The U.S. military's mystery space plane rocketed toward orbit again Sunday, this time with an extra load of science experiments. It's the sixth flight of an X-37B, a solar-powered plane...
May 17, 2020
The U.S. military's mystery space plane rocketed toward orbit again Sunday, this time with an extra load of science experiments. It's the sixth flight of an X-37B, a solar-powered plane...
May 17, 2020
Unlike the superstar basketball player, ESPN's ‘The Last Dance' is anything but great. It claims to reveal the man behind the legend – but is actually just a fawning, cultish...
May 17, 2020
For some of the 2,000 or so year-round residents of Deer Isle, Maine, the fraying American flag outside the post office this spring was a reminder of the nation's mood....
May 17, 2020
For some of the 2,000 or so year-round residents of Deer Isle, Maine, the fraying American flag outside the post office this spring was a reminder of the nation's mood....
May 17, 2020
A crayfish that reproduces by cloning has been added to Michigan's prohibited species list. All known specimens of marbled crayfish are genetically identical females that can produce up to 700...
May 17, 2020
City officials closed a stretch of Ocean Drive in South Beach to traffic on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Cars will not be allowed to drive on Ocean Drive from 5th...
May 17, 2020
Chicago's lakefront planetarium will lay off 120 part-time and full-time employees because of revenue loss during the coronavirus pandemic. Adler Planetarium officials said they anticipate continued revenue declines and reductions...
May 17, 2020
Tyler Lyson watched his parents' financial collapse in the Great Recession, a decade ago. He vowed he'd find the security they never had: He would get a college degree. The...
May 17, 2020
Every Labor Day weekend, St. Mary Parish celebrates two industries at a tourist event with a seemingly improbable title: the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival. With a shrimp in a...
May 17, 2020
Seven weeks after Congress unleashed more than $2 trillion to deal with the coronavirus crisis, an oversight commission intended to keep track of how the money is spent remains without...
May 17, 2020
In the avenue of ocean that stretches south from Miami to Cuba and northwest to the Bahamas, dozens of cruise ships sail back and forth. Every so often, they come...
May 17, 2020
Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the coast of Florida on Saturday, making it the sixth straight year for a named storm to develop before the official June 1 start of...
May 17, 2020
If politics is actually an art, then Boris Johnson's work during the pandemic is of the abstract school. In other words his policy is weird, hard to fathom and open...
May 17, 2020
Asking for money or food near the entrance of a business in Miami Beach is now illegal, under emergency rules put in place by the city because of the coronavirus...
May 17, 2020
The UK has admitted there'll be customs checks in the Irish Sea post-Brexit, splitting a nation, proving Boris a Big Fat Liar and hastening a united Ireland. But does the...
May 17, 2020
The aroma of buttery vanilla-nutmeg waffles and crispy fried chicken floats up from the Overtown bed and breakfast's busy kitchen to the empty 22 guest rooms upstairs. Jamila Ross and...
May 17, 2020
Even as U.S. sanctions, unemployment, inflation and low oil prices batter the Iranian economy, there seems to be at least one refuge for investors. The Tehran Stock Exchange has seen...
May 17, 2020
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can...
May 17, 2020
All Spanish league clubs can begin group training sessions this week despite stricter lockdown restrictions remaining in place in parts of Spain because of the coronavirus pandemic. Cities like Madrid...
May 17, 2020
It's been almost six years since a police shooting lit race riots in Ferguson, Mo., and sparked nationwide protests and discussions about the lack of minority representation among police. In...
May 17, 2020
As a towboat approaches a Lacon grain terminal Wednesday, the boat's captain, Russ Edwards, alone in the pilothouse, scales back the power to the 460-horsepower Detroit diesel engine to slow...
May 17, 2020
China's commercial hub of Shanghai announced the restart of classes for younger students amid falling virus cases, while New Orleans's famed restaurants were allowed to reopen with a limited number...
May 17, 2020
In March and April, as the coronavirus pandemic grew in South Carolina, Kay Wade's telephone kept ringing. “For about two weeks, every phone call was people calling to get their...
May 17, 2020
An explosion Saturday at a hash oil manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles injured 11 firefighters who had gone inside the building after an initial report of a fire. Los Angeles...
May 17, 2020
Thousands of crew members are still stuck at sea more than two months after the cruise industry shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic. … Click to Continue »
May 16, 2020
The Lawrence Journal-World will stop publishing a printed newspaper beginning May 25, the newspaper reported. Editor and Publisher Chad Lawhorn said the changes were aimed at making the company as...
May 16, 2020
Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in...
May 16, 2020
St. Louis officials are handing out at least 75,000 masks as the region prepares to relax stay-at-home orders. Over the past two days, city officials say they've handed out 42,000...
May 16, 2020
Gov. Wanda Vázquez announced on Saturday that she will hold a nonbinding referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a U.S. state, a move that comes amid...
May 16, 2020
Some Illinois Facebook users could receive as much as $300 from a $550 million settlement in a class-action suit alleging the social media site's facial-tagging feature violated state privacy law....
May 16, 2020
The results of more than 35,000 COVID-19 tests ordered by Florida-based health care system and performed by a third-party lab are unreliable, with the majority of the questionable tests having...
May 16, 2020
Jackson Mayor Scott Conger's office is reviewing the city's baseball-related spending practices, The Jackson Sun reported. Conger told the paper the review began after he was sworn into office last...
May 16, 2020
Major League Baseball told players their prorated salaries would contribute to an average loss of $640,000 for each game over an 82-game season in empty ballparks, according to a presentation...
May 16, 2020
A California farm animal sanctuary is spending thousands of dollars to send two cargo planes to Iowa to rescue 1,000 chickens that were going to be euthanized at a struggling...
May 16, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit a nursing home in Orlando and deliver personal protective equipment on Wednesday. In a news release sent Saturday, his office said that...
May 16, 2020
Washington will not require restaurants to get customers' contact information as initially planned as part of reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Jay Inslee said. The Democratic governor's office in...
May 16, 2020
A Los Angeles cultural and publishing nonprofit led by the rock band Nirvana's former bassist is giving its 10th annual book award to a University of North Carolina historian's account...
May 16, 2020
Mandy White already misses the jalapeño kolsch beer and hot jam burgers. Andee Rudloff knows she will miss her favorite spot to hang out with her niece and enjoy the...
May 16, 2020
More than 3,000 nursing home residents in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to data released by the state on Friday. The 3,000 positive tests represent about 4%...
