Politics

Several news and legal organizations have told the Idaho Supreme Court that they believe state prison officials are required to reveal the source of drugs used in executions under public...

China manufacturing slumps as anti-virus controls bite BEIJING (AP) — Two measures of Chinese manufacturing fell to their lowest levels on record in February as anti-virus controls shut factories. But...

A former senior official at the United Auto Workers pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring with other labor leaders to steal more than $1 million in dues while enjoying golf, lavish...

The head of the European Central Bank says Europe's top monetary authority is ready to take “appropriate and targeted measures” if necessary to support the economy against the headwinds from...

A study by polar bear researchers in Alaska concludes that thermal imaging used by oil exploration companies to detect polar bears in dens works less than half the time. That...

A Las Vegas businessman plans to develop affordable housing units from the large shipping containers that are normally used to transport merchandise. A 10-unit housing park made with the containers...

New Mexico's Democratic governor on Monday sweeping pension fund reforms into law that affect more than 100,000 current and former state and local government workers. The legislation increases employee and...

Rhode Island is enacting tougher environmental regulations in an effort to contain the spread of invasive species. The state Department of Environmental Management introduced changes that prohibit the transport of...

Republican mega-donor Foster Friess has decided not to run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming. Doing so would shift focus away from his ongoing efforts to promote government...

Google's former autonomous vehicle project is borrowing money on its own for the first time. Waymo, which is developing autonomous ride-hailing vehicles and semis, will get the $2.25 billion from...

The Justice Department says pharmaceutical company Sandoz Inc. will pay a $195 million penalty to resolve criminal charges of conspiring to fix prices and rig bids for generic drugs. Officials...

Stocks roared back on Wall Street Monday from a seven-day rout, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly 1,300 points higher amid investor optimism that central banks will take action...

China's far-reaching efforts to control the spread of the new coronavirus have shuttered factories, emptied airports and resulted in a steep drop in carbon emissions and other pollutants. However, analysts...

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador still draws crowds and has the support of the majority of the population, but his once stratospheric popularity appears to be coming back to...

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Monday: Carnival Corp., down 40 cents to $33.06. Cruise operators continued to reel over the coronavirus' financial impact on travel and leisure...

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A software engineer on trial for the largest leak of classified information in CIA history was “prepared to do anything” to betray the agency, federal prosecutors said Monday as a...

Wheat for Mar. was off 2.75 cents at 5.2625 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 8.25 cents at 3.7475 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 7.25 cents at $2.6570 a bushel; while...

Wheat for Mar. was off 2.75 cents at 5.2625 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 8.25 cents at 3.7475 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 7.25 cents at $2.6570 a bushel; while...

Firing unbending taskmaster Tom Coughlin was supposed to alleviate concerns some Jacksonville Jaguars had about playing for the oft-mismanaged franchise. It clearly didn't work. Standout defensive end Yannick Ngakoue said...

A Utah state Senate committee approved a bill with changes to a voter-approved initiative creating an independent voting redistricting commission. The Proposition 4 initiative passed by voters in 2018 is...

A fish wholesaler in northern Michigan has been given a significant break after federal officials said they couldn't arrange his unusual jail sentence. John Cross III of Charlevoix will serve...

The Trump administration, anxious to be able to claim that it fulfilled its campaign pledge to end war in Afghanistan, pressed for a signed peace deal, leaving it to the...

Six people have now died from coronavirus in Washington state, health officials said Monday as local leaders said they would purchase a hotel to use as a hospital and provide...

Local and regional industries are gathering at the University of Nevada, Reno to discuss how to face growing challenges in cybersecurity. Security experts at UNR's second annual Cybersecurity Conference on...

The Recording Academy on Monday fired Deborah Dugan, its former president who called into question the integrity of the Grammy Awards nominations process. The academy said the decision was reached...

Medical marijuana sales in Missouri won't likely begin until the second half of 2020, but the state health department has already approved more than 35,000 patients who want to use...

Alaska Airlines confirmed Monday it will drop its sponsorship of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska's most famous sporting event. The Seattle-based airline, which got its start in Alaska...

An increase in testing for the coronavirus began shedding light Monday on how the illness has spread in the United States, including among nursing home residents in one Washington state...

IPhone owners could get $25 from Apple after the company agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle claims over intentionally slowing down older phones to preserve older batteries....

In northern Costa Rica, a Nicaraguan refugee forced by circumstances to give up his life as a student and graphic designer now spends his days caressing and talking to pigs...

A Georgia Senate committee wants more money for county health departments, state troopers and a runway extension in Macon. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Monday to pass out its...

UK investor Bill Browder has jumped aboard the anti-Bernie Sanders train, smearing the 2020 frontrunner as a Russian pawn for a 2012 vote on the Magnitsky Act, which he championed....

Journalists at a major daily newspaper in Idaho announced plans to unionize on Monday. All of the eligible newsroom employees at the Idaho Statesman in Boise signed onto the plan...

Two Chinese nationals were charged Monday with laundering over $100 million in cryptocurrency that had been stolen by North Korean hackers, U.S. prosecutors said. Tian Yinyin and Li Jiadong were...

Indiana hospitals are pushing back against a legislative proposal that could cut how much insurance companies pay for medical services performed at offices located away from a hospital's main campus....

The mayor of Ohio's capital city has returned $66,000 he received in solicited donations to pay for his annual “State of the City” speech following a newspaper's reporting on the...

Ohio's privatized job-creation office reports its new leader was paid $274,000 last year before benefits and bonuses, substantially less than his predecessor and also below five of the nonprofit's top...

Tennessee's much-debated school voucher program is facing a second legal challenge from opponents echoing previous concerns that the program illegally diverts public tax dollars to private schools. The American Civil...

Four of the Americans who were exposed to a new virus on a Japanese cruise ship have been released from quarantine in Omaha, but leaving is difficult for some because...