Politics

There was a time, decades ago, when Peter Schertz and his wife offered health insurance to employees at their small bookstore on Main Street in Durango. But that was before...

When it comes to Utah's stunning landscapes and exploding economy, these two driving components that help shape the state's quality of life are like boxers — at odds with one...

The six-week Medicare fraud trial involving a south Mississippi businessman, his wife and two business associates has been delayed. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate adjourned court Thursday after he...

There will likely be key votes this week on whether South Carolina should sell its state-owned utility. A special House committee deciding Santee Cooper's future plans to vote Tuesday with...

The fundraising arm of Louisiana State University hired as its new leader the man who has been serving in the interim role heading the organization. The LSU Foundation Board of...

The Vermont Department of Taxes has created a tool for people to estimate their education property taxes for the 2020-2021 tax year. The tool, which is based on a taxpayer's...

The state of Maine is replacing eight highway bridges and rehabilitating a ninth on a stretch of Interstate 95 near Bangor. The project is expected to take until the end...

The spreading coronavirus epidemic shut down France's Louvre Museum on Sunday, with workers who guard its trove of art works fearful of being contaminated by the museum's flow of visitors...

The Supreme Court is about to tell President Donald Trump whether he has more power to use a favorite phrase: “You're fired.” A case being argued at the high court...

South Africa is set to evacuate 151 citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan as a new virus continues to spread across the globe, authorities said Sunday. The South Africans...

Russia's Foreign Ministry is protesting attacks on three journalists of the country's Sputnik news agency in Turkey and their subsequent detention. Government-owned Sputnik, which operates news websites in about 30...

Voters in Tajikistan are casting ballots for the lower house of parliament in an election expected to be overwhelmingly dominated by loyalists of the strongman president. Although there was little...

When French President Emmanuel Macron leaned in to give Premier Giuseppe Conte the Italian double-cheek kiss not once, but on two separate occasions, during a Franco-Italian summit in Naples this...

Salesmen whistle at potential buyers of scores of vehicles shining in the afternoon sun. One truck might bring over $20,000 but it's far from the “brand new” ride the salesman...

The “Russian collusion” trope didn't just spring to life with US President Donald Trump in 2016 – accusations of taking help from the evil Russkies have dogged candidates who buck...

A decade ago, if a Floridian wanted extra cash to replace a roof, install solar panels or a brand new air conditioner, the most common choice was a bank loan....

The center-right populist opposition claimed victory in the parliamentary election in Slovakia, ending the reign of the country's long dominant but scandal-tainted leftist party that governed on an anti-immigration platform....

Orin Rockhold of Milan was leafing through his Feb. 7 New York Times when he turned to a full-page obituary for internationally acclaimed American artist Beverly Pepper. Rockhold knew that...

Sight is a gift Brennan Draves has forever been denied. Blind since birth, he has lived his 14 years in darkness, unable to see the electronics he plays with, the...

Board-certified prosthetist Rakesh Srivastava knows how it feels to be given a new lease on life. And it was his experience of losing his left leg above the knee in...

Marie Larsen of Plainfield reads a lot of romance books. They've ranged from “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers to “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James, along with historical, modern,...

Amid fears about where the next outbreak of a fast-spreading new virus would appear, infections and deaths continued to rise across the globe Sunday, emptying streets of tourists and workers,...

Every year, scores of children put blood, sweat and tears into making it in the entertainment industry. Some are never given the chance, but one local teen is making the...

Ash Wednesday is always a crazy day for boiled seafood markets in New Orleans. Any Friday during Lent will be crazy too, as another Louisiana crawfish season builds toward its...

Authorities on Saturday released the identity of one of two inmates who died earlier in the week at a Mississippi penitentiary that is under U.S. Justice Department investigation. The Mississippi...

It's a tedious time to read Indian or Western mainstream media as it unleashes venom against PM Narendra Modi and pours scorn on ordinary people, to be gobbled up by...

A public vigil will be held to remember the victims of the mass shooting a Milwaukee brewery. The vigil is scheduled to begin 6 p.m. Sunday at Milwaukee City Hall....

A spike in influenza and other respiratory illnesses in eastern Iowa have led hospitals in Dubuque and Dyersville to limit patient visitation. Children under 14 — including siblings of babies...

Voters in Saturday's Democratic presidential primary election in South Carolina called health care the top issue facing the country today, clearly naming it as more important than the economy, climate...

"Flash-bang" grenades often used by law enforcement officials are weapons of “mass death and destruction," North Carolina's Supreme Court has declared. Friday's decision reverses an appeals court finding that flash...

Connecticut's Department of Transportation announced Saturday it has received a $17.4 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to build a new Hartford Line railroad station in Windsor Locks. The...

Operators of a British cruise ship that was turned away from its destination due to fears of the new coronavirus said Saturday they have chartered planes to ferry passengers home...

License requirements and fees to hunt feral pigs in Guam are expected to be removed under a bill that would reclassify the animals as an unprotected species. The bill was...

County officials in Maui are considering a ban on all short-term vacation rentals to combat illegal rental operations on the island. The Maui County Planning Department has scheduled a public...

A federal agency has awarded more than $1.3 million to boost Indiana's efforts to expand access to care, treatment and medication for people infected with HIV and to fund prevention...

France's government invoked a sparingly used special power Saturday to push contested pension reforms though parliament without a vote by furious opposition lawmakers. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's surprise announcement that...

For the second sail in a month, a Caribbean Princess cruise has had to cut a trip short because hundreds of passengers and crew got sick with norovirus, a contagious...

Five passengers were hospitalized after a charter bus hit a highway barrier in Houston on Saturday morning and then got stuck on top of it, authorities said. Houston fire officials...

A 19th-century New Hampshire farm will be conserved forever by the Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust. The trust has closed on the conservation easement of 30 acres donated by Dori Hamilton, the...

When Republican Kevin Stitt was elected Oklahoma governor in 2018, many Cherokee Nation members felt proud that one of their own had accomplished such a feat, even if their politics...