The FBI is investigating after scammers stole roughly half a million dollars of Idaho state payments that were intended to go to state contractors. Idaho State Controller Brandon Woolf's office...
March 6, 2020
A teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 was able to buy more than 100 rounds of ammunition online because his age was...
March 6, 2020
Federal regulators want to fine Boeing $19.68 million for installing sensors that the agency says might not have been compatible with a system pilots use to see instrument readings. The...
March 6, 2020
The Trump campaign filed a libel lawsuit against CNN on Friday for a column about the president and election help from Russia, the third such action against a news organization...
March 6, 2020
The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to move toxin-laden coal ash from a retired plant in Memphis to an off-site landfill, at the cost of roughly $300 million, the federal utility...
March 6, 2020
eMerge Americas, South Florida's marquee annual tech conference, has been postponed until November 4, 2020, due to concerns over coronavirus, the company announced Friday. The conference had originally been slated...
March 6, 2020
Austin city officials have canceled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the novel...
March 6, 2020
A small family-owned pharmacy chain is closing its five central Pennsylvania stores after a 141-year run. Royer Pharmacy in Lancaster County calls itself one of the oldest continuously operating independent...
March 6, 2020
An 82-year-old man who spent most of his adult life behind bars for robbing banks was convicted again for carrying out an armed heist at an Arizona credit union as...
March 6, 2020
INSIGHTEC, an incisionless surgery company led by Maurice R. Ferré, announced Friday it had that received an investment of up to $150 million that will value it at $1.3 billion....
March 6, 2020
Wall Street capped a turbulent week with more losses for stocks and another steep drop in bond yields Friday as uncertainty over the spreading coronavirus roiled global markets. The 10-year...
March 6, 2020
The NBA fined Dallas owner Mark Cuban $500,000 on Friday for “public criticism and detrimental conduct” regarding officiating. Separately, the league sent a memo to teams reminding them of rules...
March 6, 2020
A second former passenger from the Grand Princess cruise ship died Friday of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. More than 3,500 passengers and crew members are on...
March 6, 2020
Woody Allen's publisher has decided to cancel the planned release of his memoir “Apropos of Nothing.” The announcement Friday by Hachette Book Group followed days of criticism focused on allegations...
March 6, 2020
A proposed constitutional change to give local governments more latitude to raise tax revenue was defeated by the Kentucky House on Friday, but the measure could still be revived. The...
March 6, 2020
Boeing faces 61 safety fixes following last year's botched test flight of its Starliner crew capsule, NASA said Friday. NASA has also designated December's aborted space station mission as a...
March 6, 2020
The Florida House passed a $193 million tax cut package Friday that benefits businesses and corporations as well as giving consumers a sales tax holiday for school and hurricane supplies....
March 6, 2020
The mother of a Massachusetts man who drowned in the Charles River after drinking alcohol at a Boston Celtics game is suing TD Garden and its parent company for unspecified...
March 6, 2020
Oregon has reached an agreement with private health insurance companies to waive co-payments, co-insurance and deductibles for Oregonians who undergo testing for COVID-19 at a facility that's within their insurance...
March 6, 2020
The word ‘propaganda' appears 10 times in the New York Times' red scare story on Bernie Sanders' 1980s Soviet outreach efforts. Regrettably, the newspaper has turned an interesting story itself...
March 6, 2020
A protest at the publishers of Woody Allen's memoir and the banning of Roman Polanski's latest film in the UK and USA are applauded, but alleged sexual predator Michael Jackson...
March 6, 2020
Los Angeles International Airport will experiment with a limited restoration of taxi pickups in the central terminal area beginning later this month. Taxi drivers have been pushing to resume pickups...
March 6, 2020
As an Arizonan, Gregory Cohen has never had to stock up ahead of a hurricane or other natural disaster. But fear of the new coronavirus has led the 51-year-old attorney...
March 6, 2020
Sanity is one step closer to prevailing in Arizona, where the house of representatives has passed a bill that will ban male-to-female transgender athletes from competing with biological girls. Next...
March 6, 2020
A federal grand jury has indicted a former Chicago deputy aviation commissioner on a bribery charge for allegedly paying a former state senator at least $5,000 to support a road...
March 6, 2020
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate rose again in January, as the pool of job-seekers and payrolls both grew to record highs, the state Department of Labor and Industry said Friday. Pennsylvania's unemployment...
March 6, 2020
A congressional committee investigating Boeing said Friday that a “culture of concealment” at the company and poor oversight by federal regulators contributed to two deadly crashes involving the grounded 737...
March 6, 2020
The Kentucky House passed its version of a new two-year state budget Friday, but some lawmakers said funding needs would be shortchanged by an unwillingness to tap into more revenue...
March 6, 2020
A woman who went to a Georgia emergency center with flu-like symptoms late last month has tested positive for COVID-19 by the state health lab, officials said Friday. The Georgia...
March 6, 2020
Longtime executive Royal Caribbean Cruises executive Adam Goldstein has left the company. Goldstein was the vice chairman of the Miami-based cruise corporation. He had been with the company for 32...
March 6, 2020
As coronavirus concerns stir waves of uncertainty for cruise ship passengers who are now trying to cancel or postpone their trips, the industry is scrambling to adjust its policies to...
March 6, 2020
Williams College, a school in Massachusetts, has suspended a male student after some kissing and touching with a female student, accusing him of ‘sexual misconduct.' His crime? He says it...
March 6, 2020
The first legal sports betting in Michigan will begin next week inside Detroit's casinos, state regulators said Friday. The Michigan Gaming Control Board plans to give final approval Tuesday. The...
March 6, 2020
The Dow over the past five days: up 1,293, down 786, up 1,173, down 967. The Dow tumbled 800 points at the opening bell Friday. The VIX, an index known...
March 6, 2020
Washington state farmers are expected to receive a full water supply this irrigation season in the Yakima Basin based on an early assessment, a state water management agency said. The...
March 6, 2020
A new four-year medical school in St. Louis will focus on training doctors who will work in poor urban and rural areas. Puerto Rico-based Ponce Health Sciences University is making...
March 6, 2020
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling protecting the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's right to sue to enforce an agreement that restricts the number of trains that can cross...
March 6, 2020
From coronavirus, to hi-tech, or even sports – according to mainstream media, we must be wary of Beijing's ulterior motives in all circumstances. But the actions of Western governments across...
March 6, 2020
Stocks kept falling sharply Friday, and bond yields took even more breathtaking drops as a brutal, dizzying couple weeks of trading showed no sign of letting up. Even a better-than-expected...
March 6, 2020
Stocks kept falling sharply Friday, and bond yields took even more breathtaking drops as a brutal, dizzying couple weeks of trading showed no sign of letting up. Even a better-than-expected...
