A Detroit-area woman who was fired by a funeral home after she no longer wanted to be recognized as a man died Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court could rule...
May 13, 2020
The Mid-American Conference is eliminating postseason tournaments in eight sports, including baseball and softball, and men's and women's basketball are among nine sports that will have postseasons scaled back. The...
May 12, 2020
The economic paralysis caused by the coronavirus led in April to the steepest month-to-month fall in U.S. consumer prices since the 2008 financial crisis — a 0.8% drop that was...
May 12, 2020
All Missouri hospitals would be required to provide rape kits under a bill focused on the rights of sexual assault survivors that lawmakers passed Tuesday. Few Missouri hospitals currently have...
May 12, 2020
Illinois reported a one-day record high in COVID-19 cases Tuesday and its next-to-highest death toll, just a day after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that the peak in coronavirus infections originally...
May 12, 2020
After weeks of delayed efforts to repatriate crew members to their home countries amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, cruise companies are embarking on a Caribbean-wide tour to drop off stranded...
May 12, 2020
In a sign that companies are starting to reopen, Tropical Financial Credit Union reopened on Monday all nine of its branch lobbies in South Florida. The credit union had closed...
May 12, 2020
More than 1,300 people in Washington state have been trained and are ready to work with local health departments to do contact tracing once a case of the coronavirus has...
May 12, 2020
Georgians may be spending a lot of time at home, but it's not stopping them from playing the state lottery. Lottery sales set a monthly record in April after dropping...
May 12, 2020
One by one, tech companies across Silicon Valley scrambled to take down a slickly produced video of a discredited researcher peddling a variety of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus. It...
May 12, 2020
Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to its content moderators whose job has them viewing graphic and disturbing posts and videos on its platforms. In a 2018 lawsuit, third-party...
May 12, 2020
Following Walt Disney World's announcement last week of reopening Disney Springs, Universal Orlando said Tuesday it will partially reopen its own entertainment district, CityWalk. The company said that on Thursday,...
May 12, 2020
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston said in a memo sent to state House members and staff on Monday that the legislative session paused in March because of the coronavirus will...
May 12, 2020
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he is tightening regulations in parts of the state seeing the fastest spread of the new coronavirus. The target area is seven largely...
May 12, 2020
Investigators are trying to determine how a man with apparently no security clearance ended up on a runway at a Texas airport where he was struck and killed by a...
May 12, 2020
After being shuttered for almost two months, Universal Orlando plans to allow the reopening of some restaurants and shops on a limited basis in the theme park resort's entertainment district...
May 12, 2020
“60 Minutes” managed to win the week's ratings competition and attract the attention of President Donald Trump on the same week. With 9.5 million viewers Sunday, “60 Minutes” was easily...
May 12, 2020
A former university security guard has been charged with aggravated assault and other counts in a shooting on a Philadelphia bus last month that wounded three teenagers and injured a...
May 12, 2020
A U.S. judge is asking Nevada's highest court to decide whether state law allows gun manufacturers and sellers to be held liable for deaths as he considers a lawsuit from...
May 12, 2020
A North Carolina-based company could benefit from a state cash incentives proposal approved on Tuesday if its Charlotte foundry moves to rural Stanly County. Charlotte Pipe and Foundry could receive...
May 12, 2020
Mainstream media is running wild during the US coronavirus lockdown with the kind of distorted “facts” that would normally be ignored but have developed staying power due to pandemic-induced vulnerabilities...
May 12, 2020
Carnival Corporation is reducing its staff in the United Kingdom and letting go of two cruise line executives. Holland America Line president Orlando Ashford and Seabourn president Rick Meadows are...
May 12, 2020
Once again, a Coral Gables body has deadlocked on what's become one of the hottest issues in the City Beautiful: whether to designate an early ranch-style house by a noted...
May 12, 2020
Saying it's killing the local economy, about 100 people in Key West on May 12 protested the Monroe County's roadblocks on U.S. 1 and County Road 905 meant to keep...
May 12, 2020
As the US threatens to withdraw from the New START treaty over Chinese non-participation, domestic pressure from inside China builds for a larger strategic nuclear arsenal. Could this be a...
May 12, 2020
Texas courts have been hit with a ransomware attack that took down the website and case management systems for the state's appellate and high courts. The attack on the courts'...
May 12, 2020
A city budget deficit of $169 million that's been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic will force Houston to furlough around 3,000 workers and empty its rainy day fund, which could...
May 12, 2020
California is recommending restaurants screen guests for symptoms, have servers wear masks and keep diners at least six feet (1.8 meters) apart once they reopen under guidance released Tuesday to...
May 12, 2020
Oregon workplace safety regulators have cited an Oregon food processor for unsafe practices after nearly three dozen of its employees tested positive for the coronavirus. The $2,000 penalty against National...
May 12, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called face masks a sign of respect for others on a day the state reported 195 new deaths. Other data released Tuesday shows that nine...
May 12, 2020
In a story May 11, 2020, about coronavirus testing, The Associated Press erroneously reported the value of a government contract awarded to OraSure Technologies to develop a new saliva-based test...
May 12, 2020
Arizona Coyotes president and CEO Ahron Cohen is no longer with the organization, a person familiar with the move told The Associated Press. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of...
May 12, 2020
Faced with overwhelmed hospitals and surging coronavirus deaths, Brazilian state and city governments are lurching forward with mandatory lockdowns against the will of President Jair Bolsonaro, who says job losses...
May 12, 2020
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May 12, 2020
As North America's pro football, basketball, baseball and hockey leagues try to play again in a pandemic, minor league sports face a more treacherous climb to return. While the NFL,...
May 12, 2020
The government would cover rent payments for some low-income Californians impacted by the coronavirus under a proposal backed by state Senate leaders. The Senate wants to forgive rents for low-income...
May 12, 2020
Here are excerpts of editorials from newspapers around Illinois. May 8, 2020 The (Springfield) State Journal-Register Wrong time for pay raises for local officials Our local governments have made no...
May 12, 2020
All Missouri hospitals would be required to offer rape kits under a bill passed by lawmakers Tuesday. Currently, not every Missouri hospital has staff trained to gather evidence of sexual...
May 12, 2020
As health officials issued warnings Tuesday against reopening economies too quickly, the coronavirus struck inside some of the world's superpowers, with a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin diagnosed...
May 12, 2020
As health officials issued warnings Tuesday against reopening economies too quickly, the coronavirus struck inside some of the world's superpowers, with a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin diagnosed...
