Asian stock markets rose Friday after Wall Street gained on hopes government and central bank action can shield the world economy from a looming recession caused by the coronavirus. Benchmarks...
March 20, 2020
California's 40 million residents should stay home indefinitely and venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, warning that the coronavirus threatens to...
March 20, 2020
The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, led to police violence against peaceful African American demonstrators. The beatings, known as “Bloody Sunday,” generated...
March 20, 2020
One company rushed to expand its delivery fleet. Another has seen sales triple. The global coronavirus pandemic has left millions of people locked out of bars, restaurants and theaters, but...
March 20, 2020
For Drew Bryan, beef is money. In addition to buying the best pork and beef to sell in his butcher shop in Hutchinson four years ago, Bryan decided to add...
March 20, 2020
Members of President Donald Trump's economic team convene Friday on Capitol Hill to launch negotiations with Senate Republicans and Democrats racing to draft a $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package amid...
March 20, 2020
The United States and Mexico are working on plans to halt much of cross-border travel without disrupting trade during the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Thursday. Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo...
March 20, 2020
With China seemingly out of the coronavirus woods, the world's second most populous nation is yet to face the worst of it. For Indian PM Narendra Modi, the coming days...
March 20, 2020
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid fears about the coronavirus epidemic. Senate records...
March 20, 2020
The Idaho Senate called an end to the 2020 legislative session on Thursday, but the House isn't quite ready to be done and only adjourned until Friday, apparently waiting to...
March 20, 2020
Most Americans who rent their home, many of whom have lost their jobs in the sudden economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak, will not be eligible for eviction protections,...
March 20, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he's asked the president to deploy a U.S. Navy medical ship to help the state expand its medical capacity and warned that more than...
March 20, 2020
The Kentucky Senate on Thursday passed its version of a new state budget that braces for an expected downturn in tax collections as the new coronavirus inflicts damage on the...
March 20, 2020
Illegal coronavirus test kits were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, authorities announced Thursday. The officers intercepted packages containing the illicit drug...
March 20, 2020
San Francisco Giants right-hander Tyler Beede will undergo Tommy John elbow surgery Friday. Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi made the announcement Thursday. Beede's surgery will be performed by...
March 20, 2020
The city of Vicksburg is remembering a World War II veteran who was the city's first black independent licensed master plumber and an activist who worked to make made life...
March 19, 2020
One of the curious things about Western media coverage of Crimea since 2014 has been the consistent narrative that Russia's reabsorption of the peninsula was carried out against the will...
March 19, 2020
Sedano's Supermarket already carries Café Versailles Cuban coffee. Now it will carry its laid-off employees, as well. The two iconic South Florida businesses announced a partnership Thursday that will employ...
March 19, 2020
Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from the board of Boeing Co., cutting ties with a company she long supported as South Carolina governor because of her opposition to...
March 19, 2020
The Kentucky Senate on Thursday passed its version of a new state budget that reflects an expected downturn in tax collections as the new coronavirus inflicts damage on the economy....
March 19, 2020
The National Transportation Safety Board says two drivers, Tesla and lax regulation of new partially automated driving systems are to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida involving a...
March 19, 2020
U.S. governors told the president Thursday that their states are in dire need of federal help as they expand measures to contain the new coronavirus, with Louisiana's governor saying his...
March 19, 2020
Kansas legislators on Thursday approved a new, 10-year transportation program that many lawmakers see as a much-needed, $10 billion stimulus to counter the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The...
March 19, 2020
The Florida Legislature opened its annual session Jan. 14 with fanfare and optimism: Lawmakers' desks were covered with flowers, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the House and Senate leaders delivered messages...
March 19, 2020
A political fundraiser will plead guilty to a bribery charge for coordinating a $500,000 payment in 2017 to gain the help of a Los Angeles City Council member in advancing...
March 19, 2020
As the coronavirus epidemic monopolizes the attention of the American people, government is taking the opportunity to sneak through all manner of restrictive legislation, including a law that could end...
March 19, 2020
It was less than 11 weeks ago that the first cases of pneumonia were detected in Wuhan, China. The speed at which what would soon be named COVID-19, the disease...
March 19, 2020
Publishing's annual national convention, BookExpo, has been pushed back from May to July. Organizers cited concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. "Reedpop has been closely monitoring the outbreak of COVID-19 in...
March 19, 2020
Kentucky's legislature will take a weeklong break because of the coronavirus outbreak, top Republican lawmakers said Thursday. The main priority is to pass a new state budget. The Senate was...
March 19, 2020
American Airlines is grounding 55,000 flights in April and is parking 450 planes – about half of its fleet – in response to decreased demand and travel restrictions due to...
March 19, 2020
A 34-year-old California man who died shortly after testing positive for COVID-19 had traveled to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando in early March, reports say. On Saturday, Jeffrey Ghazarian's...
March 19, 2020
President Donald Trump misstated the facts Thursday when he asserted that the Food and Drug Administration had just approved a decades-old malaria drug to treat patients infected by the coronavirus....
March 19, 2020
Idaho has just 2,283 hospital beds statewide, and fewer than half of them are empty and available to take new patients on any given day, according to an Associated Press...
March 19, 2020
The Latest on the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ At least 35 NASCAR drivers will compete in the inaugural "eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series"...
March 19, 2020
News organizations across the United States are lifting paywalls to share coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, a public service many hope will convince more readers to eventually become paying customers....
March 19, 2020
Major indexes closed with solid gains on Wall Street Thursday after shaking off a rocky start. Trading was still bumpy but nothing like the wild swings seen in recent weeks....
March 19, 2020
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered schools closed statewide Thursday until at least until April 3 and a ban on dine-in eating and gathering in groups of more than 10 as...
March 19, 2020
While the world is combatting COVID-19, a real pandemic, it seems the European Union is worried about a fake virus – the omnipotent, omnipresent, all-encompassing “Russian disinformation.” News of a...
March 19, 2020
The fallout from the coronavirus could have an especially devastating impact in the black community, where many residents rely on public health clinics that are already beginning to feel a...
March 19, 2020
A sense of humor and a dash of creativity, along with memes from "Friends," "SpongeBob SquarePants" and the "Real Housewives" franchise, helped NFL teams' social-media crews tell the story of...
