Looting and vandalism in cities across the country have dealt another blow to small businesses that were already reeling from the coronavirus outbreak. Along with big chain stores like Target,...
June 2, 2020
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken heat over refusing to hide a post from US President Donald Trump that Twitter claimed “glorified violence.” But his reasons are more about placating...
June 2, 2020
The state of Minnesota filed a human rights complaint Tuesday against the Minneapolis Police Department in the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee...
June 2, 2020
For proof that Leonardo DiCaprio can't save every film he touches, look no further than “And We Go Green,” a languid documentary about the electric car racing circuit. DiCaprio, who...
June 2, 2020
Wes Unseld was an undersized NBA center known more for his bruising picks, tenacious rebounding and perfectly placed outlet passes than any points he produced. He thrived in his role...
June 2, 2020
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission voted Tuesday to lay off 500 fare collectors and other toll workers and make the entire interstate network a cashless system. The cuts are the latest...
June 2, 2020
Black Panther cop killer Jalil Muntaqim has just been refused compassionate leave on Covid-19 grounds after almost 50 years in prison. With Black Lives Matter riots tearing up the US,...
June 2, 2020
President Donald Trump has called the make-up of the G7, a club of wealthy developed nations, ‘very outdated' and, right on cue, up pop the UK and Canadian governments to...
June 2, 2020
Arrogate, winner of the 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic and the champion 3-year-old male that year on his way to becoming North America's all-time leading money earner, has died. He was...
June 2, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Bowling Green is working with alumni and former players to reinstate the Falcons' baseball program....
June 2, 2020
A Mississippi police officer has been suspended with pay after he allegedly used a racial slur against a fellow officer. Meridian Police Officer Joey Lawn is accused of calling a...
June 2, 2020
A week into the summer season that typically drives South Carolina's robust tourism economy, finding ways to safely draw visitors to the state amid the coronavirus outbreak is top-of-mind for...
June 2, 2020
The PGA Tour has a deal in place to play back-to-back weeks at Muirfield Village in Ohio. According to a memo sent to players Tuesday, the tour has reached an...
June 2, 2020
North Carolina's governor said in a letter Tuesday that the GOP must prepare for a scaled-back convention in Charlotte because of the coronavirus pandemic despite demands from President Donald Trump...
June 2, 2020
Conservatives have always relied on simple, populist ideas to gain power. But a situation as nuanced as the aftermath of the Minneapolis homicide has exposed the innate contradictions and weakness...
June 2, 2020
Call it support. Call it pressure. However you describe it, the NFL is going to get it regarding playing games on schedule. And barring a setback in the reopening of...
June 2, 2020
One of Wyoming's major oil refineries will lay off over two-thirds of its workforce and undergo a major reworking in response to tough economic conditions. The announcement Monday by HollyFrontier...
June 2, 2020
Sales of guns are soaring across the US, with many first-time buyers taking up arms. Changing people's mindset seems a lost cause. Over the past week, surreal scenes have been...
June 2, 2020
Arlington County, Virginia, pulled its officers out of the District of Columbia Monday night after they played a supporting role in clearing protesters from a park outside the White House...
June 2, 2020
The astronauts launched into orbit by SpaceX joined in the ringing of the opening bell for the Nasdaq on Tuesday to mark “a pivotal moment" for the space economy. NASA...
June 2, 2020
Yet another vacuous online campaign has been spreading like a digital coronavirus so people can shout how much they care about George Floyd. You might want to practice social media...
June 2, 2020
Covid-19 has shown that the World Health Organization has lost all credibility under Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. It's time to replace it with a new body. Considering the Covid-19 link,...
June 2, 2020
Like a phoenix, Anonymous, the once-infamous hacker collective, rose from the fires of burning US cities this week following protests against the killing of George Floyd, releasing a video declaring...
June 2, 2020
A fourth day of large protests over the George Floyd killing on Monday in Seattle was largely peaceful but in the night the scene turned chaotic, with police using tear...
June 2, 2020
The base of a massive Confederate monument in Alabama's largest city was all that remained Tuesday after crews dismantled the towering obelisk and trucked it away in pieces. Other symbols...
June 2, 2020
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a property tax bill and two other measures approved by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature. Kelly said in a statement Monday that each of the...
June 2, 2020
Federal safety investigators bypassed aviation regulators on Tuesday and urged leading helicopter manufacturers to install so-called black boxes that would help determine the cause of crashes such as the one...
June 2, 2020
As thousands of protesters take to the streets in response to police killings of black people, companies are wading into the national conversation but taking care to get their messaging...
June 2, 2020
As the United States finds itself in the hot seat as protests and riots rage across the country, its unsolicited past advice in places like Hong Kong and Iraq under...
June 2, 2020
The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his...
June 2, 2020
Pennsylvania is holding a primary election Tuesday amid civil unrest, a pandemic, the introduction of new voting machines in some counties and the debut of mail-in balloting that has pushed...
June 2, 2020
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 31 Elections are, by definition, always about politics, whether they involve a local bond issue, school board seats or choosing the president of the United...
June 2, 2020
When Andrés Manuel López Obrador won Mexico's presidency after years of agitating for change, many expected a transformative leader who would take the country to the left even as much...
June 2, 2020
Everyone, it seems, wants to show solidarity with George Floyd. But the image of Liverpool's players paying tribute smacked of a club desperate to do the right thing after past...
June 2, 2020
Brussels has put forward a €750 billion scheme aimed at averting an internal split that could endanger the euro and imperil the whole European project. But it's fraught with danger...
June 2, 2020
Condo guest restrictions during the pandemic haven't quelled buyers' appetite for downtown Miami's first home-sharing condo. The 51-story Natiivo Miami converted 20 reservations into contracts in May, totaling about $10...
June 2, 2020
If you thought you were getting a break on your property taxes this year, you're out of luck. Despite the pandemic, estimated taxable real estate values rose for most Miami-Dade...
June 2, 2020
A sophisticated temperature reader awaited millionaire boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Monday at the newly reopened Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Mayweather, 43, was one of the first guests at the luxury resort...
June 2, 2020
Ten weeks after being ordered to close under a coronavirus emergency order, the Fontainebleau Miami Beach opened its doors Monday, June 1 2020. … Click to Continue »
June 2, 2020
The global race for a COVID-19 vaccine boils down to some critical questions: How much must the shots rev up someone's immune system to really work? And could revving it...
