Government agencies and the private companies that contract with them would have to use the federal database known as e-Verify to make sure employees can legally work in the United...
March 9, 2020
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says travel restrictions and other strict public health measures will be imposed nationwide starting Tuesday to try to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Conte...
March 9, 2020
The Detroit Lions announced their coaching staff for the 2020 season Monday, including five new hires. Tyrone McKenzie is taking over as linebackers coach after spending the 2018-19 seasons as...
March 9, 2020
King County public health officials on Monday reported three new deaths from coronavirus and 33 new cases while Grant County in central Washington announced the first death from the disease...
March 9, 2020
Legislation in Idaho to create transparency in medical bills sent to people and to rein in predatory medical debt collectors headed to the governor's desk on Monday. The Senate voted...
March 9, 2020
A man who won a North Carolina school board primary has been fired from his job and asked to withdraw from the race because of a slur about black peopole...
March 9, 2020
A Wichita woman who took $54,000 from her stepmother's account while the older woman was in a nursing home with dementia has been sentenced to two years and eight months...
March 9, 2020
Whistleblower lawsuits against Idaho would be limited to $370,000 in non-economic damages under legislation that headed to the Senate on Monday. The House voted 56-9 to approve the measure that...
March 9, 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 7.8% Monday, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008, as a free-fall in oil prices and worsening fears of fallout from the...
March 9, 2020
President Donald Trump is suggesting Americans should be happy about a plunge in oil prices because it'll mean cheaper gas. Those savings at the pump, though, are likely to come...
March 9, 2020
As of Monday, drivers in Pennsylvania who are picked up by cameras traveling more than 11 mph over the speed limit in a marked highway work zone will get a...
March 9, 2020
Vidant Health is laying off nearly 200 workers across eastern North Carolina to address a budget shortfall, the health system's CEO said Monday. Dr. Michael Waldrum said in an email...
March 9, 2020
The NFL players' union extended the deadline by two days for its members to vote on a new labor agreement with the league. Ballots from some 2,500 members now are...
March 9, 2020
Florida officials on Monday walked back an earlier advisory requesting all travelers returning from foreign countries self-isolate, further sowing confusion over its efforts to contain a fast-spreading threat to public...
March 9, 2020
A Montgomery County resident has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, state officials said Monday. The person, who is in critical condition at the Hospital of the University of...
March 9, 2020
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is backing a legislative proposal unveiled Monday to set the state's personal income tax at a flat rate of 5.375%. The General Assembly voted to...
March 9, 2020
The Washington Legislature has passed a bill that exempts birth dates of state and local government employees from disclosure under the state's public records law, but allows the media to...
March 9, 2020
Last Christmas, Carol Merinar got the best present she has ever received. It didn't come from a chain store or online retailer. It came from the Montgomery County Coroner's Office,...
March 9, 2020
A federal appeals court on Monday restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal “Stairway to Heaven." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
March 9, 2020
When the new coronavirus surfaced at Saint Raphael Academy after a school group returned from a trip to Italy, officials decided to close the Rhode Island Catholic high school for...
March 9, 2020
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in an unusual move is endorsing the labor agreement the players' union currently is voting on, citing pension benefits for its inductees and other...
March 9, 2020
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March 9, 2020
Two Oklahoma civil rights groups said Monday they intend to sue the state if the Legislature passes a bill to prohibit state contracts with companies that boycott Israel. Attorneys with...
March 9, 2020
Sierra Foster, 22, and Shaheem Stupart, 23, plan to get married on the beach in the Cayman Islands this week with all their family and friends, despite a state department...
March 9, 2020
Award-winning mystery writer Barbara Neely, who created the first black female series sleuth in mainstream American publishing, died last week after a brief illness, according to her publisher, Brash Books....
March 9, 2020
Milwaukee will be paying Christian Yelich until 2042, when the All-Star outfielder is 50 years old. Yelich's $215 million, nine-year contract with the team calls for Brewers to defer $4...
March 9, 2020
A patient has been admitted to the University of Kansas Hospital with the coronavirus but the hospital didn't say Monday whether it is the same case that state health officials...
March 9, 2020
Major Seattle businesses including Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks and Alaska Airlines are chipping in to help those hit hardest economically by the new coronavirus. The companies joined with the city of...
March 9, 2020
Crowds of passengers — one wearing a tank top declaring “this week I don't give a ship” — flocked to the Carnival Sensation Monday morning. The form they had to...
March 9, 2020
Thousands of passengers on a third Princess Cruises ship are being kept on board while crew members get tested for COVID-19. The Caribbean Princess, on a 10-day trip to the...
March 9, 2020
Budget writers in the Georgia House want to give teachers a $1,000 pay raise instead of the $2,000 Gov. Brian Kemp is seeking, using money freed up to boost pay...
March 9, 2020
U.S. companies buffeted by supply chain chaos and a growing awareness of the scope of a viral outbreak are facing new threats to begin the week. An oil war between...
March 9, 2020
A former CIA software engineer accused of stealing a massive trove of the agency's hacking tools and handing it over to WikiLeaks was convicted of only minor charges Monday, after...
March 9, 2020
Grain futures were lower Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery was off 8 cents at $5.1440 a bushel; Mar. corn fell 10.4...
March 9, 2020
Wells Fargo Board Chairwoman Elizabeth Duke and director James Quigley are leaving the company. The announcement Sunday arrived less than a month after the bank agreed to pay a $3...
March 9, 2020
A clash of the oil titans - Saudi Arabia and Russia - is sending shock waves through energy markets, with wide-ranging implications for consumers and oil companies, including those in...
March 9, 2020
More than two dozen horse trainers, veterinarians and others have been charged in what authorities describe as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to race faster. The charges were...
March 9, 2020
Two Catholic schools in suburban St. Louis have temporarily closed and some students at a third school have been told to stay home after the father of the first person...
March 9, 2020
Stocks plunged 7% on Wall Street Monday, triggering a trading halt for 15 minutes. The steep drop followed similar falls in Europe after a fight among major crude-producing countries jolted...
March 9, 2020
Twitter says it's reached an investment deal with Silver Lake and Elliott Management that will keep Jack Dorsey as the social media company's CEO. Twitter Inc. said Monday that Silver...
