A stockpile of Cold War-era projectiles carrying a deadly nerve agent has been destroyed in Kentucky, the first project of a new chemical weapons destruction plant to be completed. Officials...
May 13, 2020
Access to the southern half of Yellowstone National Park will resume Monday by way of Wyoming but park officials continue to talk with Montana officials about reopening the rest of...
May 13, 2020
The Miami Marlins will temporarily furlough 90 to 100 baseball operations employees beginning June 1 because of the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the decision said Wednesday. The person...
May 13, 2020
When students return to school after a lengthy pandemic-induced absence, the consensus is they will have lost significant academic ground. Still unresolved for governments and educators are the questions of...
May 13, 2020
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ May 13 The Times and Democrat on robocalls: Have you noticed? Fewer robocalls are coming during the coronavirus pandemic. The number of robocalls...
May 13, 2020
A health care venture created by three corporate giants to attack some of the system's biggest flaws has lost its high-profile CEO. Harvard professor and author Dr. Atul Gawande is...
May 13, 2020
Fred Perry, a UK clothing brand associated with the far-right, has ignited debate after a photo shoot without white models. It predictably sparked outrage – but was the troll-feeding deliberate?...
May 13, 2020
State-sponsored train service between Raleigh and Charlotte will be suspended beginning next week because of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on revenues, North Carolina transportation officials said Wednesday. The...
May 13, 2020
Does Trump know his own government indirectly bankrolls some key promoters of the ‘Russiagate’ hoax?
US President Donald Trump was elected on a promise to “drain the swamp.” Almost four years later, the Washington think-tank racket is as murky as ever, and the gravy train...
May 13, 2020
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ May 13 The Oxford Eagle on reporting of coronavirus data by the Mississippi State Department of Health: Throughout the course of the coronavirus pandemic,...
May 13, 2020
They carry high-powered rifles and wear tactical gear, but their Hawaiian shirts and leis are what stand out in the crowds that have formed at state capital buildings to protest...
May 13, 2020
Facing a reduction in projected state revenues of billions due to the coronavirus crisis, Gov Jay Inslee on Wednesday issued a directive freezing most hiring and signing of personal services...
May 13, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the stunning $3 trillion price of tag of Democrats' pandemic relief package Wednesday as what's needed to confront the “villainous virus” and economic collapse. “The...
May 13, 2020
A judge's dismissal of criminal charges against former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon is the latest development from the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal that has rocked the...
May 13, 2020
Kentucky has enough in its unemployment insurance trust fund until summer to meet the unprecedented demand for benefits but will eventually need a cash infusion, Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday...
May 13, 2020
A coalition of U.S. states, environmentalists and an American Indian tribe are seeking to revive a moratorium on coal sales from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack...
May 13, 2020
It appears the dispute between Tesla and San Francisco Bay Area authorities over the reopening of a factory in the face of shutdown orders is coming to an end. The...
May 13, 2020
As the bodies rack up and the economy goes into freefall, the US continues to spend a fortune on its military. It's time the public asked whether the money could...
May 13, 2020
A Kansas meatpacking plant has shut down after five employees tested positive for the coronavirus amid continued problems at packing plants in the state and across the country. The shutdown...
May 13, 2020
Hillary Clinton is mourning the death of Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy, whose publishing house has been working with Clinton since she was first lady in the 1990s. “Carolyn...
May 13, 2020
The North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (NMCRA) has approved a $1 million rent relief package and $600,000 for small business owners impacted by the coronavirus epidemic. The renters' relief program...
May 13, 2020
A rare inflammatory syndrome affecting some children with the coronavirus has appeared in a small number of cases at a St. Louis hospital. St. Louis Children's Hospital has treated “a...
May 13, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday there is “hard evidence” of Russian involvement in a cyberattack on the German parliament in 2015 that reportedly also involved the theft of documents...
May 13, 2020
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 137 additional coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, raising the statewide total to 3,943. The deaths occurred over the past several weeks. The Health Department has...
May 13, 2020
Players, caddies and key personnel will be tested once a week at tournaments and have their temperatures taken every day as part of a PGA Tour plan to limit the...
May 13, 2020
Of course, getting 80 percent of your salary for doing nothing is preferable to a dreary commute and nagging bosses. But we'll all be shocked when we're asked to pay...
May 13, 2020
The Illinois House will convene in Springfield for three days next week to take up a spring-session workload long delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. A letter from Democratic House Speaker...
May 13, 2020
Commentators have poured scorn on the TV show charting the appalling exploits of jailed tiger breeder Joe Exotic. But its tales of outrageous excess form an ideal parable for the...
May 13, 2020
Jessica Overstreet first entered foster care at age 14, separated from her siblings and knowing very little about what her new life meant aside from what she had seen in...
May 13, 2020
Kansas farmers are expected to bring in a smaller winter wheat crop this year even though they will harvest about the same number of acres, the U.S. Agriculture Department said...
May 13, 2020
Grain futures were mostly lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery lost 9.20 cents at $5.04 a bushel; May corn lrose 7.40...
May 13, 2020
Officials on Wednesday raised the death toll from a militant attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul to 24, including mothers, nurses and two babies. A day after the shooting...
May 13, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Ferrari says it has developed a ventilator for hospitals dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The...
May 13, 2020
Afghan refugee Mahmood Amiri arrived in the United States more than a month ago, but his children are still waiting for their first day at school. They have yet to...
May 13, 2020
The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association enters its second season with plans to regionalize its structure by basing players in five hub cities, while also continuing its Dream Gap Tour...
May 13, 2020
Governments cannot create prosperity with printing presses, that's called a Ponzi scheme. Paying people not to work as revenues crash, while inflating bubbles during an economic depression funded by ‘cheap...
May 13, 2020
Players from Spanish soccer club Elche did not return to practice on Wednesday as a protest against reduced salaries. The players for the second-division club were supposed to practice at...
May 13, 2020
A would-be airline mechanic has pleaded guilty to bribing a Federal Aviation Administration test examiner for a passing grade, federal prosecutors said. Frank A. Jalion Amaro, 21, was an aviation...
May 13, 2020
The Washington state Department of Ecology in an historic move has required federal operators of eight dams on in the Columbia-Snake rivers to create a plan to keep the waters...
May 13, 2020
My old job made me think of that Russian saying: “I'm both a horse and a bull, I'm both a woman and a man.” It's been stressful losing my work,...
