Troops have always been extremely vulnerable to respiratory pathogens, the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be their deadliest enemy. The recent decision by the US secretary of defense to halt...
March 18, 2020
The Idaho Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that lessens the regulations governing pesticide-spraying crop dusters. Crop-dusting groups sought the bill after about 20 farmworkers in southwestern Idaho said they...
March 18, 2020
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ March 17 The Ashland Daily Independent on local school employees supporting the community: Area schools and their employees never cease to amaze. Given all...
March 18, 2020
Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in 1971 while his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover, has died at age 88, his family said Wednesday....
March 18, 2020
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ March 17 The News & Observer/The Charlotte Observer on the state's unemployment compensation program: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the state's...
March 18, 2020
The Trump administration has announced that most individuals and businesses will be allowed to delay paying their federal tax bills for 90 days as part of an emergency relief plan...
March 18, 2020
Many nursing homes risk running out of protective masks and gowns by next week because of the coronavirus, and at least one facility already had to resort to using plastic...
March 18, 2020
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ March 17 The Index-Journal on being kind: At a time when patience and kindness should be at a high point, expect tensions to...
March 18, 2020
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 207,000 people and killed more than 8,200. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but...
March 18, 2020
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic's effect on sports around the world (all times local): 2:05 p.m. Another Atlanta sports star is following the lead of Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan....
March 18, 2020
A U.S. senator from Kansas and the NAACP are demanding action after up to 50 black employees of the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center have complained about widespread discrimination...
March 18, 2020
In Ohio, more than 48,000 people applied for jobless benefits during the first two days of this week. The tally during the same period the prior week: just 1,825. In...
March 18, 2020
Rates are going down for customers of Mississippi Power. The Mississippi Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to lower rates for customers in the state, starting with their next billing cycle,...
March 18, 2020
The U.S. government is rushing protective equipment to states, packing dozens of flights and hundreds of trucks with supplies for medical workers who will be on the front lines of...
March 18, 2020
Earlier this month, the South Carolina House passed a budget starting July 1 that spent nearly $2 billion in additional money on raises for teachers, security upgrades at prisons and...
March 18, 2020
Coronavirus paywall embed The coronavirus has U.S. senators advocating policies that were unthinkable one week ago. In a Fox Business op-ed, Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott said Wednesday that large...
March 18, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Sunshine week reminds citizens they have a right to know what officials are up to Harrisburg Patriot News/Pennlive.com March 13...
March 18, 2020
Most would agree a global pandemic demands a decisive governmental response to avoid an economic & health catastrophe. Unfortunately, for many Americans, federal overreach of any kind triggers fears of...
March 18, 2020
Staff members who worked while sick at multiple long-term care facilities contributed to the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable elderly in the Seattle area, federal health officials said Wednesday. At...
March 18, 2020
Tens of thousands of workers laid off, losing income as rent or mortgage payments are due. Small businesses shut down because of the coronavirus outbreak, and at risk of never...
March 18, 2020
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said Wednesday he plans to order all casinos closed across the county. Gimenez also imposed new restrictions on recreation, banning parties at county parks and freezing...
March 18, 2020
SpaceX launched 60 more of its internet satellites into orbit Wednesday despite an engine failure shortly after liftoff on a recycled rocket flying a record five times. SpaceX chief executive...
March 18, 2020
Miami paywall drop embed Sanitizing. Restocking. Sanitizing. Restocking. That seems to be the pattern at South Florida grocery stores. And yet lines still snake around chains like Costco, Publix and...
March 18, 2020
The graphic footage, filmed by body cameras worn by the elite troops and broadcast on national television, must lead to the soldiers being tried for murder. Australians always look forward...
March 18, 2020
With the new coronavirus leaving many people at least temporarily out of work, food banks and pantries across the U.S. are scrambling to meet an expected surge in demand, even...
March 18, 2020
Apple's new iPad brings PC-like trackpad capabilities for the first time, as the company seeks to make its tablet even more like a laptop computer. Apple says the trackpad will...
March 18, 2020
Miami paywall drop embed Three days after thousands of passengers walked off the MSC Meraviglia ship in Miami without medical screenings despite a positive COVID-19 test from a previous cruiser,...
March 18, 2020
Note: The Miami Herald and McClatchy news sites have lifted the paywall on our websites for this developing story, providing critical information to readers. To support vital reporting such as...
March 18, 2020
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook Salt Lake City and its suburbs early Wednesday, sending spooked residents fleeing their homes, knocking out power for tens of thousands and closing the city's airport....
March 18, 2020
Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday signed into law a bill creating transparency in medical bills sent to former patients and to rein in predatory medical debt collectors. The bill...
March 18, 2020
Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Maynard Keynes have been knocked into a cocked hat by Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Emmanuel Macron, the new holy trinity of dirigiste capitalism. According...
March 18, 2020
The Senate turned to a House-passed coronavirus response bill on Wednesday, even as lawmakers and the Trump administration worked behind the scenes to fashion a separate massive federal effort to...
March 18, 2020
As a young boy growing up in Norway, Thomas Waerner spent idle hours thinking long and hard about two different kinds of iconic American modes of transportation: muscle cars and...
March 18, 2020
The U.S. and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday as the two nations work to stem the spread of...
March 18, 2020
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 201,00 people and killed more than 8,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but...
March 18, 2020
Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered financial institutions to temporarily suspend business and residential evictions to help those financially affected by the spread of the coronavirus. The executive order signed by...
March 18, 2020
At this time of year, the meandering arcades and alleys of Tehran's Grand Bazaar and other markets would usually be filled with shoppers rushing to stock up before the Persian...
March 18, 2020
Health officials in Florida are deploying three field hospitals across the state to help combat the new coronavirus. In an email sent Tuesday night, Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz announced...
March 18, 2020
Millennium Bulk Terminal's long-running proposal to build a $680 million coal export dock in Longview was dealt another legal blow Tuesday when the Washington State Court of Appeals upheld the...
March 18, 2020
Halliburton will institute a mandatory furlough for 3,500 employees in Houston beginning next week amid falling oil prices. The furlough will begin Monday and will last up to 60 days,...
