Mayor Jim Kenney kicked off a recent briefing on Philadelphia's coronavirus response with an unusual request for residents: Be careful what you flush. Between mid-March, when the city's stay-at-home order...
June 4, 2020
For weeks, President Donald Trump has been eager to publicly turn the page on the coronavirus pandemic. Now fears are growing within the White House that the very thing that...
June 4, 2020
Native American voting rights advocates are cautioning against states moving to mail-in ballots without opportunities for tribal members to vote safely in person. In a wide-ranging report released Thursday, the...
June 4, 2020
After failing to convince lawmakers to change the state's gambling laws, the owner of a long-closed Kansas horse and dog racing track is selling the property. The Unified Government of...
June 4, 2020
For nearly four months, Capt. Andrei Kogankov and his oil tanker crew haven't set foot on dry land. With global travel at a virtual standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
June 4, 2020
Canberra Airport opened a register for travelers interested in flying from the Australian capital to New Zealand on July 1 in a proposed resumption of international travel. The proposal to...
June 4, 2020
The family of a popular barbecue chef killed in a clash with law enforcement said he was protecting his restaurant amid chaos caused when officers began pelting people with pepper...
June 4, 2020
Relatives of a man who was killed after climbing between two trailers of a FedEx truck during an interstate protest near downtown St. Louis are criticizing the delivery company and...
June 4, 2020
Three members of the Illinois Legislature on Wednesday asked for an ``emergency legislative session” to address the effects of violent demonstrations and looting on local communities and criminal justice reform....
June 4, 2020
Police in north Alabama appeared to use smoke and pepper spray, or another chemical agent, to sweep protesters out of the courthouse square in Huntsville. Video of the chaotic scene...
June 3, 2020
Journalists alarmed by dozens of incidents where reporters were shot at, manhandled, gassed or arrested while covering demonstrations touched off by the death of Minnesota man George Floyd are fighting...
June 3, 2020
Texas bars, restaurants and retailers will be allowed to serve more customers — in some cases immediately — under new orders from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday to further...
June 3, 2020
‘Star Wars' actor John Boyega claims joining protests over George Floyd's death could end his career, despite Hollywood apparently discriminating against the right – including the firing of a writer...
June 3, 2020
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that he has reached agreement with top lawmakers on adjusting state transportation spending without a special legislative session. Last month, a panel of economists...
June 3, 2020
California's Democratic legislative leaders have agreed on a budget they say covers the state's estimated $54.3 billion deficit while avoiding most of Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget cuts to public...
June 3, 2020
Georgia's legislature will resume session on June 15 under an agreement announced by House and Senate leaders on Wednesday. The 40-day legislative session was put on hold in March because...
June 3, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Complete nursing home tests Altoona Mirror June 1 Once the grim tally of deaths from COVID-19 is finalized — sometime...
June 3, 2020
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 3 The Charlotte Observer on President Donald Trump moving the Republican National Convention because North Carolina Gov. Roy...
June 3, 2020
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page on Wednesday asked protesters who didn't wear masks or socially distance themselves during protests over the death of George Floyd to quarantine. Page said...
June 3, 2020
Negotiations between two separate fruit packing companies in Yakima, Washington and their employees are at a standstill over compensation. Employees at fruit packing companies Matson Fruit and Columbia Reach Fruit...
June 3, 2020
The CEO of Pilgrim's Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of price-fixing. The U.S. Department of Justice said a federal grand...
June 3, 2020
A brief but severe storm killed two people in southeastern Pennsylvania and ripped the roof off a seven-story apartment building, authorities said. The chair of Montgomery County's board of commissioners,...
June 3, 2020
A malaria drug President Donald Trump took to try to prevent COVID-19 proved ineffective for that in the first large, high-quality study to test it in people in close contact...
June 3, 2020
Russell Stover Chocolates has announced its candy plant in Montrose will close seven months ahead of schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic, a decision that will leave 217 employees without...
June 3, 2020
When Xtreme Action Park in Fort Lauderdale opened its doors Wednesday for the first time in nearly three months, a lot had changed. For one, much of its over 200,000...
June 3, 2020
A Kansas food plant temporarily shut down Wednesday after several workers tested positive for the coronavirus. The Reser's Fine Foods plant in Topeka, which makes prepared entrees and side dishes...
June 3, 2020
Six counties have applied to move to the third phase of Washington state's four-stage reopening plan that eases COVID-19 restrictions and allows businesses to start to reopen, the governor's office...
June 3, 2020
Ten state-run testing sites for the coronavirus reopened Wednesday after Illinois officials shut them down on Sunday in response to unrest following protests over the death of George Floyd. An...
June 3, 2020
Oregon's phase 2 coronavirus reopening plan will begin Friday and includes opening pools, zoos, museums and movie theaters, allowing recreational sports, loosening current restaurant restrictions and expanding outdoor gatherings to...
June 3, 2020
A former president of the United Auto Workers pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring with others to embezzle dues to pay for golf trips, expensive meals and stays at California villas...
June 3, 2020
Celebrities like John Legend and Jane Fonda have signed a petition calling for the pulling of funding from the police, in response to the killing of George Floyd; but they...
June 3, 2020
COVID-19 walk-up testing sites will be opening at three Publix stores in Florida on Thursday as part of a partnership with the state to increase testing accessibility. It's part of...
June 3, 2020
The metal detectors every sports fan has become accustomed to at the gate might soon be accompanied by thermal body scanners as part of the gargantuan task of preventing the...
June 3, 2020
A diversity report for racial and gender hiring across college sports found overall improvement yet still reported grades lagging behind the professional ranks. Wednesday's report card from The Institute for...
June 3, 2020
There are moments when an entire nation can feel a sense of collective awkwardness, if not embarrassment. That very thing happened in Canada and lasted for 21 excruciating seconds. During...
June 3, 2020
What's happening in the US is a head-on collision between the story the establishment tells Americans about their country, and the reality. This disparity has been stretched to breaking point....
June 3, 2020
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ June 3 Valdosta Daily Times on getting tested for coronavirus following attendance at recent protests: We encourage protesters to get tested for COVID-19. Of...
June 3, 2020
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ June 3 The Oxford Eagle on the recent vandalism of a confederate monument on the University of Mississippi campus: The vandalism of the confederate...
June 3, 2020
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ May 29 The Miami Herald on Patricia Ripley, a woman accused of pushing her autistic son into a lake and letting him drown, initially...
June 3, 2020
America is burning while the media keeps peddling racism-themed diversions. Behind that smokescreen, the entitled, hyper-partisan elites get to continue the economic plunder that has created the worst wealth inequality...
