Desperate to talk to their dad, Scott Sedlacek and his brother, Steve, stood outside his open nursing home window and shouted. They could barely hear his weak replies, but one...
March 14, 2020
Evicting migrant tenants from culturally isolated inner-city ghettos and insisting they learn a new language might not appeal to liberal commenters, but Denmark insists its “social experiment” is what the...
March 14, 2020
At the once bustling hub of the largest anti-government protest movement in Iraq's modern history, crowds have dwindled, and donation boxes have sprouted up. Loudspeakers resound with calls by activists...
March 14, 2020
The House approved legislation early Saturday to provide direct relief to Americans suffering physically, financially and emotionally from the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump on Friday declared the outbreak a...
March 14, 2020
Empty store shelves. Empty churches. Shuttered classrooms and courts. Warnings everywhere to wash hands and avoid close contact. Even cancelled state Senate hearings. Efforts to stop the spread of the...
March 14, 2020
Coronavirus is already coloring the 2020 campaign, with Democrats convinced President Donald Trump's muddled response to the outbreak leaves him and down-ballot Republicans vulnerable over the burgeoning health crisis, his...
March 14, 2020
Longtime Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton is unopposed to seek re-election, paving the way for him to potentially become the state's longest serving sheriff on record. Talton, 87, qualified Monday...
March 14, 2020
After ignoring the mounting cascade of event cancellations, business shutdowns and Wall Street sell-offs, Florida legislators on Friday did what they had been resisting for weeks: They scaled back the...
March 14, 2020
Bernie Sanders to UK Parliament, UNHRC to western MSM, all showed deep bias and scant regard for ground facts while sermonising India over Delhi riots and citizenship law. "What happened...
March 14, 2020
After a standoff over the Miami-Dade tourism tax brought the House and Senate to a standstill on the final night of the session, the marketing arm of the county's hospitality...
March 14, 2020
The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 will pay $60 million to to settle allegations that it...
March 14, 2020
The Walt Disney Co. will release “Frozen 2” on Disney Plus several months early to give families cooped up by the coronavirus a welcome distraction — and give its streaming...
March 14, 2020
The Florida Legislature paved the way for teacher raises, compensation for college athletes and passed an expanded school voucher program Friday — the last day to consider bills before going...
March 14, 2020
Federal officials said Friday they are investigating after a crack ruptured the skin on a Boeing 737 jet operated by Southwest Airlines, causing the plane to gradually lose cabin pressure....
March 13, 2020
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday ordered the closing of every school in the state until March 30 starting Tuesday amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus. Other states and...
March 13, 2020
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Friday halted all non-essential business travel for state employees, banned visitors and tours from the state Capitol and heavily discouraged groups of 250 or more...
March 13, 2020
President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that four major cruise ship companies have agreed to suspend trips from the U.S. for 30 days, effective at midnight. Trump said that Carnival,...
March 13, 2020
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Friday he is stepping down from the company's board to focus on philanthropy. Gates was Microsoft's CEO until 2000 and since then has gradually scaled...
March 13, 2020
An expected guilty plea to corruption charges by former United Auto Workers President Gary Jones has been delayed due to the coronavirus and traveling concerns. Jones was to appear in...
March 13, 2020
Major League Baseball is allowing players to go home, a day after canceling the rest of the spring training schedule and postponing opening day by at least two weeks amid...
March 13, 2020
A Mississippi hospital owner cheated Medicare out of $10.8 million, and his wife and the former chief financial officer of another company are liable for slightly less, a federal jury...
March 13, 2020
Mountain peaks sported new coats of snow and rain gauges brimmed Friday after a storm drenched Southern California in a turnabout from weeks of mostly dry weather, and forecasters said...
March 13, 2020
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has in one fell swoop seemingly forgiven the US for its treatment of China in the dark days of its coronavirus epidemic and one-upped the capitalist...
March 13, 2020
Facing major disruptions across nearly all economic sectors because of the coronavirus, California officials on Friday sent the public a postcard from the state's rosier past: The January jobs report....
March 13, 2020
The University of Kansas will pay $144,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an employee who lost his job after reporting that his boss had told managers to focus on...
March 13, 2020
Fearing a widespread health crisis, Californians moved broadly Friday to get in front of the spread of the coronavirus, shuttering schools that educate hundreds of thousands of students, urging the...
March 13, 2020
Major indexes staged a late rally on Wall Street Friday after President Donald Trump announced new measures to fight the coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1,985 points, or...
March 13, 2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Omaha District has reached its goal of having the Missouri River mainstem levee system restored to its full height following massive flooding a year...
March 13, 2020
Apple said its annual developers conference would take place entirely online this year, joining a growing list of companies that are canceling big, in-person events as the coronavirus spreads. Thousands...
March 13, 2020
President Donald Trump's declaration Friday of a national emergency over the new coronavirus triggered an Oklahoma law that prohibits price-gouging, the state's attorney general said. Attorney General Mike Hunter said...
March 13, 2020
The Jacksonville Jaguars placed the franchise tag on disgruntled defensive end Yannick Ngakoue on Friday, a move that guarantees him more than $19 million next season. It's the non-exclusive tag,...
March 13, 2020
Miami paywall drop embed In a history-making move, Walt Disney World has closed its parks temporarily due to coronavirus concerns. Now, many people are wondering what happens to their tickets....
March 13, 2020
Melissa Hall, who has a weakened immune system, ventured out for the first time in a week on Friday and donned a surgical mask to go grocery shopping. She skipped...
March 13, 2020
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. announced Friday it was voluntarily suspending voyages on its three cruise brands for trips departing between March 13 and April 11, 2020. The company owns...
March 13, 2020
Washington lawmakers started this year's legislative session focused on the state's homelessness crisis and ended it 60 days later amid a global pandemic that led to them passing a supplemental...
March 13, 2020
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social...
March 13, 2020
U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for...
March 13, 2020
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster prepared to declare a state of emergency Friday in two counties where coronavirus has been shown to have spread from person to person. In a...
March 13, 2020
David Edelman can usually be found at a Denver Nuggets basketball game or a Colorado Rapids soccer game. As an usher, he interacts with fans in a role he calls...
March 13, 2020
This developing story will be updated. SeaTrade, the largest annual cruise industry gathering, has postponed its 2020 conference in Miami Beach amid the coronavirus outbreak. The event had been slated...
