Home sales in South Florida plummeted in April. Realtors blame the health and economic fears wrought by the pandemic caused. Sales of both condos and single-family homes dropped nearly 40%...
May 26, 2020
The owner of the contracting company of which two workers were killed in a trench collapse in Mississippi earlier this month was previously issued 27 federal citations for safety violations....
May 26, 2020
The long-held idea that credit cards encourage overspending isn't necessarily false. A journal article by University of Toronto Researcher Dilip Soman found that those who have a history of using...
May 26, 2020
Disheartening levels of jobless claims will likely drive more homeowners to seek mortgage relief in the weeks ahead. Already almost 4 million homeowners were on forbearance plans as of May...
May 26, 2020
China's decision to impose a national security law on Hong Kong has spurred speculation of capital flight and an erosion of the city's status as an international financial center. As...
May 26, 2020
Place is overrated, or at least the place of the workplace is overrated. That's the take from Calvin Carter, founder and CEO of Bottle Rocket, a local firm best known...
May 26, 2020
The coronavirus shutdown scrubbed Tom St. John's blowout birthday party – and the surprise visit from his son, flying in from Korea – weeks before April 8, when St. John...
May 26, 2020
Even in boom times, managing your affairs can be a demanding juggling act. Add in the personal and financial upheaval of a global pandemic, and it can seem overwhelming. Little...
May 26, 2020
Stanley Ho, the Macao casino tycoon who was considered the father of modern gambling in China, died Tuesday in Hong Kong, his daughter Pansy Ho said. He was 98. Known...
May 26, 2020
Stanley Ho, the dashing billionaire and bon vivant who was considered the father of modern gambling in China, has died, his daughter Pansy Ho said Tuesday. He was 98. Known...
May 26, 2020
Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is...
May 26, 2020
The risks of reigniting coronavirus outbreaks are complicating efforts to fend off further misery for the many millions who have lost jobs, with a top health expert warning that the...
May 26, 2020
AUTO RACING CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch passed Austin Cindric on the final lap in overtime to win his 97th career Xfinity Series race in dramatic fashion at Charlotte...
May 26, 2020
A U.S. biotechnology company began injecting a coronavirus vaccine candidate into people in Australia on Tuesday with hopes of releasing a proven vaccine this year. Novavax will inject 131 volunteers...
May 26, 2020
Long before the pandemic struck, they lived and worked in conditions that rights groups called exploitative — low wages, long hours, no labor law protections. Now, some 250,000 registered migrant...
May 26, 2020
South American carrier Latam Airlines says it is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it grapples with the sharp downturn in air travel sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. The Santiago,...
May 26, 2020
Congress is at a crossroads in the coronavirus crisis, wrestling over whether to “go big,” as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants for the next relief bill, or hit “pause,” as...
May 26, 2020
As the white van approached Perfect Love Street, one by one chatting neighbors fell silent, covered their mouths and noses and scattered. Men in full body suits carried an empty...
May 26, 2020
George R.R. Martin, the famed author of the “Game of Thrones” fantasy series, has joined a group to buy the historic Santa Fe Southern Railroad. Violet Crown cinema owner Bill...
May 26, 2020
When Martha Kebede's adult sons immigrated from Ethiopia and reunited with her in South Dakota this year, they had few work opportunities. Lacking English skills, the brothers took jobs at...
May 26, 2020
Stormy weather is threatening to delay SpaceX's first astronaut launch. A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, carrying a Dragon capsule with NASA...
May 25, 2020
Longtime broadcast news executive William J. Small, who led CBS News' Washington coverage during the civil rights movement, Vietnam War and Watergate and was later president of NBC News and...
May 25, 2020
Gucci and Saint Laurent are two of the highest profile luxury fashion houses to announce they will leave the fashion calendar behind, with its relentless four-times-a-year rhythm, shuttling cadres of...
May 25, 2020
UW Medicine announced furloughs of about 4,000 members of its unionized workforce in spite of the healthcare-system's position at the forefront of COVID-19 response efforts both locally and globally. KOMO-TV...
May 25, 2020
An employee at the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa, died Monday after battling the coronavirus during a six-week hospitalization that was chronicled and widely followed online. Jose Ayala, 44,...
May 25, 2020
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West of Florida was released from a Texas hospital Monday after suffering a concussion, several fractured bones and cuts in a motorcycle crash, according to a...
May 25, 2020
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit failed Monday on its first attempt to launch a test satellite into space aboard a rocket carried aloft by a Boeing 747 and released over the...
May 25, 2020
Cherry industry officials in Oregon and Washington state estimate a tree infection has substantially depleted the fruit for this year's harvest. The infection known as little cherry disease has chopped...
May 25, 2020
This Memorial Day, America is confronted with the task of honoring members of its armed forces who died while serving a globe-spanning killing machine, while those veterans who made it...
May 25, 2020
Barbers and their customers will have to wear face masks. Restaurants will be able to serve diners outdoors only, with parties no larger than six people, spaced apart. And youth...
May 25, 2020
New Yorkers marked Memorial Day with car convoys and small ceremonies instead of big parades as the coronavirus reshaped the solemn holiday, blending tributes to virus victims and frontline workers...
May 25, 2020
The World Health Organization said Monday that it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the anti-malarial drug U.S. President Trump says he is taking — from its global study into experimental...
May 25, 2020
British leader Boris Johnson's powerful chief aide insisted Monday that he wouldn't resign for driving the length of England while the country was under strict lockdown — a trip he...
May 25, 2020
The globe's greatest sporting event has become a bloated colossus of wasted money. Instead of trying to hold a Covid-compromised games next year, the IOC should pull the plug and...
May 25, 2020
The lockdown measures implemented across the US – and failing to save us from either Covid-19 or economic ruin – have roots in a 2006 schoolgirl's science project. They became...
May 25, 2020
The NHL is hoping to move to Phase 2 of its return-to-play protocol, including the opening of practice facilities and allowing small group workouts, early next month. The league, which...
May 25, 2020
Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware...
May 25, 2020
Top Boris Johnson adviser Dominic Cummings' apparent violation of lockdown rules has the UK media obsessed. But the way they have rushed for a piece of him is a showcase...
May 25, 2020
Public pools will look very different this summer if they open at all with the coronavirus threat still looming, as teenage lifeguards will be tasked with maintaining social distancing and...
May 25, 2020
Never let a good crisis go to waste, the old saying goes, and we can see that clearly with ‘Covid-19 health concerns' being used as an excuse to stop people...
