Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed legislation that would have let North Carolina standalone bars serve patrons again in contradiction to his executive order that's aimed at halting the spread...
June 5, 2020
America's economic recovery is real—and it's already happening in Florida despite ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, economists say. The U.S. unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in May to 13.3% —...
June 5, 2020
Republican senator Tom Cotton's controversial op-ed demanding US troops be deployed against American protesters would have been embraced by the New York Times if he'd just stuck to cheering on...
June 5, 2020
The Athletic has laid off 46 staff members and implemented pay cuts across the organization due to cost cuts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The 5-year-old subscription-based online sports site...
June 5, 2020
Enterprise Florida intends to ramp up marketing and business recruitment during the coming year to try to offset the state's record job losses from the coronavirus pandemic. As it puts...
June 5, 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 5, 2020
More than two dozen crew members on two American Seafoods vessels docked in Washington state tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials said. The Whatcom County Health Department has reported...
June 5, 2020
California will allow schools, day camps, bars, gyms, campgrounds and professional sports to begin reopening with modifications starting next Friday. Mark Ghaly, the state's top health official, said the state...
June 5, 2020
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police has forced the American people to take a long, hard look at their country and what it stands...
June 5, 2020
Idaho's Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical on Friday about whether the Legislature can legally shift some duties previously handled by one statewide elected official to a different entity. The question...
June 5, 2020
Stocks jumped Friday after a report said the U.S. job market surprisingly strengthened last month, bolstering hopes that the worst of the recession may have already passed. Economists cautioned that...
June 5, 2020
No one saw it coming — 2.5 million job gains in May and a lower unemployment rate. Economists, political aides and business leaders had been bracing for another horrific month...
June 5, 2020
Universal Orlando Resort along with bars, movie theaters and other entertainment venues reopened with restrictions in most of Florida on Friday as the state took another step away from the...
June 5, 2020
Leaders of a large study in the United Kingdom that is rigorously testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and other medicines for hospitalized COVID-19 patients say they will stop putting people...
June 5, 2020
A fire early Friday destroyed a Southern California distribution facility that was used to ship items to Amazon customers but authorities said employees got out and there were no reports...
June 5, 2020
California is giving a Chinese manufacturer it contracted with for hundreds of millions of protective masks one more week to get federal certification after the company twice missed the deadline....
June 5, 2020
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan went from wondering if any golf would be played this year to a schedule that resumes next week with a calendar filled through Thanksgiving. What...
June 5, 2020
Politicians in Glasgow want to erase part of the city's history by renaming major streets. But this won't make up for the mistakes of the past, so why bother? We...
June 5, 2020
President Donald Trump took action Friday to allow commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast. “We are reopening the Northeast Canyons to commercial fishing,” Trump...
June 5, 2020
Washington officials announced Friday that seven counties have been approved to move to the third phase of the state's four-stage reopening plan that eases COVID-19 restrictions and allows businesses to...
June 5, 2020
The Trump administration said Friday it will let Chinese airlines operate a limited number of flights to the U.S., backing down from a threat to ban the flights. The decision...
June 5, 2020
Brazilian striker Fred completed a 600-kilometer (370-mile) charity bicycle ride when he arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Fred left on Monday from Belo Horizonte, the home of his...
June 5, 2020
Kanye West has donated $2 million to support the families and legal teams for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. A representative for the rapper confirmed that some of...
June 5, 2020
A lucrative post-Brexit UK-China trade deal has been flushed away. And Britain could have up to 3 million Chinese immigrants from Hong Kong on their way. But no one wants...
June 5, 2020
The liberal paper has turned itself inside out after publishing a piece by a Republican calling for soldiers to combat the riots over George Floyd's murder. You'd think opinion writers...
June 5, 2020
The Seattle area's largest labor group says it will expel the Seattle Police Officers Guild later this month unless the union admits that racism is a problem in law enforcement...
June 5, 2020
An Emory University infectious disease specialist says he has serious concerns that police could be spreading the coronavirus by spraying tear gas on demonstrators. Mass arrests and confining people in...
June 5, 2020
Top Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is being asked to pledge that he will endorse $14 trillion in compensation for the slave years if elected. Will he make the pledge,...
June 5, 2020
Television. Sewing machine. Motorcycle. These are the things Edda Marchan's children sold to keep their mother breathing. In the far stretch of northern Peru where the family lives, medicinal oxygen...
June 5, 2020
The Patriots say team owner Robert Kraft's family is pledging $1 million to local grassroots organizations to promote social justice causes. A statement and video released on the team's website...
June 5, 2020
Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S....
June 5, 2020
Data released Friday show revenue collections in Missouri continue to drop significantly because of the coronavirus pandemic. Data from state Budget Director Dan Haug show net general revenue collections are...
June 5, 2020
Idaho governor Brad Little on Thursday announced a plan for people to receive a one-time bonus of up to $1,500 to return to work. The Republican governor says the incentive...
June 5, 2020
Countries all over the world are enacting laws to protect their flags and anthems. But if we're really evolving towards a borderless global utopia, why haven't we moved beyond such...
June 5, 2020
Wearing dress shirts, ties and name tags, three missionaries with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sit around the kitchen table inside a Utah apartment planning how they'll...
June 5, 2020
Another Obama-era symbol of engagement with Cuba will soon be gone, after the Trump administration told Marriott International its license to run the Sheraton Four Points hotel in Havana will...
June 5, 2020
Confirmed coronavirus cases are on the rise in Missouri, with triple-digit increases for three straight days in the Kansas City metropolitan areas, according to state health department data. The 290...
June 5, 2020
Iran has continued to increase its stockpiles of enriched uranium and remains in violation of its deal with world powers, the United Nations' atomic watchdog said Friday. The International Atomic...
June 5, 2020
The owner of an Idaho meat-rendering plant where an employee died earlier this year has been fined more than $63,000 by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Darling Ingredients,...
June 5, 2020
The United Nations' atomic watchdog agency says Iran has continued to increase its stockpiles of enriched uranium and remains in violation of its deal with world powers. The International Atomic...
