Politics

The Kansas City Chiefs are joining with the Missouri State High School Activities Association and the NFL Foundation to launch a state chapter of InsideOut, a national initiative that is...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Friday he will extend tax breaks for communities on the northern border until 2024, and broaden them to cover the southern border as...

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose 18 cents to $45.53 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for January delivery rose 5 cents to $48.30 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

Alyssa Milano is the latest celeb to offer an “olive branch” to Trump backers after calling them racist in the past. Less than 48 hours later, she was back to...

One student runs 85 feet up a hill every morning, just to get a cellphone signal so he can call in his attendance. Another moved to Phoenix by himself, after...

An Idaho business owner has announced plans to transform a former drive-in movie theatre in Idaho Falls into a recreational vehicle resort catering to short-term rentals. Zach Teichert purchased the...

Cincinnati Bengals running back Giovani Bernard has put his brand-new Fort Lauderdale digs up for sale. The South Florida native, who turned 29 on Nov. 22, is asking $10.9 million...

The S&P 500 rose to a record high Friday as investors continue to look forward to the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and relief for the global economy. The benchmark...

Here's what's happening Friday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY — The coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country...

The S&P 500 rose to a record high Friday as investors continue to look forward to the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and relief for the global economy. The Nasdaq...

The nominations for the 63rd Grammys have been met by some loud and influential voices implying that artists of colour have been snubbed because of their ethnicity. But the facts...

The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will...

The PGA Tour has acquired a minority stake in the European Tour's media production company as part of an alliance announced Friday, a big first step toward developing a more...

A shocking video of French police beating up a man who wasn't wearing a mask showed the authorities' iron-fist approach to enforcing regulations and suppressing protests. Will this be the...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed a new head of the state's troubled recycling agency, who has pledged to overhaul its troubled bottle deposit system that has worsened during the...

Self-improvement can be a difficult journey. It's often an arduous process that takes time to work through and move toward. But Jeezy, who burst onto the national music scene in...

New Mexico water managers are pumping water from state reservoirs into the Pecos River to account for losses during a devastating drought. The move was meant to augment supplies for...

Strong Santa Ana winds continued to blow through the mountains of Southern California on Friday, bringing high fire danger. Nearly 9,800 Southern California Edison customers were blacked out in four...

With many small businesses struggling to hold on during the coronavirus pandemic, Issa Rae believes now is the time to support independent stores more than ever. The creator and star...

The Walt Disney Co. announced plans to lay off 4,000 more workers in its theme parks division in California and Florida due to the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the industry....

Grain futures were mixed on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. fell .028 cent at $5.9840 a bushel; Dec. corn was up .012...

After months of carnage in US cities, tensions are rising between the two main perpetrators, Antifa and Black Lives Matter. Given their different ethnic make-ups and agendas, it's a shock...

Ani Sirois, a respiratory nurse, has spent months caring for coronavirus patients at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, and she's only getting busier as infections — and hospitalizations — surge before...

With the US facing a host of problems and the presidency in transition, regime change in Venezuela has become much less of a priority for the White House. No wonder,...

A North Carolina man and his sport supplement company have pleaded guilty to a felony charge connected to the sale of unapproved new drugs. The office of the U.S. Attorney...

A North Carolina attorney and two others have been indicated on charges that they created identities to open financial accounts and make purchases they didn't intend to pay for, federal...

England officially moves out of a ‘national lockdown' next week, but with 98 percent of the population placed in the toughest Tiers 2 and 3, it's clear that Prime Minister...

A suburban St. Louis-based debt collection company has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to pay more than $24 million for pursuing money that consumers didn't actually owe. The...

The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints that suspensions can fail on nearly 115,000 Tesla electric vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has 43 complaints...

Hulking gray boxes are rolling off the production line at a factory in the southern town of Tuttlingen, ready to be shipped to the front in the next phase of...

Even with the massive COVID-19 economic fallout, bankruptcy filings in 2020 so far trail those from last year, thanks in large part to the federal stimulus package and state moratoriums...

The best holiday gift I have ever received has to be my ping-pong table! When I am at home (as I travel quite a lot for expeditions, meetings and signing...

The penultimate jobs report of the Trump administration will be released on Friday. Any drop in the headline unemployment rate for November will be heralded by the president as proof...

With Florida recently entering Phase 3 of its COVID-19 reopening plan, and as more businesses reopen, employers may face a variety of issues with allowing employees to return to the...

Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of U.S. pork and beef....

Four German holidaymakers who were illegally quarantined in Portugal after one was judged to be positive for Covid-19 have won their case, in a verdict that condemns the widely-used PCR...

Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u." Alina, 5, asked in her Santa letter written with an...

After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope. In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of...

Over four decades, Mary Nichols has been the regulator behind some of the nation's most ambitious climate policies and, in recent years, she's been their staunchest defender against President Donald...

MELBOURNE, Australia — From nearly 8,000 active cases in August and more than 800 deaths in the Australian state of Victoria to the elimination of the coronavirus: It's an achievement...