French voters went to the polls Sunday to choose mayors and other local leaders but the second round of the vote was put into question amid concerns over low turnout...
March 15, 2020
The Latest on the world's coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 156,000 people and killed more than 5,800. The disease for most people causes only mild or moderate symptoms...
March 15, 2020
More money, more jobs, and more for retirement. Those are the kind of things negotiated in most union contracts, and the union that represents NFL players got them in the...
March 15, 2020
Government and hospital leaders are increasingly sounding the alarm about the hospital system in the U.S. and its readiness to absorb waves of patients in the worst-case scenario involving the...
March 15, 2020
Spain's royal house said Sunday that King Felipe VI has renounced any future personal inheritance he could receive from his father, King Emerit Juan Carlos I, over the alleged financial...
March 15, 2020
The government's top infectious disease expert said Sunday he would like to see aggressive measures such as a 14-day national shutdown that would require Americans to hunker down even more...
March 15, 2020
The South Carolina House is taking the week off. The House started the first of what is usually two weeks off during the 18-week session after Speaker Jay Lucas gavelled...
March 15, 2020
The Tennessee Titans are keeping the quarterback that led them within a victory of the Super Bowl, agreeing to a four-year, $118 million extension with Ryan Tannehill. The Titans announced...
March 15, 2020
Miami paywall drop embed Despite a positive COVID-19 test from a passenger who had disembarked days earlier, thousands of people were allowed to leave a cruise ship in Miami Sunday...
March 15, 2020
The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak's effect on sports around the world (all times local): 2:50 p.m. The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority says all of the ski...
March 15, 2020
The government's top infectious disease expert said Sunday he would like to see aggressive measures such as a 14-day national shutdown that would require Americans to hunker down even more...
March 15, 2020
Walmart, the nation's largest grocer, announced that it will close its 24-hour stores starting Sunday night to “help ensure associates are able to stock the products our customers are looking...
March 15, 2020
The Federal Reserve is all but sure to take its most drastic steps Wednesday since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis to try to counter the coronavirus' growing damage...
March 15, 2020
The Latest on the world's coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 156,000 people and killed more than 5,800. The disease for most people causes only mild or moderate symptoms...
March 15, 2020
Ticket sales plunged to their lowest levels in at least 20 years at North American movie theaters as the coronavirus pandemic led to one of Hollywood's worst weekends at the...
March 15, 2020
Colorado's governor and a state lawmaker criticized a former Florida lieutenant governor who complained that his vacation was ruined when Vail closed its ski resort due to concerns about the...
March 15, 2020
Activists are calling for international observers for US primaries, claiming they're rigged. The thing is, observers aren't mandated to watch internal party processes – but the real problem lies in...
March 15, 2020
Meat companies are making it easier for you to eat your vegetables by blending them into burgers, meatballs and sausages. Applegate is introducing a line of meat-and-veggie burgers and meatballs...
March 15, 2020
One of the nation's largest malls, in suburban Philadelphia, has closed amid a call from the governor for nonessential businesses to close to help stem the spread of the coronavirus...
March 15, 2020
The Latest on the world's coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 156,000 people and killed more than 5,800. The disease for most people causes only mild or moderate symptoms...
March 15, 2020
States across the U.S. are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to respond to the coronavirus, even as the U.S. government prepares to send billions more their way. Many states...
March 15, 2020
NFL players have approved a new labor agreement with the league that features a 17-game regular season, higher salaries, increased roster sizes and larger pensions for current and former players....
March 15, 2020
An Indiana town along Lake Michigan has approved spending $150,000 for expert input and emergency repairs to protect homes from sliding into the water. It could take up to $10...
March 15, 2020
A waterfront project along Lake Michigan is scrapping plans to pursue the cruise ship business. Discovery Center & Pier previously announced plans to transform a coal dock at Grelickville near...
March 15, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic escalating in the U.S. and overseas, Dylcia McBlackwell couldn't justify taking a single spring vacation. Air fares were so cheap, she decided to book three. Now...
March 15, 2020
When the musically inclined Susan Collins tried to infuse some state pride into her grandchildren in Germany, she ran into a little problem. “We could not find one,” said Collins,...
March 15, 2020
Proposals to start a state lottery — and to allow the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to operate casino games — have been filed in the Alabama Legislature, but it...
March 15, 2020
Iran's official leading the country's response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East on Sunday acknowledged that the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities in the country, which is...
March 15, 2020
Authorities around the world turned to increasingly drastic measures to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus Sunday, with lockdowns, curfews and travel restrictions spreading. Soldiers and police...
March 15, 2020
Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday its net income dropped by $22.9 billion in 2019 to $88.2 billion, a sharp decrease coming as the kingdom stands ready to flood an...
March 15, 2020
When a Republican running for Congress in the Chicago suburbs tweeted that her Democratic opponent's town hall events were invite-only, they debunked it. When Illinois' Democratic governor said a pension...
March 15, 2020
Shane Fitzgerald has pushed for public records in court to help his reporters uncover details of a destructive school fire, the police shooting of an inmate and a public defender...
March 15, 2020
In a world gripped by a pandemic, global unrest and a fast-moving news cycle, it can be difficult to remember that the war in Syria is still happening. Even before...
March 15, 2020
This is a day Tracey Searles wondered might never come. It's been nearly eight years since the Hampton Avenue bridge was torn down, virtually isolating the Southernside community where so...
March 15, 2020
Three years ago Hayleigh Gary lost four family members on the same night. She would never again see her “Granny,” Edna Durr, her aunts Tomecca Pickett and Kiearra Durr or...
March 15, 2020
The Tupelo Career-Technical Center's construction students are building a tiny house with plans to auction it off at the end of the semester. Construction began in January and although bad...
March 14, 2020
Miami paywall drop embed Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the U.S. government Saturday to release 61 Floridians currently being housed at an air base in Marietta, Georgia and return them...
March 14, 2020
Miami paywall drop embed Disney Cruise Line has extended its suspension of new departures by two weeks. Cruises will now not sail until April. First announced on Thursday, the Walt...
March 14, 2020
The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak's effect on sports around the world (all times local): 4:16 p.m. The United Center ownership and the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks say they will...
March 14, 2020
Gates closed, turnstiles locked, an empty ground and stillness all around. It wasn't supposed to be like this. Union Berlin fans had this date marked as soon as the schedule...
