TOP OF THE HOUR: — 10 resign from South Florida police dept. SWAT team amid safety concerns. — Dallas officials agree to 90-day ban on use of tear gas against...
June 13, 2020
Danielle Johnson doesn't know what she'd be doing to earn an income right now if it weren't for a recent outdoors startup to get those displaced by COVID-19 back into...
June 13, 2020
After more than 40 years as an actor, Sheri Mann Stewart had finally taken the plunge to launch her own production company. A week after she wrapped shooting her first...
June 13, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has rejected demands to defund the Chicago Police Department, arguing that neighborhoods want more police support. But an analysis shows Chicago is spending more on policing per...
June 13, 2020
BEIJING— Beijing closed the city's largest wholesale food market Saturday after the discovery of seven coronavirus cases in the previous two days. The Xinfadi market, which has 4,000 tenants, will...
June 13, 2020
Building ramparts of secrecy around a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has moved from delay to denial in refusing outright to disclose the...
June 13, 2020
After spending five years in a Hattiesburg animal shelter, Mississippi Max has found a new home in South Carolina. The 7-year-old German shepherd was at the center of a federal...
June 13, 2020
In a move applauded by President Donald Trump's conservative religious base, his administration on Friday finalized a rule that overturns Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health...
June 13, 2020
Dallas officials have agreed to a 90-day ban on the use of tear gas and other less-lethal police crowd-control weapons against demonstrators. U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay approved late Thursday...
June 12, 2020
Some Californians will again be able to get a manicure, a new tattoo or enjoy a massage starting late next week under new state guidance issued Friday. But studios and...
June 12, 2020
A Georgia judge Friday ordered the relocation of a Confederate monument that stands in downtown Decatur. DeKalb County Judge Clarence Seeliger's order said the 30-foot obelisk in Decatur Square should...
June 12, 2020
The closely watched arrival of Christopher Nolan's big-budget sci-fi espionage film “Tenet” will finally happen on July 31, Warner Bros. announced Friday. The studio said it would delay the release...
June 12, 2020
Novel coronavirus infections reached a record high for the third time in four days Friday, even as state officials continue to loosen restrictions on public activities. State health officials said...
June 12, 2020
One of Florida's newest laws lays the groundwork for building a vast network of electric vehicle charging stations along highways, part of a broader effort to improve the appeal of...
June 12, 2020
When Marc Rooney lost his job as a project coordinator for a tech company in September, he did not have trouble meeting Florida's strict work search requirements for receiving unemployment....
June 12, 2020
British-based Cineworld said Friday it has terminated its takeover of Canada's Cineplex. Cineworld PLC said the $2.8 billion Canadian (US$2 billion) was dropped after “certain breaches” of the acquisition deal....
June 12, 2020
About 80,000 Idaho residents through early June have signed up for Medicaid under the state's voter-approved expanded coverage, state officials said Friday. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare officials said...
June 12, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology is switching conferences, joining America East and leaving the Atlantic Sun. America East announced its board of presidents had unanimously voted to to give NJIT...
June 12, 2020
Building ramparts of secrecy around a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has moved from delay to denial in refusing outright to disclose the...
June 12, 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 12, 2020
President Donald Trump said Friday he wants “a new and updated” Republican Party platform after the Republican National Committee voted this week to carry over the 2016 document. But Trump...
June 12, 2020
It's time to spread the good news. That's the difficult job Vice President Mike Pence undertook Friday as the Trump administration works to make voters feel better about the direction...
June 12, 2020
The NBA gave teams a more definitive timetable for the restart to the pandemic-interrupted season Friday, including required coronavirus testing that is set to begin this month and mandatory individual...
June 12, 2020
In April, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said he would fight to make sure the public knew which businesses received taxpayer-backed coronavirus relief loans that totaled $511 billion. “Bottom line...
June 12, 2020
Members of UConn's Board of Trustees heard from former athletes Friday as it considers eliminating several sports in budget cuts made necessary by losses suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
June 12, 2020
NFL free agent Antonio Brown pleaded no contest Friday to charges related to a fight with a moving truck driver outside his South Florida home earlier this year. As part...
June 12, 2020
Hundreds are gathering and some businesses have temporarily closed in response to Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County's call for a statewide general strike on Friday. The organization encourages supporters to...
June 12, 2020
By offering no specifics about his policies or advisers, Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is letting supporters project their hopes and dreams onto his campaign. The strategy works, so long...
June 12, 2020
President Donald Trump said Friday he wants “a new and updated” Republican Party platform after the Republican National Committee voted this week to carry over the 2016 document. But Trump...
June 12, 2020
The NFL plans to recognize Juneteenth as a league holiday. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made the announcement to league employees on Friday in an internal memo obtained by The Associated...
June 12, 2020
Nike, the NFL and other businesses will give their employees a day off for Juneteenth for the first time this year, the latest example of how American employers are responding...
June 12, 2020
Carl Brewer, Wichita's first elected African American mayor and a former Democratic gubernatorial candidate, died Friday after a long illness. He was 63. Brewer's family confirmed his death in a...
June 12, 2020
A Washington intelligence report says Russia, Iran and China have been critical of the US government on social media in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. Must have...
June 12, 2020
Despite pushback from activists against the phrase “all lives matter” amidst George Floyd protests, a poll suggests the majority of people are not offended by the words and only a...
June 12, 2020
Utah and Oregon put any further reopenings of their economies on hold amid a spike in coronavirus cases, but there was no turning back Friday in such states as Texas,...
June 12, 2020
In response to America's racial unrest over George Floyd's murder, Hollywood actors once again feel the need to flex their me-first moralism with a nauseating, self-serving performance. Unfortunately for us,...
June 12, 2020
Major League Baseball has offered players 80% of their prorated salaries and a 72-game regular season starting July 14 in an effort to start the pandemic-delayed season, according to details...
June 12, 2020
A week and a half ago, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a strongly worded announcement that the Trump administration was prohibiting business with Fincimex, a Cuban state corporation...
June 12, 2020
The classic Fawlty Towers episode “The Germans”, which hilariously mocks xenophobia, has been pulled for… wait for it… xenophobia. This marks a new low for Britain's culture police. I love...
June 12, 2020
Dozens of residents of a Southern California nursing home were evacuated to other facilities after local authorities alleged it failed to provide proper care. Ambulances lined up late Thursday to...
