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Recliners and tires are among the first American products that will begin rolling off production lines in the week ahead after the COVID-19 forced shutdowns. La-Z-Boy and Cooper Tire said...

During the last downturn, it was the banks that failed. This time, it is the banks that are being asked to prevent everyone else from failing. As coronavirus morphs from...

A court in Spain sentenced nine former soccer executives, players, and businessmen to prison on Friday after finding them guilty of colluding to fix the result of soccer matches. It...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is taking advocacy of an unproven drug for the coronavirus even further than President Donald Trump, claiming without evidence that it has been effective for...

A preliminary hearing in the Duchess of Sussex's legal case against a British newspaper is set to take place in Britain's High Court on Friday as Meghan challenges the publication...

When Jason Rogers' Buick Rendezvous blew its exhaust system and became undrivable last year, the cable-and-internet salesman and weekend songwriter decided he'd just take the bus to downtown Nashville from...

DNA analysis has long been the gold standard for establishing identity. Now there's technology that may do the same for product provenance – as in, where exactly clothing, furniture, food...

Asian shares are lower Friday after an early rally on Wall Street suddenly vanished, the latest example of how fragile the hopes underpinning the stock market's monthlong recovery are. Japan's...

Kentucky's electric cooperatives are warning customers of scammers who may try to fool them into thinking their power could be shut off during the COVID-19 outbreak. The cooperatives, which together...

It was an editing oversight which may have led some viewers of the Netflix series “Outer Banks” to think a town in central North Carolina is a ferry ride away...

Two of Europe's most-determined independence movements are building on their cases as they fiddle with the keys to the handcuffs chaining them to national governments struggling with the fallout from...

As Africa braces for a surge in coronavirus cases, its countries are dangerously behind in the global race for scarce medical equipment. Ten nations have no ventilators at all. Outbid...

NFL For all the uniqueness of this NFL draft, including the angst over a potential communications fiasco, things looked and sounded pretty normal Thursday night. Quarterbacks were in demand. Ohio...

Discouraging results from a study into a possible coronavirus treatment and fresh data showing one in six American workers have lost their jobs tempered relief Friday over the passage by...

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...

Ulises García went from being a waiter to working at a laundromat. Yelitza Esteva used to do manicures and now delivers groceries. Maribel Torres swapped cleaning homes for sewing masks....

Kansas colleges will soon get millions in federal money to help with the ripple effects from the coronavirus, but educators and experts say it's not nearly enough. The roughly $2...

Over 200,000 Missouri residents have filed for unemployment since March 20, as businesses are forced to close because of the coronavirus outbreak. Don't count egg producers among them. Their demand...

What if the real “invisible enemy” is the enemy from within — America's very institutions? When the coronavirus pandemic came from distant lands to the United States, it was met...

During a pandemic, heroes wear scrubs. Amged El-Hawrani was one of them, a doctor who went to work every day as the coronavirus took hold even though he might be...

President Donald Trump will be holding a signing ceremony Friday for a bill providing a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling...

Brandon Beane dismisses the growing buzz suggesting the Buffalo Bills are suddenly the AFC East favorites after Tom Brady left for Tampa Bay. “The team to beat in the East...

Announcing plans to begin reopening his state, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster cited the ongoing economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. “South Carolina's business is business,” he declared this week...

Kentucky lawmaker Gerald Neal had a big decision to make as the legislature gathered at the Capitol for some important votes amid the coronavirus outbreak. His dilemma wasn't simply whether...

Californians won't be charged 10 cents per bag at the grocery store and retailers can again hand out thinner, single-use plastic bags under an executive order signed Thursday by Gov....

In this most unique of drafts, filled with technological concerns and even uncertainty when real football might return, there was one constant Thursday night: Joe Burrow. For months, the national...

The Miami Dolphins decided to gamble on Tua Tagovailoa's durability and made the Alabama quarterback the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night. The Dolphins hope Tagovailoa can...

California's 482 cities say they will collectively lose $6.7 billion over the next two years because of the coronavirurs pandemic, prompting layoffs and furloughs for public workers and potential cuts...

Bears general manager Ryan Pace said it's up to management, scouts and coaches to “maximize the draft picks we have” and “capitalize” on the opportunities to cross more items off...

An Illinois agency has referred an enforcement action against a company whose demolition of a coal plant caused a dust cloud to cover parts of Chicago neighborhood. The April 11...

As California tries to ramp up coronavirus testing as an essential step toward lifting stay-at-home restrictions, it faces significant hurdles that have been a problem from the start. Bottlenecks in...

Sports daily fantasy and betting website DraftKings will debut as a publicly traded company Friday against a backdrop of a near-complete shutdown of athletic competition across the globe due to...

Alaska Native corporations are eligible for a share of $8 billion in coronavirus funding for tribes, the U.S. Treasury Department said late Thursday, setting the stage for a court battle....

The publicly-traded parent company of Miami restaurant chain Pollo Tropical — which employs the husband of Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell as an executive — received a $10 million, taxpayer-funded loan...

Resisting pressure as other Southern chief executives begin allowing businesses to reopen, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that the state's stay-at-home order from COVID-19 will remain in place...

The Latest on the first round of the NFL draft. ___ ESPN analyst Todd McShay said he won't be part of the network's broadcast of the NFL draft because he's...

Big public companies that received loans under a government program intended to help small businesses devastated by the coronavirus outbreak could be forced to return it. The Small Business Administration...

On Thursday, Clemson University announced the institution will not increase tuition and fees for the 2020-2021 school year. A school press release said the freeze will provide financial stability to...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday that he will listen to the state's top public health official more than all other advisers as he considers how to gradually reopen the...

The Tyson Fresh Meats beef plant in eastern Washington state is temporarily shutting down to test all its workers for the coronavirus. Health officials in surrounding counties will work with...