Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday following a rally on Wall Street and even oil prices recovering from their recent plunge to zero. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.5% to...
April 23, 2020
By any objective assessment, governments in the eastern half of Europe have dealt with the Covid-19 outbreak better than many in the west. Yet, because of deep-seated attitudes of superiority,...
April 23, 2020
For her first authorized visit in more than six weeks with her 80-year-old mother, Sabrina Deliry prepared a selection of their favorite tunes, among them Edith Piaf's “La Vie en...
April 23, 2020
MLB NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Red Sox escaped major penalties in Major League Baseball's cheating investigation on Wednesday, with Commissioner Rob Manfred concluding that the 2018 World Series...
April 23, 2020
Long a lifeline for families back home, migrant workers in oil-rich Gulf Arab states now find themselves trapped by the coronavirus pandemic, losing jobs, running out of money and desperate...
April 23, 2020
For weeks, the Trump administration played up the dangers of the coronavirus as it sought to persuade Americans to disrupt their lives and stay home. Now, as President Donald Trump...
April 23, 2020
For a limestone mantel from the Waldorf Astoria, the church that owns the Olde Good Things antique stores asks for $8,500. But for the death of each child in a...
April 23, 2020
The world inched toward a new phase in the coronavirus crisis on Thursday, as some countries like Vietnam and New Zealand with few new cases moved toward ending their pandemic...
April 23, 2020
To drivers on the George Washington Bridge, Martin Morales probably looked like just another weekend warrior in his windbreaker and bicycle helmet, out for a ride in the suburbs across...
April 23, 2020
The Trump administration is barring most international students and all students who entered the U.S. illegally from receiving emergency college grants approved by Congress as part of a $2.2 trillion...
April 23, 2020
Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the coronavirus have called into question whether slaughterhouses can remain virus-free. According to experts, the answer may be...
April 23, 2020
Negotiators for the governing body of the minor leagues asked questions during Wednesday's bargaining session about what the administrative structure would be if Major League Baseball takes over their operation...
April 23, 2020
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that are being talked about today: 1. US PUTS IRAN ON NOTICE: President Trump orders the Navy to “shoot...
April 23, 2020
Texas will reopen “massive” amounts of businesses soon, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday, teasing an imminent return of hair salons and restaurant dining at a time when President Donald...
April 23, 2020
A suggestion by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that states like Illinois could file for bankruptcy to get out from under heavy public employee pension debt was rejected Wednesday...
April 23, 2020
New York Giants defensive tackle Leonard Williams has signed his non-exclusive franchise tag. The Giants announced the signing on Wednesday, a day before the NFL draft. The team placed the...
April 22, 2020
One person was killed Wednesday after an unconfirmed tornado that damaged at least two businesses tore through Marshall County in southern Oklahoma. The storm hit Madill, Oklahoma, about 4:30 p.m....
April 22, 2020
The Hyatt Regency Coral Gables is one of 42 hotels around the country owned by a publicly-traded asset management company that received 42 loans totaling about $40 million from a...
April 22, 2020
As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leads a Re-Open Florida Task Force and says the state is seeing a flattening of the coronavirus curve, buzz about seeing popular businesses and attractions...
April 22, 2020
The travel industry is projected to lose 8 million jobs by the end of April – a third of all the jobs lost in the United States, according to a...
April 22, 2020
The major consultant on California's high-speed rail project has hired an outside investigator to look into allegations that it discouraged employees from sharing bad news about the troubled effort to...
April 22, 2020
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced plans Wednesday to ramp up coronavirus testing as he considers a timetable to start reopening the state's battered economy. The governor announced that new drive-thru...
April 22, 2020
The Philadelphia-area transit agency is warning riders that the city's buses may shut down Thursday morning if transit workers stage a walk out or other action over demands for stronger...
April 22, 2020
Illinois House Republicans on Tuesday suggested ways to slowly reopen businesses and relax restrictions on public interaction as the threat from COVID-19 potentially recedes. With Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order...
April 22, 2020
Despite the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a panel of five South Florida real estate veterans said Wednesday they feel optimistic about the market. The webinar, called “Lessons from...
April 22, 2020
With the aid of lawmakers, seafood businesses in Maryland, Virginia, Alaska and North Carolina last month won federal approval of an additional 35,000 visas for non-immigrant workers, but the timing...
April 22, 2020
The idea of taking government money was once anathema to news organizations that guarded their independence, but attitudes change when survival is at stake. Axios disclosed to readers of its...
April 22, 2020
An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune who was sentenced to five months in prison in the college admissions bribery scheme asked a judge Wednesday to allow her to serve...
April 22, 2020
A health group says it has closed 11 of its offices in North Carolina and laid off more than 170 support staff workers, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders...
April 22, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom loosened the state's stay-at-home order on Wednesday to let hospitals resume scheduled surgeries, the first step toward reopening the nation's most populous state that has been...
April 22, 2020
Harvard University announced Wednesday it will turn down $8.7 million in federal coronavirus relief, a day after President Donald Trump excoriated the wealthy Ivy League school over taxpayer money it...
April 22, 2020
CSX Corp. said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit slipped 8% and the railroad withdrew its outlook for the year because of the ongoing economic uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus...
April 22, 2020
With both the farm and the table ends of the food supply chain concerned by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Publix decided to help by acting as the benevolent...
April 22, 2020
The wolf population in Wyoming has reached about 300 animals, around the same number of wolves wildlife managers aimed to have before hunting was prohibited between 2014 and 2017. The...
April 22, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The head of the NFL Players Association says the new collective bargaining agreement does not...
April 22, 2020
It's believed that a US-Iran war would disrupt the flow of Middle Eastern oil and, as such, should be avoided at all costs. With US oil futures trading in the...
April 22, 2020
The biggest and most profitable U.S. airline just posted its first quarterly loss in more than five years. Now things are going to get really bad. Delta Air Lines Inc....
April 22, 2020
Ex-PM Tony Blair has a lot of stains on his record, including dragging the UK into the barely legal Iraq war. It shows how bad things are that we're even...
April 22, 2020
Unemployment claims in Florida climbed to more than 1.7 million, but the state has more than doubled the number people who have received assistance in the last few days, new...
April 22, 2020
A man admitted to stealing over $100,000 from people by selling them fake ownership interests in several films and then using the money for himself, the U.S. attorney's office in...
