After encouraging sales employees to mislead concerned customers about the risks of taking cruises during the COVID-19 outbreak, Norwegian Cruise Line has backpedaled. In response to a sharp rise in...
March 12, 2020
President Donald Trump's decision Wednesday to impose a 30-day ban on most Europeans entering the United States is the latest stunning setback for an airline industry that is reeling from...
March 12, 2020
The annual movie exhibition and trade show CinemaCon has been canceled in Las Vegas due to coronavirus, scuttling one of Hollywood's premier hype machines. The week-long conference, which brings together...
March 12, 2020
A basketball tournament, with no fans. A St. Patrick's Day, with no parades. College campuses, with no students. Corporate headquarters with barren cubicles. The nation snapped to attention on Wednesday...
March 12, 2020
The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of...
March 12, 2020
Santa Monica will pay $42.6 million to nearly two dozen victims of a city employee and former youth volunteer who killed himself after being charged with molestation, according to a...
March 12, 2020
A musher reached an Iditarod milestone and was feted with prizes made from beaver and moose. The oldest musher in the race has called it quits. And a four-time champion...
March 11, 2020
Qualified nurse practitioners will be able to independently operate primary care practices without an attending doctor under a bill passed by the Florida Legislature and signed hours later by Republican...
March 11, 2020
The buzzer-beaters, upsets and all the other shining moments of this year's NCAA tournaments will be played in mostly empty arenas. Trying to avoid spreading the new coronavirus that has...
March 11, 2020
The new coronavirus has reached Broadway, but the shows on the Great White Way are scheduled to go on as planned. A part-time usher and security guard who worked at...
March 11, 2020
Wall Street's staggering skid that began less than three weeks ago has pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average into what's known as a bear market. After a string of sharp...
March 11, 2020
CBS News shut down its New York City headquarters for cleaning and disinfecting on Wednesday after two of its employees tested positive for coronavirus. Employees will be asked to work...
March 11, 2020
Cases of the new coronavirus crept into a new county in Pennsylvania as Penn State, the University of Pennsylvania and at least a dozen other schools are moving classes online...
March 11, 2020
Both houses of the Illinois General Assembly announced Wednesday that they have canceled legislative sessions in Springfield next week because of the threat of the spread of the new coronavirus....
March 11, 2020
Gov. Ron DeSantis placed limits Wednesday on who can can visit Florida's nursing homes and other assisted living facilities, bidding to protect the state's sizeable and vulnerable elderly population from...
March 11, 2020
The ripple effect of the new coronavirus on the entertainment industry reached late-night television and far beyond to the series “Survivor” in Fiji. “The Tonight Show” and other late-night talk...
March 11, 2020
The ripple effect of the new coronavirus on the entertainment industry on Wednesday reached late-night television and far beyond to the series “Survivor” in Fiji. “The Tonight Show” and other...
March 11, 2020
A proposal that would give Georgia voters a say in whether to allow casinos and other forms of gambling in the state has passed a state House committee. House Resolution...
March 11, 2020
From cruise ships to quarantines to school closures, California leaders have had plenty to worry about with the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Add one more thing to the list:...
March 11, 2020
Federal officials have grounded a charter operator that carried professional baseball and hockey teams, saying the company and its pilots weren't authorized for the kind of commercial venture they operated....
March 11, 2020
The Texas Rangers have placed left-hander Yohander Méndez on the suspended list for violating his contract by seeking unauthorized outside medical care. President of Baseball Operations Jon Daniels announced the...
March 11, 2020
Racing to finish the 60-day legislative session amid growing concerns over containing the new coronavirus outbreak, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate announced a final supplemental budget agreement that...
March 11, 2020
The Florida Legislature is attempting to rein in the blue-green algae blooms that have hurt tourism and wildlife, sending Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis a bill that seeks to reduce nutrients...
March 11, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: Philly needs to make tough calls on coronavirus — canceling St. Patrick's parade was the right one The Philadelphia Inquirer...
March 11, 2020
Miami paywall drop embed A year ago, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio warned that U.S. dependence on Chinese supply chains could have significant consequences. The coronavirus pandemic got the White...
March 11, 2020
A biotech meeting at a hotel in downtown Boston appears to be the source of a cluster of the coronavirus in the U.S. — and a warning for employers who...
March 11, 2020
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 11 The New York Times on paid sick leave: Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, set a standard...
March 11, 2020
A gyrating stock market is seizing headlines as the coronavirus threatens corporate profits and economic growth. Yet it's in the normally temperate bond market, where companies go to borrow money,...
March 11, 2020
A California businessman teamed up with a pair of Utah polygamists and helped them expand a biodiesel fraud scheme that ended up getting nearly $500 million in government funds that...
March 11, 2020
The threat of the coronavirus is upending voting in certain precincts as elections officials remove polling places from nursing homes to protect senior citizens who may be more susceptible to...
March 11, 2020
The South Carolina House passed the state's $10 billion budget Wednesday, putting additional money into teacher salaries, roads, safety at state prisons and tax relief and rebates. The House finished...
March 11, 2020
People over 70 will soon be denied boarding on cruise ships, according to two industry sources familiar with proposals submitted to the White House Tuesday. The new age-specific rule, first...
March 11, 2020
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ March 10 The Index-Journal on people making school bomb threats as a joke: Hey, kids. We know you're not reading this, but we...
March 11, 2020
A Canadian company said Wednesday it has started preliminary work along the route of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through the U.S. in anticipation of starting construction next...
March 11, 2020
Boeing is painting a sobering picture for its business in 2020. The Chicago-based company said Wednesday it has imposed a hiring freeze in response to the virus outbreak that is...
March 11, 2020
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ March 10 The Winston-Salem Journal on the list of North Carolina residents waiting to receive government assistance: “Unmet Needs” should say it all....
March 11, 2020
The Mariners will move home games out of Seattle through end of March following the state of Washington's decision to ban large group events in response to the coronavirus outbreak....
March 11, 2020
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ March 10 The Bowling Green Daily News on a community gardening initiative: Many people in our community like to garden. It can be relaxing...
March 11, 2020
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ March 11 The Columbus Dispatch on ensuring Mississippi institutions abide by open records laws: In Mississippi, we have laws that help ensure citizens have...
March 11, 2020
There's only one television show that can stand atop the weekly ratings and say it did the same thing more than 40 years ago. That's CBS' venerable newsmagazine “60 Minutes,”...
