A $3.2 million study that was supposed to evaluate Baltimore's risk of storm flooding was suspended after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to secure federal funding. The agency's...
February 28, 2020
A black woman alleges in a lawsuit that Kansas City fired her for complaining about racial discrimination and “other unfair, unethical and illegal practices" at City Hall. The Kansas City...
February 28, 2020
German auto giant Volkswagen agreed Friday to pay 830 million euros ($912 million) in damages to hundreds of thousands of customers whose diesel cars were outfitted with software to manipulate...
February 28, 2020
Selling the natural gas generated at one of Lincoln's wastewater treatment plants will produce $2 million of new revenue for the city annually, the mayor said. The sales also will...
February 28, 2020
Stock markets are heading for their worst week since 2008, Europe's top auto show has been canceled and companies keep lowering their earnings estimates. Here's a look at the latest...
February 28, 2020
A trial has been delayed for a man accused of killing his wife in Iowa City. Johnson County court records say 67-year-old Roy Browning Jr. has pleaded not guilty to...
February 28, 2020
Home values can dip anywhere, even on Miami's exclusive islands. The average and median price per square foot for condos dropped on Brickell Key, Fisher Island, Grove Isle, Key Biscayne,...
February 28, 2020
South Florida's booming population is helping one real estate firm to buy, flip and sell residential communities for millions. In its latest sale, the real estate development and asset management...
February 28, 2020
An egg farm building went up in flames and thousands of chickens died outside a small town in northeast Nebraska, authorities said. No employees or firefighters were injured Thursday evening...
February 28, 2020
Three former Barclays bankers have been cleared of fraud over a 4 billion-pound ($5.2 billion) investment deal with Qatar at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008. The...
February 28, 2020
APPLIANCES Alex Squarize has been named divisional director for Liebherr USA. He was previously director of sales and marketing at Bosch Building Technologies. Squarize has a BSBA from Lander University...
February 28, 2020
Turkey is calling for NATO's protection after 33 of its soldiers were killed in an apparent Syrian airstrike in Idlib, allegedly while fighting in terrorist ranks. In the regional chaos...
February 28, 2020
Outspoken Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and two prominent opposition politicians were charged Friday with illegal assembly over a pro-democracy march last year as the territory's Beijing-backed government appeared to...
February 28, 2020
The Swiss government says it is banning all "public and private" events in the country as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus. The measure announced Friday comes into...
February 28, 2020
A West Virginia University program and the state Department of Education are working together to prepare teachers in computer science curriculum, the university said. Teachers also can receive an advanced...
February 28, 2020
A Kentucky technology engineering firm plans to add at least 83 jobs with a $5.3 million expansion of its headquarters. STEP CG's headquarters is in Covington and will move to...
February 28, 2020
Joe Nickowski has worked at General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant for 27 years and on Thursday both he and the car he built reached the end of the line. The...
February 28, 2020
The mid-engine Corvette C8 Stingray is a new performance paradigm. Everyone has their own aha! moment. For many of my media peers, it was the $59,995 starting price announced at...
February 28, 2020
Feeling blue may not be so bad after all. Especially as a car owner. It's no coincidence that Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn all use blue in their corporate logos. Ford...
February 28, 2020
In a test kitchen in a corner building in downtown Pasadena, Calif., Flippy the robot grabbed a fryer basket full of chicken fingers, plunged it into hot oil – its...
February 28, 2020
2020 Toyota Sienna SE Premium AWD: You won't but you should. Price: $47,434 as tested (Nightshade Edition gave us black wheels and stuff for $700, paint protection added $395, and...
February 28, 2020
Investors are worried. Some are clearly scared. A “sell stocks first, ask questions later” mindset roared back into the market last week, thanks to the growing concerns over the coronavirus...
February 28, 2020
Japan's schools prepared to close for almost a month and entertainers, topped by K-pop superstars BTS, canceled events as a virus epidemic extended its spread through Asia into Europe and...
February 28, 2020
Asian stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading virus fears, deepening an global rout after Wall Street endured its biggest one-day drop in nine years. Tokyo's benchmark plummeted by an...
February 28, 2020
Maine's schools and summer camps will have better access to epinephrine devices due to a new law in the state, supporters of the change said. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed...
February 28, 2020
A $265 million verdict here against two global agribusiness giants last weekend has now created another legal headache for the companies, building a “road map” to victory for dozens of...
February 28, 2020
On Aug. 16, the second day of the school year, students in the Burrton district felt the shake of a 4.2 magnitude earthquake. They knew exactly what to do: hide...
February 28, 2020
Lawrence police are planning a spring launch of a special victims unit to investigate sex crimes — a change that comes after the department was drawn into controversy in the...
February 28, 2020
Fourteen hundred miles away from her sick dad, Aliza Katz can barely eat. Her mind's not fully on her work. She doesn't sleep because of how worried she is over...
February 28, 2020
Northern Light Mercy Hospital has sold its historic State Street property as it prepares to consolidate operations at its new Fore River campus. Private housing developers purchased the State Street...
February 28, 2020
Major changes to the way people vote have election advocates on edge as Californians cast ballots in a high-profile primary that was moved up from June so the country's most...
February 28, 2020
Fear of the spreading coronavirus has led to a global run on sales of face masks despite medical experts' advice that most people who aren't sick don't need to wear...
February 28, 2020
The stock market's current slide hit a big milestone Thursday after indexes got pounded for a sixth straight day. The S&P 500 has dropped more than 10% from its record...
February 28, 2020
Alaska state officials reacted with alarm this week after a second large U.S. bank said it would not support future oil and gas projects in the Arctic. The state's energy...
February 28, 2020
Two members of a Southern California-based ministry that allegedly forced homeless people and drug addicts to panhandle, stole their welfare benefits and held them against their will pleaded guilty Thursday...
February 28, 2020
A long-awaited federal report due Friday is expected to address the feasibility of removing four hydroelectric dams on a major Pacific Northwest river in a last-ditch effort to save more...
February 28, 2020
A Japanese vice minister for justice is heading to Lebanon for talks on the case of former Nissan Motor Co. executive Carlos Ghosn, who fled for his home country late...
February 28, 2020
The preservation and protection of Native American cultural sites would be a priority of U.S. land managers under one of the options up for consideration as they work to amend...
February 28, 2020
This week's editorial of the Guardian on recent violence in Delhi claims that “Modi stoked this fire.” Western media's biases against democratically elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now a...
February 28, 2020
It's often been said that when Latin America catches cold, Miami gets the flu. This time, the reverse could be true. In recent days, Brazil reported its first case of...
