The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is threatening to worsen labor shortages experienced by Pacific Northwest farms and food processors. On March 16, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico said it would suspend...
March 17, 2020
China announced that it will revoke the media credentials of all American journalists at three major U.S. news organizations, in effect expelling them from the country, in response to new...
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus paywall embed Although most people are avoiding air travel during the coronavirus pandemic, if you need to fly and haven't been in a South Florida airport in the past...
March 17, 2020
Miami paywall drop embed The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a Level 3 warning, its highest level to date, urging people not to take any cruises...
March 17, 2020
Major League Baseball's teams have pledged $30 million for ballpark workers who will lose income because of the delay to the season caused by the new coronavirus. Commissioner Rob Manfred...
March 17, 2020
A South Florida couple with a popular YouTube channel have been sentenced to federal prison for stealing Social Security and federal tax funds. Billy Altidor, 29, received two years, and...
March 17, 2020
A recall was issued for frozen berries manufactured at a farm near Lynden, Washington amid potential exposure to Norovirus, federal food regulators said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and...
March 17, 2020
Voters in Florida cast their ballots in Tuesday's Democratic primary during a pandemic that has stunted travel, closed schools, forced millions of workers to stay home and canceled campaign rallies....
March 17, 2020
Now that the Department of Justice has rightly dismissed the case, it just shows that the allegations were aimed at shaping public opinion – and that it's all about the...
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus paywall embed Six months ago, Eunice Miranda and her husband Joel Otero fulfilled a lifelong dream: To open their own business and work together. Their shop, Miranda's Discount Store,...
March 17, 2020
Reflecting a hunger for information about the coronavirus outbreak, last Thursday's episode of ABC's “World News Tonight” had more viewers than anything that aired in television's prime time last week....
March 17, 2020
Federal quarantine recommendations and the closure of bars and restaurants is affecting many small businesses, which are now facing a marked decline in clientele. In response, the U.S. Small Business...
March 17, 2020
Voters in Illinois cast their ballots in Tuesday's Democratic primary during a pandemic that has stunted travel, closed schools, forced millions of workers to stay home and canceled campaign rallies....
March 17, 2020
Lyle Waggoner, who used his good looks to comic effect on "The Carol Burnett Show," partnered with a superhero on "Wonder Woman" and was the first centerfold for Playgirl magazine,...
March 17, 2020
The new slogan the U.S. Open introduced just 17 days ago is an indication of how complicated it will be for golf to resume, assuming it ever does this year....
March 17, 2020
Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered all Florida bars and nightclubs to close for 30 days starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, upending St. Patrick's Day revelry with a more aggressive push to...
March 17, 2020
U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators and health care workers to operate...
March 17, 2020
Major stocks indexes closed broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump promised he's “going big” with plans to blunt the economic pain caused by the coronavirus outbreak....
March 17, 2020
Some gamblers who suddenly can't go to a casino to play slot machines, cards or roulette are migrating to internet casinos as the coronavirus shuts down most things involving large...
March 17, 2020
Grocers big and small are hiring more workers, paying overtime and limiting purchases on certain high demand items as they scramble to restock shelves that have been wiped out by...
March 17, 2020
Taking a tough decision that became more inevitable by the day, the governing body of European soccer postponed its marquee championship for one year on Tuesday. Euro 2020 became Euro...
March 17, 2020
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois March 16, 2020 Chicago Tribune Another coronavirus rise: Your anxiety, your inactivity and your fridge. Here's what to do. You're worried about...
March 17, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday the first coronavirus death in Illinois as voters went to the polls and on the first day the state's kindergarten through high school students were...
March 17, 2020
Setting out a potential legislative timetable amid the coronavirus outbreak, a top Kentucky lawmaker outlined a plan to pass priority bills with a goal of ending this year's session next...
March 17, 2020
There were no bagpipers, no marching bands with booming drums, and no cheering crowds. Just two men in green blazers carrying a large Irish flag as they trudged along largely...
March 17, 2020
Major League Baseball's teams have pledged $30 million for ballpark workers who will lose income because of the delay to the season caused by the new coronavirus. Commissioner Rob Manfred...
March 17, 2020
Gov. Mike Parson has ordered the closure of Missouri's 13 casinos through March 30 as part of an effort to limit public gatherings in the public health battle against the...
March 17, 2020
The Panthers are parting ways with Cam Newton and quickly working to find his replacement. Carolina general manager Marty Hurney said Tuesday via Twitter the team is giving the 31-year-old...
March 17, 2020
After being forced to postpone the European Chamionship, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said soccer is facing its biggest crisis ever. The coronavirus pandemic has brought European soccer to a standstill,...
March 17, 2020
A former San Francisco Bay Area tour operator was sentenced to four years in prison for serving as an unregistered agent for China's Ministry of State Security in a scheme...
March 17, 2020
The U.S. government is coming out with new regulations aimed at changing automotive passenger safety standards that could be barriers to autonomous vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says...
March 17, 2020
South Carolina senators are set to approve $45 million in emergency funding to fight the new coronavirus and will debate whether to go ahead and pass a plan to keep...
March 17, 2020
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is ordering all restaurants and bars be closed to dine-in patrons as movement restrictions keep getting ratcheted up to dampen the spread of the new...
March 17, 2020
As economists begin to predict what the global economic effects of Covid-19 will be, the danger is we play up the economic damage of the virus while hiding the deep-rooted...
March 17, 2020
No idea was too outlandish when the AVP beach volleyball tour was brainstorming for ways to salvage its season. Bringing all the athletes to a local beach for a series...
March 17, 2020
Amazon has deleted most editions of Hitler's Mein Kampf, along with several other Nazi-era propaganda titles. But letting the near-monopoly dictate what people can read embraces totalitarianism of another kind....
March 17, 2020
A state Senate panel on Tuesday expanded a bill aimed at making insulin more affordable for the multitude of Kentuckians relying on lifesaving insulin supplies. Before advancing the bill to...
March 17, 2020
The Latest on NFL free agency. Teams can negotiate with representatives of free agents for the second day Tuesday but cannot finalize any agreements until Wednesday (all times EDT): 2:05...
March 17, 2020
USA Diving has hired Lee Michaud as its president. He was an All-American diver at Michigan and spent five years on the U.S. national team, winning multiple national titles. Michaud...
March 17, 2020
UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin talked to The Associated Press after the decision to postpone the 2020 European Championship until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a transcript of...
