the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Atlanta last week, officers' body cameras captured about 40 minutes of footage, but not the critical moments that end...
June 16, 2020
Amid a growing row over defectors, propaganda and stalled peace talks, tensions are rising on both sides of the Korean Peninsula as the US turns inward. Inter-Korean relations reached a...
June 16, 2020
Three Miami technology groups are partnering in an effort to combat social injustice. eMerge Americas, Wyncode Academy, and Code Fever will host a virtual hackathon on July 2, 2020 entitled...
June 16, 2020
A day after leaving his post as speaker of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives, Mike Turzai has become general counsel for the Pittsburgh-based natural gas division of Essential Utilities Inc., the...
June 16, 2020
If Canada's current foreign policy is any indication, should it win a UN Security Council seat on Wednesday, it would more likely buttress the positions of Washington than to pursue...
June 16, 2020
The World Trade Organization has ruled Saudi Arabia failed to stop a broadcasting operation pirating sports coverage and blocked moves to shut it down in a proxy of the Gulf...
June 16, 2020
A major Los Angeles-area freeway will be completely closed for four nights this week as crews replace three bridges. The California Department of Transportation says starting Tuesday a stretch of...
June 16, 2020
The Buffalo Sabres fired general manager Jason Botterill on Tuesday in a dramatic change-of-course three weeks after co-owner Kim Pegula said his job was secure. In announcing the decision, the...
June 16, 2020
A company that designs, builds and installs retail and commercial spaces plans to shutter its southern Indiana plant in August, costing more than 100 workers their jobs. Horizon Terra Inc.,...
June 16, 2020
The North Carolina city of Winston-Salem has backed off a plan that would have shifted $1 million away from the police department and toward anti-poverty efforts. The Winston-Salem Journal reported...
June 16, 2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy faces a deep downturn with “significant uncertainty” about the timing and strength of a recovery. He warns that the longer the...
June 16, 2020
The Buffalo Sabres fired general manager Jason Botterill on Tuesday in a dramatic change-of-course three weeks after co-owner Kim Pegula said his job was secure. In announcing the decision, the...
June 16, 2020
A Stuart roofing contractor now facing a $74,217 OSHA fine from a worker's fatal fall off a hotel roof in December had been cited twice previously in 2019 for the...
June 16, 2020
A Rockefeller Foundation effort to combat economic inequality selected Miami-Dade County as one of 10 places nationwide for the nonprofit's newest initiative: the Rockefeller Foundation Opportunity Collective. Launched Tuesday, the...
June 16, 2020
The US President's approval rating among African Americans has slumped by almost half since Floyd's death – which is a significant blow to his chances of winning November's election. Between...
June 16, 2020
The Topeka Capital-Journal, June 15 What to make of the imbroglio around Wichita State University president Jay Golden? To recap, presidential daughter Ivanka Trump was briefly invited to deliver a...
June 16, 2020
The jobs of more than 700 people who work at hotels in Charlotte, North Carolina, have been impacted because of the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus. The Charlotte Observer...
June 16, 2020
U.S. retail sales jumped by a record 17.7% from April to May, with spending partially rebounding after the coronavirus had shut down businesses, flattened the economy and paralyzed consumers during...
June 16, 2020
Many of them also voted to attack Iraq and Syria, and their party was the first to bring in discriminatory immigration controls. Why is Labour's stance on race so confused...
June 16, 2020
Scientists at Imperial College London will start immunizing people in Britain this week with their experimental coronavirus shot, while pharmaceutical company Sanofi and the French government announced more than 800...
June 16, 2020
McDonald's sales are gradually improving as more of its restaurants reopen worldwide. The Chicago-based fast food giant said Tuesday that its global same-store sales — or sales at locations open...
June 16, 2020
Developer Lissette Calderon is increasing her footprint in Allapattah. The president and CEO of Neology Life Development Group bought a 5,280-square-foot site at 1470 NW 36th St. for $3.6 million...
June 16, 2020
New Jersey-based firm Brunetti has closed on a $97 million construction loan to redevelop and add a second tower to a Sunny Isles Beach apartment building. New York lender Berkadia...
June 16, 2020
The chaos of British help to alleviate poverty abroad has been exposed afresh in a new report which calls on the government to stop spending out until it proves aid...
June 16, 2020
Shortly before Elizabeth Warren joined their virtual happy hour on a recent Friday afternoon, the five African American women co-hosting the #TheSipHour mused about calling her by her first name....
June 16, 2020
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday in a dramatic display of anger that sharply raises...
June 16, 2020
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday and cut off all communication with its rival. It...
June 16, 2020
The Black Lives Matter protests have sparked a look-back at important people's histories, but the newspapers and media who report on all of this have the same skeletons in their...
June 16, 2020
Thousands of people have taken to the streets and to social media in recent weeks to express solidarity with – or in some cases, objections to – the Black Lives...
June 16, 2020
At Exclusive, an electronics and clothing store in Auburn Gresham on Chicago's South Side, the windows are boarded up. But the boards have art on them, five black faces peering...
June 16, 2020
Facebook says it was a mistake. But the UAW and AFL-CIO say it is censorship and illegal. Here's what happened: On June 10, Facebook had a work session about a...
June 16, 2020
As businesses reopen across the U.S. after coronavirus shutdowns, many are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won't sue if they catch COVID-19. Businesses fear they could...
June 16, 2020
South Korea says that North Korea has exploded an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the tense Korean border. Seoul's Unification Ministry says the destruction of the building at...
June 16, 2020
Whether it's German tourists basking in Spain's sunshine or Parisians renewing their love affair with their city, Monday's border openings between several European nations and the jettisoning of more restrictions...
June 16, 2020
Germany launched a coronavirus tracing app Tuesday that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it. Smartphone apps have been touted as a high-tech tool in the...
June 16, 2020
NEW DELHI — India recorded another 10,000-plus coronavirus infections as patients swamp health services in its largest cities. The Health Ministry on Tuesday also reported a 24-hour increase of 380...
June 16, 2020
BASEBALL NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league games this year after a breakdown in talks between teams and the players' union...
