Politics

A memoir by Woody Allen, rumored for years and once thought unpublishable in the #MeToo era, is coming out next month. Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group,...

The Latest on the new coronavirus outbreak (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Democratic and Republican aides in the U.S. say negotiations on a bipartisan, emergency $7 billion to $8 billion...

Nevada's largest utility has filed a request for more than $30 million in rate reductions for ratepayers beginning in October. Under the request filed with the state Public Utilities Commission,...

A bipartisan coalition of Wisconsin legislators sent a letter Monday to President Trump pressing him to direct a lucrative U.S. Navy frigate construction contract to a Marinette shipyard. Fincantieri Marinette...

A state judge has vacated an arbitrator's ruling that a New Jersey school district cannot fire a tenured middle school teacher accused of using a racial slur in class, and...

The Kansas Legislature is considering a proposal that would require utilities to undergo a rigorous permitting process before they install transmission lines in urban areas, including allowing communities to comment...

The crisis in Venezuela and drug trafficking topped the agenda at President Donald Trump's meeting Monday at the White House with Colombia President Iván Duque. Venezuela once was among Latin...

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams called for caution but “not panic” over the spread of the new coronavirus during a stop Monday in Connecticut, where state officials urged the federal...

More than 40 Vermont communities will be considering on Tuesday's Town Meeting Day whether to join a communications district intended to bring broadband internet services to remote parts of the...

Democrat Whitney Williams and Republican Rep. Greg Gianforte have selected their running mates, solidifying the field of announced gubernatorial candidates in the June 2 primary. Williams announced Culbertson farmer Buzz...

A judge has declined to order election officials in a Georgia county to use hand-marked paper ballots after election integrity activists raised concerns that the state's new voting machines violate...

Guyana voted for a new government on Monday in a bruising fight for control of a tiny South American country whose oil revenues in the next decade could make it...

With a European Championship being staged across the continent in three months, UEFA is trying to dampen any panic about the impact of the fast-spreading virus even as uncertainty persists....

Twitter shares rose Monday following reports an activist investor took a stake in the social media service and plans to push for changes. Elliott Management Corp. has taken a $1...

Another Mississippi inmate has died in a state prison system that remains under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. Patricia A. Wilhite, 68, died Monday at Baptist Medical Center in...

The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Rhode Island has fallen 3 cents in the past week, AAA Northeast said Monday. Self-serve, regular is down to an average...

Amtrak named a former air cargo executive as its new president and chief operating officer Monday. William Flynn will take over in mid-April. He will replace Richard Anderson, who has...

Utah's first medical marijuana dispensary is set to open Monday as the state begins a slow rollout of a program that will allow residents with certain health conditions to use...

A hospital system employee who recently traveled to Italy is the first person in New Hampshire to test positive for the new coronavirus, state officials said Monday. Dr. Benjamin Chan,...

Although businesses are increasingly at risk for cyberattacks on their mobile devices, many aren't taking steps to protect smartphones and tablets. That's one of the conclusions of a report on...

Is it possible to err so much on the side of caution that people begin to look overly paranoid, even slightly ridiculous? It seems the hysteria over coronavirus may be...

The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, seeking relief from debt brought by construction efforts. Phil Darivoff, chair of the museum's board, told...

Some Michigan homeowners struggling with property taxes can sign up for affordable payment plans to help them stay in their houses under new legislation. The “Pay as You Stay” bill...

The Trump administration has released virtually all the remaining heating assistance funds for this winter — except for the $37 million it intends to divert to fight the coronavirus, officials...

State officials have abruptly ended their contract with a company providing medical care to Delaware prison inmates and chosen a new provider. Department of Correction Commissioner Claire DeMatteis said Monday...

Keiko Kobayashi brought her 7-year-old son to her Tokyo office on Monday after his school, like most others in Japan, suddenly closed for four weeks in a government effort to...

A Tennessee sheriff's office has lost thousands of videos from dashboard cameras due to a technical malfunction. A letter delivered to the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office last week said...

The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology...

A Mississippi electric utility cooperative is considering whether to provide its customers with broadband internet more than a year after a state law allowed co-ops to offer the services. Leaders...

Fruit and vegetable distributor Caito Foods is cutting more than 300 jobs at its Indianapolis operation following the loss of a significant contract. Caito Foods said in a federal WARN...

Grain futures were mostly higher Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery was up 1.60 cents at $5.2420 a bushel; Mar. corn was...

A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a cover-up in its investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against superstar...

Earlier this year, a judge denounced the myth that student loans can't be erased in bankruptcy court as she excused a Navy veteran from having to pay $221,000 in education...

American factores expanded in February for the second straight month, despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that...

Pickens County Medical Center, located in rural west Alabama near the Mississippi line, will become the latest state hospital to shut down when it closes for good on Friday, news...

San Antonio Express-News. March 1, 2020 Alternative is fine, but giving to panhandlers is a personal choice. What moves one person to give, or not give, to another person is...

A bill that would require publicly traded corporations based in Hawaii to include women on their boards of directors has advanced in the state Senate, but it is facing resistance...

Hawaii County's mayor has made public a $625.9 million budget proposal for the next fiscal year that includes a $7.8 million increase in retirement benefits for county employees. Mayor Harry...

Spending on U.S. construction projects rose to an all-time high in January, helped by strong gains for home construction and government building projects. The Commerce Department said Monday that construction...

Joe Biden's South Carolina win changed the Democratic primaries, which were threatening to become a Bernie Sanders show. But Pete Buttigieg's sudden withdrawal invokes memories of 2016, when the DNC...