Kentucky officials on Friday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the meatpacking industry after local cattle farmers complained the price they are paid for their animals is continuing...
May 16, 2020
Just days after announcing it would end hazard “hero” pay to front-line workers, Kroger says it will give them extra “thank you” bonuses, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The move comes...
May 16, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to significantly shrink the footprint of California's prison system, partly because of massive budget cuts prompted by the pandemic but also because of philosophy. The...
May 16, 2020
On a rainy evening in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis delivered a special blessing, asking God for help against the coronavirus. The square in Vatican City would normally be packed...
May 16, 2020
Kevin Hart found an upside to putting his name to a charitable cause during the coronavirus pandemic: the comedian offered a walk-on role in a future film to a health-care...
May 16, 2020
Paine Field plans to suspend passenger service from May 22 to July 31 for aircraft ramp maintenance and repairs amid a massive drop in demand for air travel linked to...
May 16, 2020
Apparently, whether you wear a mask is not simply a reaction to the coronavirus, but a visible statement about your identity and your politics. Some argue that wearing one differentiates...
May 16, 2020
After two sexual harassment scandals in five years, one Florida county's school board has voted to prohibit supervisors and employees from having any kind of romantic relationship. The Lakeland Ledger...
May 16, 2020
Conservative lawmakers in Alabama last year tried to enact the nation's most stringent abortion ban, but the attempt to outlaw the procedure may have had one ironic twist. An Alabama-based...
May 16, 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 16, 2020
Even though children are far less contagious than adults over Covid-19, teachers are refusing to get back in the classroom, while expecting shelf stackers, delivery drivers and nurses to put...
May 16, 2020
Nut butters, jellies, jams, and juices. Cheese, crackers, croissants, and coffee. Bread and butter pickles, olive oils, kombucha, and artisan soap. Cuban coffee toffee fudge. Sigh. Oh, how we love...
May 16, 2020
Another group working to supply farmers market customers, new and old, is Urban Oasis Project, which has been scheduling delivery of field produce in season and other vendors' products. “At...
May 16, 2020
Miami-Dade County will be opening some of its business on Monday after more than a month of countywide closures due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. But this doesn't mean...
May 16, 2020
Even CEOs are starting to get squeezed by the economic realities of this pandemic. But compared to their employees, a growing number of critics still say it's not nearly enough....
May 16, 2020
In Venice, a city famous for being visited by too many and home to too few, children's play now fills neighborhood squares, fishermen sell their catch to home cooks, and...
May 16, 2020
NHS workers have been turned into saints during the pandemic, and the frontline work of nurses, doctors and carers is rightfully celebrated – but should the "sustainability manager" they are...
May 16, 2020
China is going after the United States over more than $1 billion that the Trump administration owes the United Nations in unpaid dues for its regular operating budget and arrears...
May 16, 2020
A Catholic Mass in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina for Nazi allies executed at the end of WWII is not a matter of religious freedom, but the latest and most egregious...
May 16, 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 16, 2020
The city seems to have found a way repair some of its blighted neighborhoods. The city is establishing a Homestead Program that will help turn vacant or rundown properties into...
May 16, 2020
The city seems to have found a way repair some of its blighted neighborhoods. The city is establishing a Homestead Program that will help turn vacant or rundown properties into...
May 16, 2020
Democrats have powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a health care system...
May 16, 2020
Democrats have powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a health care system...
May 16, 2020
On May 11, 1970, Patricia Elam was a Paine College senior preparing to graduate. Aside from the upcoming graduation march, the Bridgeport, Conn., native's biggest concern was getting packed for...
May 16, 2020
On May 11, 1970, Patricia Elam was a Paine College senior preparing to graduate. Aside from the upcoming graduation march, the Bridgeport, Conn., native's biggest concern was getting packed for...
May 16, 2020
Catastrophic is how David Sadler describes the impact of COVID-19 on his six-vehicle chauffeur service. And he doesn't see things letting up. At least, not until early next year —...
May 16, 2020
Catastrophic is how David Sadler describes the impact of COVID-19 on his six-vehicle chauffeur service. And he doesn't see things letting up. At least, not until early next year —...
May 16, 2020
US President Donald Trump's bid to rush a coronavirus jab to market by the end of 2020 has worried some Americans, even before he named it “Operation Warp Speed” and...
May 16, 2020
Kroger, the parent company of grocer Fred Meyer, announced Friday that it will provide “thank you" payments to hourly employees after a union outcry over the company ending a $2...
May 15, 2020
President Donald Trump says the sound of truck horns just south of the White House is a “sign of love” for him from truckers. But the truckers are actually honking...
May 15, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget cuts include canceling billions of dollars in climate change spending, a blow to environmental advocates who look to the state as a stopgap for...
May 15, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom may call California a nation state, but he's hanging his hopes for avoiding drastic state budget cuts squarely on the federal government. The money may not come...
May 15, 2020
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is focusing on about a half dozen scenarios for the league to begin play this summer Engelbert did not go into detail about each scenario, but...
May 15, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate. As part of its reorganization,...
May 15, 2020
The U.S. Soccer Federation under new president Cindy Parlow Cone settled the first of several long-running lawsuits. The USSF and the U.S. Soccer Foundation reached an agreement that ended a...
May 15, 2020
Major League Soccer is collaborating with U.S. Youth Soccer to identify top players while also giving children from underserved communities an opportunity to showcase their talents without costly travel. MLS...
May 15, 2020
The focus of US policing is shifting from enforcement to prevention as mass incarceration falls out of favor. ‘Pre-crime' detection is the hot new thing, accomplished through analysis of behavior...
May 15, 2020
Mississippi tattoo parlors can reopen with restrictions under a new executive order signed Friday by Gov. Tate Reeves. The new order lays out strict social distancing guidelines and sanitation protocols...
May 15, 2020
Executives of a suburban Chicago auto loan company and an accountant have been charged with misappropriating more than $5 million from a suburban Chicago auto loan company, federal prosecutors announced...
