When JA Moore was first clued into the power of food, his insight wasn't triggered by the sound of onions sizzling on the stove or the smell of biscuits browning...
May 2, 2020
Despite the direst of warnings, the most skeptical among us didn't fully believe it would be that bad. Meteorologists and weather experts in the Tuscaloosa area had been circling April...
May 2, 2020
The inheritor of the historically Cuban coffee empire Rowland Coffee Roasters — think Café Bustelo and Café Pilon — sold his Tahiti Beach mansion on Friday. Jose E. Souto sold...
May 2, 2020
A federal judge threw out the unequal pay claim by players on the U.S. women's national soccer team in a surprising loss for the defending World Cup champions but allowed...
May 2, 2020
Michigan Congressman Justin Amash wants the Libertarian Party's 2020 presidential nomination. Can the prominent ex-Republican give them a chance to break through in the two-party system, or is his candidacy...
May 2, 2020
Whenever the Cleveland Indians finally get to start their season they won't have reliever Emmanuel Clase. The hard-throwing right-hander was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball on Friday for...
May 2, 2020
On May 8, 2018, President Trump withdrew from the Iran Nuclear deal. In an effort to enact crippling “snap-back” sanctions, his administration is now pretending it did no such thing....
May 1, 2020
A New York City nursing home on Friday reported the deaths of 98 residents believed to have had the coronavirus — a staggering death toll that shocked public officials. “It's...
May 1, 2020
At the Brass Rail, two neon signs were beaming “OPEN" Friday, as the town and county slowly hummed to life, the first to do so in California in defiance of...
May 1, 2020
Aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems announced Friday that it would lay off 1,450 employees because demand for new airplanes has plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic. The Wichita Eagle reports that...
May 1, 2020
A prominent Las Vegas professional gambler who was convicted and sentenced in New York in a federal insider trading case linked to pro golfer Phil Mickelson and Dallas-based Dean Foods...
May 1, 2020
Kansas began releasing inmates this week as a way to check the spread of coronavirus in its prison system, but stopped when an outbreak mushroomed and created a danger of...
May 1, 2020
A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to bribing a City of Atlanta official for a contract at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Hayat Choudhary, 58, of Lilburn, Georgia, paid the official,...
May 1, 2020
Friday, cruise companies continued to mislead crew members stranded on cruise ships about their ability to go home. In announcements on several Royal Caribbean ships, captains told crew members that...
May 1, 2020
U.S. regulators say they will allow emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. President Donald Trump announced the news Friday alongside the...
May 1, 2020
After widespread opposition, the organization overseeing internet domain names has voted against the $1.1 billion sale of the dot-org online registry to an investment firm. The board of the Los...
May 1, 2020
Mississippi lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Friday and asserted their control in a power struggle with the governor over who has the authority to spend $1.25 billion the state...
May 1, 2020
At Lil Greenhouse Grill in Overtown, free meals are provided to hungry neighborhood kids when they show up at the restaurant. At the 11 South Florida locations of CAO Bakery...
May 1, 2020
Servers and other employees won't be counted toward limits on occupancy when many restaurants statewide reopen Monday under coronavirus guidelines, the state's top business regulator said. Also, Florida Department of...
May 1, 2020
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Friday that the state's coronavirus stay-at-home order would be extended through at least May 31 and said there will be a four-stage phase in for...
May 1, 2020
Missouri senators on Friday parceled out millions of dollars in expected federal coronavirus stimulus funding to help the state cope with the pandemic, including $20 million for meatpacking plants. A...
May 1, 2020
NASCAR has put together a safety plan it believes will allow racing to resume. The stock car series plans to do it without spectators, tight social distancing regulations and only...
May 1, 2020
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social...
May 1, 2020
A Texas ice cream company has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated goods and its former CEO has been charged with conspiracy and attempted wire fraud in connection to a 2015...
May 1, 2020
The Mississippi River has receded enough to prompt Friday's closure of the final bays of a spillway north of New Orleans. The Bonnet Carre Spillway was opened April 3 after...
May 1, 2020
The plan was simple, but perilous. Some 300 heavily armed volunteers would sneak into Venezuela from the northern tip of South America. Along the way, they would raid military bases...
May 1, 2020
Major League Baseball and its umpires have reached a deal to cover a 2020 pay structure during the coronavirus pandemic, including a 50% cut in May and nothing more this...
May 1, 2020
U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19,...
May 1, 2020
In between remodeling his archery workshop and raising piglets, Brady Ellison shoots about 100 arrows a day on his custom-built range. That's not very high volume for him. He's scaled...
May 1, 2020
The news organization Axios says it will return the $4.8 loan it received from the federal government as part of the Paycheck Protection Program passed in the wake of the...
May 1, 2020
Signs Friday that several big meatpacking plants will soon reopen seemed to lend some credence to President Donald Trump's assertion that he had “solved their problems" in keeping grocery stores'...
May 1, 2020
Major League Soccer is allowing players to return to outdoor team training fields for individual workouts starting Wednesday. MLS suspended the season because of the coronavirus pandemic on March 12,...
May 1, 2020
The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors presented its 2019 journalism awards at its annual convention over the weekend. Winners also were announced in the Headliners Excellence in Journalism competition. The...
May 1, 2020
On my office wall hangs a framed NFL jersey. It is dark brown with white and orange stripes on the sleeves, and the broad white number 32. It is signed...
May 1, 2020
Politicians, players and owners are trying to figure out a way to get baseball, basketball and hockey going again, not only for economic reasons but as a welcome diversion for...
May 1, 2020
Environmentalists are questioning spending by wildlife managers who oversee a conservation effort for the lesser prairie chicken after money was used on a building and salaries rather than on projects...
May 1, 2020
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a lower court's ruling in favor of brewing giant Molson Coors, determining that Anheuser-Busch can advertise and use packaging implying that its...
May 1, 2020
Indians reliever Emmanuel Clase has been suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug. Clase was acquired from the Texas Rangers this winter...
May 1, 2020
U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19,...
May 1, 2020
Shrimp season in Mississippi and Alabama has come to a close — at least in some areas. In a news release, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources said all waters...
