When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised small businesses relief in the form of a $50 million short-term loan program, Daniel Lopez-Calleja was one of the first in line. The owner...
April 24, 2020
It makes perfect sense for Public Health England to appoint Trevor Phillips to lead a probe into why more people from certain ethnic minorities are dying of the disease. But...
April 24, 2020
Topeka officials have announced plans to postpone a 3% pay reduction for all city staff to deal with plummeting city tax revenues in the wake of measures to slow the...
April 24, 2020
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this has become an era of Zoom birthdays, virtual happy hours, FaceTime story times and Google yoga classes. Our friends, coworkers, teachers — and doctors, if...
April 24, 2020
Before coronavirus became a pandemic, Daniel Ades, founder and managing partner of Kawa Capital in Aventura, discussed his concerns about Miami's financial environment. … Click to Continue »
April 24, 2020
Fisher Island has been in the news a lot during the the coronavirus pandemic. Wealthy residents of the private island purchased thousands of COVID-19 blood tests from the University of...
April 24, 2020
A recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a government spending spree on testing, health care and aid to businesses and households will nearly quadruple the federal budget deficit to...
April 24, 2020
As discussion heats up about how the UK might eventually return to normality, a new row has blown up: what should happen to older people over the age of 70?...
April 24, 2020
North Carolina Senate Republicans won't try any more to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto from last summer, the chamber's leader says, citing state government's precarious fiscal situation due...
April 24, 2020
Sports daily fantasy and betting website DraftKings made its stock market debut Friday against a backdrop of a near-complete shutdown of athletic competition across the globe due to the coronavirus...
April 24, 2020
State and local governments across the United States have obtained 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Trump to treat patients with the new coronavirus, despite warnings...
April 24, 2020
Flights sure are cheap, so it's tempting to want to roll the dice and just get out of Miami. Or maybe you need to get from A to B for...
April 24, 2020
Texas' attorney general has accused the nation's largest egg producer of price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic. A lawsuit filed Thursday by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges that Cal-Maine...
April 24, 2020
Florida's broken unemployment website will be down until Monday, the latest setback for a system that has been the slowest in the nation to process unemployment claims. The site says...
April 24, 2020
The coronavirus continues to take a deadly toll among residents of California nursing homes, with some facilities being particularly hard hit. In Tulare County, there have been 20 deaths among...
April 24, 2020
With outdoor planting season here for parts of Pennsylvania, Republican state lawmakers are beginning to press legislation to force Gov. Tom Wolf's administration to allow garden centers to open even...
April 24, 2020
A look at iconic lines and other key information about the sports movies that made the AP Top 25: 1. “Hoosiers” Year: 1986 Screenwriter: Angelo Pizzo Director: David Anspaugh Starring:...
April 24, 2020
The federal government is changing some fishing rules to allow commercial fishermen to catch more skates. Fishermen catch tens of millions of pounds of skates every year. They're used for...
April 24, 2020
Some regions of Pennsylvania are tantalizingly close to escaping some pandemic restrictions. Other parts of the state could have a long way to go before residents and businesses begin getting...
April 24, 2020
A Lawrence bicycle repair shop is earning praise for salvaging and donating dozens of bicycles dumped by a bike-share company at a scrap yard. Lawrence Re-Cyclery used about $2,000 in...
April 24, 2020
Pandemic or not, are there some global currents whose flows are too strong to stop? This week would suggest yes. Most countries in the world have been consumed with how...
April 24, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors against prescribing a malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus outside of hospitals or research...
April 24, 2020
Mainstream media fact-checkers have rushed to the rescue after US President Donald Trump mused that injecting disinfectant might cure Covid-19. Except he said no such thing, and claiming he did...
April 24, 2020
After weeks of delays, the Kansas Department of Labor has started to process claims for an extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits generated from federal coronavirus stimulus packages. Gov. Laura...
April 24, 2020
Some businesses reopened cautiously in Georgia on Friday as the Republican governor eased a month-long shutdown amid experts' warnings of a potential new surge in coronavirus infections and a potent...
April 24, 2020
A judge has blocked a new Illinois workers' compensation rule granting benefits to any employee deemed essential who contracts COVID-19, even if working from home. Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge...
April 24, 2020
A Chicago businessman has bought a northern Indiana amusement park that abruptly closed in February and hopes to reopen the 94-year-old tourist destination's rides and other attractions this summer if...
April 24, 2020
Grain futures were lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery was off 2.40 cents at $5.44 a bushel; May corn lost 6.40...
April 24, 2020
A Chicago astronomer has sued the maker of American Girl dolls, alleging the Wisconsin company stole her likeness and name to create its astronaut doll. The federal trademark lawsuit filed...
April 24, 2020
A bid to buy a struggling Alaska gas producer has received backing from a state agency that approved a $7.5 million loan for the purchase. The Alaska Industrial Development and...
April 24, 2020
The response to the coronavirus has shaken the conceit of “American exceptionalism." Governors across the country are trying to balance restarting the economy with safety. Also, the maker of Lysol...
April 24, 2020
The company that brings live shows ranging from “Disney on Ice" to monster trucks to local arenas has laid off nearly 1,500 workers because of the coronavirus pandemic. Florida-based Feld...
April 24, 2020
Goodyear is permanently closing a nearly century-old tire plant that once employed thousands of people in Alabama. Papers filed by the Ohio-based company show it has reached a deal with...
April 24, 2020
The parent company of Lysol and another disinfectant warned Friday that its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus after President Donald Trump wondered about...
April 24, 2020
The parent company of Lysol and another disinfectant warned Friday that its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus after President Donald Trump wondered about...
April 24, 2020
Nosediving passenger traffic and flight cancellations will cost Seattle-Tacoma International Airport approximately $251 million by the end of 2020, airport director Lance Lyttle said Thursday, representing a 37% blow to...
April 24, 2020
One out of every four American adults say someone in their household has lost a job to the coronavirus pandemic, but the vast majority expect those former jobs will return...
April 24, 2020
The financial squeeze of the new coronavirus outbreak has led Children's Mercy hospital in Kansas City to furlough nearly 600 employees for up to two months, The furloughs will begin...
April 24, 2020
Even as millions of Americans are locked indoors, social protest has found ways to grow with an added urgency. In the United States, as throughout the world, the struggle for...
April 24, 2020
Measures to contain the spread of coronavirus are still shifting by the day — and so are responses by investors, developers, builders, banks and buyers. To track the impact in...
