Anti-Beijing sentiment is being deliberately whipped up by an imperialist America, its supine allies and supportive media oligarchs. But it's just self-serving propaganda that needs to be called out. China...
May 22, 2020
The Office of the State Fire Marshal's temporary rules change allowing Oregon gas retailers to provide self-service on a voluntary basis ends at midnight, May 23. Starting May 24, attendants...
May 22, 2020
A passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines crashed near the southern port city of Karachi on Friday, killing all 107 passengers and crew, the city's mayor said. The...
May 22, 2020
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill banning jails and prisons from using leg, waist and ankle restraints on pregnant women and women in labor, news outlets reported. “People...
May 22, 2020
Packed beaches. Picnics and parties. Filled-to-the-brim hotels. That's the typical Memorial Day weekend in Florida. But this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the holiday is going to look a...
May 22, 2020
Despite concerns about food service in the age of social distancing, Shoma Group plans to open a new food hall in Doral by late 2020. The food hall is expected...
May 22, 2020
While many companies are thinking of reducing office space as employees work remotely, others are looking for space. Case in point: Tampa-based cloud-based tech platform Health Insurance Innovations has leased...
May 22, 2020
As spring break crowds packed Miami Beach in early March, Mayor Dan Gelber asked the Florida Department of Health for advice on whether to shut the party down as coronavirus...
May 22, 2020
As businesses reopen from their pandemic shutdown, some are adding a new charge to help recoup costs of the coronavirus. Dentists and restaurants have started to add COVID-19 fees to...
May 22, 2020
One thing is clear in the complicated, sometimes contradictory and often chaotic story of Tara Reade: Her life hasn't been easy. Her earliest memories were of being physically and emotionally...
May 22, 2020
One thing is clear in the complicated, sometimes contradictory and often chaotic story of Tara Reade: Her life has not been easy. Her earliest childhood memory was of being abused...
May 22, 2020
Republicans on Friday were advancing a big package in the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature that would shield businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits while also taking control of the...
May 22, 2020
Nearly half of Americans say they would not get in a self-driving taxi, according to a poll commissioned by the advocacy group Partners for Automated Vehicle Education. The poll, conducted...
May 22, 2020
Kyle Mallory was on the runway when the space shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center for the last time, ending human spaceflight from the United States with a screech...
May 22, 2020
DETROIT – Two months into the COVID-19 shutdown, Michigan motorheads were taking to their sports cars for some therapeutic social-distancing. Metro Detroit's Woodward Avenue, suburban twisties and country roads were...
May 22, 2020
The UK government's been helping businesses, and people with mortgages, but has done nothing for the 4.6 million families who rent from private landlords. The looming Covid-19 recession will be...
May 22, 2020
A major study of almost 350,000 people in 48 countries shows that sex differences in personality are higher in countries with higher levels of gender equality. The feminists were wrong...
May 22, 2020
Shares slipped in Asia on Friday as tensions flared between the U.S. and China and as more job losses compounded the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Hong Kong's Hang...
May 22, 2020
In April, as the coronavirus was ravaging New York, Susan Jones learned her older brother had been diagnosed with a blood cancer. His supervisor at work launched a GoFundMe page...
May 22, 2020
Baptist Health Lexington has announced plans to build a medical campus that will create hundreds of jobs in Kentucky's second-largest city. Officials say long-term plans call for a hospital, a...
May 22, 2020
Uncertainty grips next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics: Will there be fans or empty stadiums in 14 months? And how will thousands of athletes, staff, and technical officials travel, be housed,...
May 22, 2020
China doubled down Friday on efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and create jobs as the number of people thrown out of work soars worldwide. The help for the world's...
May 22, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday took an extra $1.8 billion from the state's dwindling coffers to pay for more protective gear and extra hospital beds to aid the state's...
May 22, 2020
In ordinary times, the beaches and roads along Florida's Space Coast would be packed with hundreds of thousands of spectators, eager to witness the first astronaut launch from Florida in...
May 22, 2020
More than 4,300 recovering coronavirus patients were sent to New York's already vulnerable nursing homes under a controversial state directive that was ultimately scrapped amid criticisms it was accelerating the...
May 22, 2020
Reconsideration of jobless aid is fast becoming the focus of congressional debate over the next virus aid package After the Senate decided to take a “pause” on new pandemic proposals,...
May 22, 2020
Chris Ott doesn't remember many of the days he spent tethered to a ventilator at Mercy Hospital South as he fought the grip of COVID-19 while in a medically induced...
May 22, 2020
It took seven years to settle on a plan for cleansing two rivers and floodplains polluted with dioxins from a Dow Chemical Co. plant in central Michigan. The work itself...
May 22, 2020
The potential jurors popped onto the screen one by one. They confirmed their names and told the judge how they were connecting to the court: on laptops, tablets and iPhones....
May 22, 2020
The NHL Players' Association's executive board is voting on a 24-team playoff proposal as the return to play format, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person...
May 22, 2020
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is eliminating 51 positions and furloughing 33 more as part of a dramatic cut in staffing designed to trim up to 20% of its...
May 22, 2020
China's top economic official on Friday promised higher spending to revive its coronavirus-battered economy and curb surging job losses and said Beijing would skip setting a growth target in order...
May 22, 2020
Gov. Seve Sisolak has declared a state of emergency after Nevada's biggest earthquake in 65 years caused significant damage last week to three U.S. highways, including the major route connecting...
May 22, 2020
The Illinois House approved on Thursday evening an expansion of voting by mail for the fall election, using federal pandemic-relief funds, despite Republican criticism that it would take a financial...
May 22, 2020
Outbreaks of E. coli illness that sickened 188 people who ate romaine lettuce grown in California probably came from cattle grazing near the farms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
May 22, 2020
Nevada health officials have opened an investigation into a spike in COVID-19 deaths among residents of a Las Vegas nursing home that accounts for about one-fourth of the 93 deaths...
May 21, 2020
For a preview of the future of office work, watch how the biggest tech companies are preparing for a post-pandemic world. Silicon Valley and Seattle giants — Facebook, Microsoft, Apple,...
May 21, 2020
The Romance Writers of America have dropped their annual RITA awards and replaced them with a prize dedicated to the association's founder and meant to address criticisms over lack of...
May 21, 2020
A Texas Supreme Court justice said Thursday that she and her husband have tested positive for COVID-19 after going to a drive-through testing center with symptoms including body aches and...
May 21, 2020
Kentucky plans phased reopenings of child-care centers next month in what's seen as an important catalyst to help jump start an economy stagnated by the coronavirus outbreak. Providers caring for...
