Asian shares tumbled Thursday as reports of rising numbers of coronavirus infections in many countries raised fears over risks from reopenings from pandemic shutdowns. Asian markets had been expected to...
June 11, 2020
As the Black Lives Matter protests rage on, Britain should also be reflecting on how it treats a different minority. Discrimination against Irish travellers is so ingrained, it is virtually...
June 11, 2020
As the Black Lives Matter protests rage on, Britain should also be reflecting on how it treats a different minority. Discrimination against Irish travellers is so ingrained, it is virtually...
June 11, 2020
When he first contemplated the prospect of a U.S. Open without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Tennis Association's chief revenue officer figured there was no way it...
June 11, 2020
When he first contemplated the prospect of a U.S. Open without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Tennis Association's chief revenue officer figured there was no way it...
June 11, 2020
Kim Pegula is staying on as Buffalo Sabres president with a continued focus on making the small-market franchise economically sustainable, while in the face of criticism the team has been...
June 11, 2020
Kim Pegula is staying on as Buffalo Sabres president with a continued focus on making the small-market franchise economically sustainable, while in the face of criticism the team has been...
June 11, 2020
A woman died after a Florida commuter train hit her SUV, authorities said. The crash occurred just before noon Wednesday in Altamonte Springs, near Orlando, a Florida Highway Patrol news...
June 11, 2020
NEW DELHI: India reported a record of nearly 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday with health services in the worst-hit cities of Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai swamped by the...
June 11, 2020
South Korea has reported 45 new cases of COVID-19, all but two of them in the greater capital area, continuing a weekslong resurgence that health authorities fear will develop into...
June 11, 2020
After hitting the streets to protest racial injustices, Sharon Chuter was disillusioned by the number of corporate brands posting “glossy” messages spouting support for black lives. The 33-year-old founder of...
June 11, 2020
Neil Sullivan was angry, frustrated and crushed with guilt. His brother Joe had been rushed by ambulance from his home for the developmentally disabled to the emergency room with a...
June 11, 2020
When the tourists stopped coming in March, so did Lorin Lynch's paychecks from a Tampa Bay hotel. She burned through her savings while awaiting financial relief from Florida's unemployment office....
June 11, 2020
President Donald Trump is resuming in-person fundraising events after a three-month hiatus as his campaign works to maintain a cash advantage over Democrat Joe Biden that it believes is vital...
June 11, 2020
Activists who established a commune around an abandoned police precinct in Seattle are finding out the hard way it's not easy to run a revolution, dealing with food supply issues,...
June 11, 2020
She wore a mask and sat across the nursing home patio from her elderly mother, but Marcie Abramson's emotions were on full display as the two connected in person for...
June 11, 2020
A&E Network has canceled the police reality series “Live PD” following weeks of protests inspired by the death of George Floyd and a report that a crew from the show...
June 11, 2020
Harry Glickman, the founder of the Portland Trail Blazers and general manager of the franchise's only NBA title-winning team in 1977, died Wednesday. He was 96. The team announced Glickman's...
June 11, 2020
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has agreed to pay $10 million to settle accusations of age discrimination involving dozens of employees, federal officials announced Wednesday. JPL agreed to a three-year consent...
June 11, 2020
A University of California, Los Angeles, professor suspended over an email exchange with a student who wanted a final exam canceled or changed because of racial unrest said he's receiving...
June 11, 2020
The Detroit Tigers selected Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. The baseball-bashing Torkelson was long considered the...
June 11, 2020
The Hawaiian children's apparel store Island Wear recalled just under 1,000 umbrella strollers on Wednesday after they were found to pose a fall and chocking hazard for children, authorities said....
June 10, 2020
Pacific Gas and Electric on Wednesday announced the latest overhaul of its board of directors in another step toward the nation's largest utility ending its bankruptcy. The board includes 11...
June 10, 2020
Alexis Johnson figures she wasn't the loser when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said she couldn't cover protests triggered by George Floyd's death. Her readers were — denied the perspective of a...
June 10, 2020
The Detroit Tigers selected Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. The baseball-bashing Torkelson played first base in...
June 10, 2020
The Trump administration has awarded energy companies hundreds of breaks on payments for oil and gas extraction from U.S. lands and the Gulf of Mexico during the coronavirus pandemic, according...
June 10, 2020
Migrant workers building a World Cup stadium in Qatar have been struggling to secure pay they are owed, a human rights group and the Qatari government said Wednesday, highlighting ongoing...
June 10, 2020
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there is “100%” chance of big league ball this year. Major League Baseball will make another proposal to start the pandemic-delayed season, but Manfred vowed...
June 10, 2020
Mayors in several of California's major cities steered away from calls to defund police budgets Wednesday and instead promised to work for reforms that would examine how police do their...
June 10, 2020
Spirit AeroSystems will furlough about 900 hourly employees who work on the Boeing 737 program, the company said Wednesday. Spirit will implement the 21-day furloughs beginning Monday through July 6,...
June 10, 2020
Richard Sherman believes NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's statement condemning racism was a good start to dealing with the issue. But the San Francisco 49ers' star cornerback called on the league...
June 10, 2020
Mississippi bars and restaurants that serve alcohol will soon be able to stay open later as Gov. Tate Reeves prepares to lift a curfew he set because of the coronavirus...
June 10, 2020
An off-duty Los Angeles police officer violated departmental policy last year when he shot and killed a mentally ill man who had attacked him and his young son from behind...
June 10, 2020
The United Auto Workers said it has accepted an offer on a lakefront house in northern Michigan, three months after federal prosecutors warned that it could be confiscated as part...
June 10, 2020
A retired Texas businessman who said he was a Montana resident in order to vote, drive, buy hunting and fishing licenses, obtain a concealed weapons permit and register vehicles owes...
June 10, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Jobless numbers deceiving Altoona Mirror June 9 About 156.5 million Americans are categorized as members of the civilian labor force....
June 10, 2020
Amazon said Wednesday that it will pause police use of its facial recognition technology for a year. The Seattle-based company did not say why it was doing so, but protests...
June 10, 2020
A local real estate agent singing the praises of South Florida found himself out of a job this week. Joseph Swedroe, 59, has been fired from the Corcoran Group after...
June 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed its first Miami-Dade indoor shopping mall. Southland Mall, the 986,100 square-foot indoor mall located at 20505 S. Dixie Highway in Cutler Bay, is the first...
June 10, 2020
Billionaire developer Vladislav Doronin is making his first foray into Fort Lauderdale. Doronin's Miami-based development firm, OKO Group, has paid $62.59 million for 6.68 acres in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The...
