Politics

The Mineral Wells Index has published its last edition and is merging with a sister newspaper. The 120-year-old newspaper said in a May 23 online post that it was publishing...

The UK monarch's role in a controversial takedown of an Australian MP in 1975 may finally be revealed after a court order. Is this what the republican movement Down Under...

Large cruise ships will continue to be prohibited from operating in Canadian waters until at least Oct. 31 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's transport minister announced Friday. Transport...

The federal agency that oversees workplace safety said Friday that it had issued its first citation in the U.S. related to the coronavirus outbreak: against a Georgia nursing home that...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday announced he would not extend the state's COVID-19 stay-at-home order beyond Sunday and would allow counties more flexibility to apply to advance through the...

Mississippi has established a website where owners of small businesses can soon start applying for grants funded by a federal coronavirus pandemic relief package, Gov. Tate Reeves said Friday. The...

It may be days or weeks before some Texas water parks reopen, despite Gov. Greg Abbott's order allowing many to reopen Friday. Earlier this week, Abbott loosened restrictions on water...

CNN reporter Omar Jimenez's arrest during riots in Minneapolis over police brutality is a banal chapter in the history of police abuse of reporters. My own arrest and the arrests...

The stock market erased an early drop and ended mixed Friday, capping a strong week and month. Stocks rebounded after President Donald Trump outlined several actions in response to a...

The Just Dandy women's clothing store in downtown Cheyenne has endured fire, flooding, recessions and so far the coronavirus pandemic, but will this year's cancellation of the city's famous cowboy-and-rodeo...

The NBA Board of Governors met again without a consensus opinion emerging on how many teams should be back on the floor for the planned late-July resumption of the pandemic-interrupted...

Coronavirus testing will be available at select Home Depot and Publix locations, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday. The retailers will add three new testing sites each, joining several...

As Minneapolis suffers its third day of massive looting, burning and rioting, some commentators believe the behavior can be justified as justice for the death of George Floyd. It is...

One of President Trump's legacies will be exposing the US media as political activists who have polarized the nation by peddling a narrative rather than evidence-based facts and truth. When...

One of President Trump's legacies will be exposing the US media as political activists who have polarized the nation by peddling a narrative rather than evidence-based facts and truth. When...

One of President Trump's legacies will be exposing the US media as political activists who have polarized the nation by peddling a narrative rather than evidence-based facts and truth. When...

U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests found elevated levels of a contaminant linked to cancer. The...

William McRaven, the retired U.S. Navy admiral who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, told members of MIT's graduating class Friday that they are the “real heroes” who...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged Friday that the Fed faces a major challenge with the launch in the coming days of a program that will lend to companies other...

The speed with which the mainstream media forgot all about coronavirus, ‘social distancing' and masks to de facto promote a race war with coverage of riots and looting in the...

New York City is on track to begin reopening June 8 as the state gradually loosens restrictions put in place during the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. Cuomo...

Ocean Beauty Seafoods and Icicle Seafoods Inc. announced plans Friday to merge parts of their operations under a new company. The merger, set to take effect Monday, will include Ocean...

While Americans are constantly at war with each other, Britain's internal disagreements are far less extreme. So why is the UK media so keen to whip up division? The British...

While hiding Trump's tweets, Twitter is still leaving potentially deadly posts online during a tense period in the city of Minneapolis. With its constant overreaching, has the platform finally bitten...

Missouri's only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of the...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz apologized to CNN, saying he takes total responsibility for the arrest of one of the network's crews Friday as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis...

SpaceX pressed ahead with its second attempt to launch astronauts for NASA — a historic first for a private company — but more stormy weather threatened more delays. Elon Musk's...

Gov. Tom Wolf will lift most of his pandemic restrictions in another 16 counties that are home to nearly 3 million people across western and central Pennsylvania, including much of...

The Florida Keys will welcome tourists June 1, with the checkpoints at the top of the Keys coming down and hotels reopening. New advertising campaigns have already rolled out, including...

Missouri's only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of the...

The coronavirus pandemic could lead to a quicker expansion of sports betting and internet gambling in the U.S. as states deal with huge budget deficits and look for new tax...

A high school teacher in Florida resigned from his job over allegations that he belonged to a hate group on Facebook and posted racist comments. Vernon “Chuck" Henderson, 40, told...

The Cuban government does not allow citizens who emigrate to vote or invest on the island, but it will now let them open accounts on the island's banks in dollars....

An invasion of locusts has spread across Pakistan, officials said Friday, causing damage to crops and orchards and posing a threat to food security in an impoverished Islamic nation already...

A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her when she was 17 is among four plaintiffs in a new lawsuit against the imprisoned movie mogul, the latest court action accusing...

The president's claim that postal votes are easily rigged is widely supported by historical precedent. It's an artefact of the peculiar world in which we live that we are sometimes...

Environmental regulators did not inspect a North Carolina chemical facility for eight years even though it was under a federal agreement to prevent the release of a potentially toxic substance...

Donald Trump should crack down more deeply on the censorship and duplicitous behaviour of social media oligarchs. Hit them with huge fines and offer whistleblowers up to a billion dollars...

Europe's extensive social welfare net is showing signs of fraying under economic strain from the coronavirus, as protests erupted for a second day in Spain on Friday against layoffs by...

U.S. consumer spending plunged by a record-shattering 13.6% in April as the viral pandemic shuttered businesses, forced millions of layoffs and sent the economy into a deep recession. Last month's...