CBS News faced an ill-timed blow to its reputation on Wednesday following a bruising Democratic presidential debate that its moderators struggled to keep from spiraling out of control. Gayle King...
February 26, 2020
The Illinois House approved a ban Wednesday on some Chicago suburbs' red-light enforcement cameras, an unpopular program with motorists and now part of a federal bribery investigation. Rep. David McSweeney's...
February 26, 2020
Wholesale cash prices Wednesday Wed Tue. F Broilers national comp wtd av 0.7839 0.7839 Eggs large white NY Doz. 0.99 0.99 Flour hard winter KC cwt 14.40 14.40 Cheddar Cheese Chi. 40 block...
February 26, 2020
The Army has destroyed about half of the 2,600 tons (about 2,360 metric tons) of mustard agent contained in decades-old shells stored at a southern Colorado chemical depot. Walton Levi,...
February 26, 2020
Maine plans to create a new division of the state Drug Enforcement Agency tasked with regulatory compliance as well as monitoring illegal activity that competes with state-licensed growers, processors and...
February 26, 2020
The Trump administration on Wednesday added the head of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia responsible for attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq to its terrorism blacklist. The State and Treasury departments...
February 26, 2020
American Indian tribes in North Dakota have formed a coalition aimed at addressing the meteoric rise of electronic pull tabs in the state that are competing for wagers at their...
February 26, 2020
Wheat for Mar. was up 1.25 cents at 5.4025 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 2 cents at 3.7050 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 6.251 cent at $2.7875 a bushel;...
February 26, 2020
Wheat for Mar. was up 1.25 cents at 5.4025 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 2 cents at 3.7050 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 6.251 cent at $2.7875 a bushel;...
February 26, 2020
Lawmakers from both parties told Pentagon leaders on Wednesday that the Defense Department is undermining its own efforts to get military money by diverting billions of dollars for the construction...
February 26, 2020
Nashville is already known as Music City, but a new wave of music being recorded there for video games, TV shows and movies could earn it a new title as...
February 26, 2020
Virginia lawmakers gave final passage Wednesday to a comprehensive anti-discrimination bill that advocates said will make the state the first in the South to enact such protections for LGBTQ people....
February 26, 2020
Federal regulators said Wednesday they are contesting two coal companies' proposed Wyoming operations merger, saying the proposal would stifle competition that has helped keep down prices. The Federal Trade Commission...
February 26, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to consolidate the state's confusing array of child care programs that are run by multiple state agencies to make getting the services easier for for low-income...
February 26, 2020
Venezuelan prosecutors are investigating the death of an oil tanker captain killed after a group of masked assailants boarded the ship, officials said Wednesday. Capt. Jaime Herrera died on Feb....
February 26, 2020
North Carolina's Democratic governor will have to defend his seat against the highest ranking Republican official elected statewide in this fall's general election if each wins his respective party primary...
February 26, 2020
The state needs to do more to help people who can't pay for lawyers, and to aid the mental health of lawyers and judges, the chief justice of Georgia's Supreme...
February 26, 2020
The “last call” for alcohol in South Beach will come earlier than usual this spring break. But at what hour and for how long remains to be decided. With a...
February 26, 2020
A Subaru plant in northwest Indiana is set for a $158 million expansion that will create 350 new jobs by adding a new service parts facility and a transmission assembly...
February 26, 2020
A Chinese ambassador on Wednesday ripped into the U.S. for an “attack” on China's candidate to head a United Nations agency that monitors and tracks intellectual property like patents, trademarks...
February 26, 2020
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Feb. 23 The Advocate on revitalizing small towns in the state: If you're from Bogalusa, and of a certain age, you probably did not...
February 26, 2020
A Texas teacher who alleged she was discriminated against because of her sexual orientation has reached a settlement with the school district. Stacy Bailey, who is an art teacher at...
February 26, 2020
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ Feb. 25 The Johnson City Press on workforce reentry programs for former prisoners: Far too many formerly incarcerated offenders and former addicts are forced...
February 26, 2020
Clive Cussler, the million-selling adventure writer and real-life thrill-seeker who wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt, has died, his publisher said...
February 26, 2020
Syrian government forces bombed civilian targets in the northwestern Idlib province Wednesday, pushing ahead with a fierce military campaign that has sent nearly a million people fleeing from their homes...
February 26, 2020
Deere & Co. has formally denied allegations from Kingsbury County farmers that a design defect led to fires in one of its tractor models. Deere responded earlier this month to...
February 26, 2020
The city of Pendleton will get a $1.8 million through an emergency loan for repairs to a critical levee damaged by massive flooding in northeast Oregon earlier this month in...
February 26, 2020
A split Michigan Senate on Wednesday approved changes so hospitals could do multimillion-dollar construction or renovation projects without needing regulatory approval and also voted to exempt them from needing the...
February 26, 2020
Republican legislators and their fundraising committees finished 2019 with four times as much money in their campaign accounts as their Democratic rivals, according to a review government watchdog group Wisconsin...
February 26, 2020
House and Senate leaders have unveiled plans to fill a $450 million hole in the state's transportation budget created by the passage of an initiative that slashes vehicle registration fees....
February 26, 2020
The U.S. government's highway safety agency has ordered an autonomous shuttle company to stop carrying passengers in 16 U.S. cities after a mysterious braking problem occurred in Columbus, Ohio. The...
February 26, 2020
Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore would have to tether their beach umbrellas to the sand to prevent them from flying off and injuring people under a recently introduced bill. Assemblyman...
February 26, 2020
Indiana lawmakers are poised to double the fines stores could face for selling smoking or vaping products to anyone younger than 21 years old. Legislators advanced an agreement Wednesday reached...
February 26, 2020
Two current executives of South Carolina's state owned utility who remain part of a criminal investigation into the failure to finish two nuclear plants in the state showed up for...
February 26, 2020
A measure to require warning labels on some pornography in Utah is a step closer to becoming law after another panel of lawmakers approved it this week. Republican state Rep....
February 26, 2020
Georgia's governor and agriculture commissioner on Wednesday announced that $347 million in federal disaster relief funding would soon be available to farmers, nearly a year and a half after Hurricane...
February 26, 2020
The Wisconsin Department of Justice must expunge arrest records of people who aren't charged from its criminal database, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision centers around Demonta Antonio...
February 26, 2020
Delta Air Lines said Wednesday it will reduce flights to South Korea as concern rises about the spread of the new virus beyond China. Delta said it will suspend flights...
February 26, 2020
A Lincoln health care company has been targeted by cybercriminals, but company officials said there's no evidence of any patient data being compromised. NRC Health said it immediately shut down...
February 26, 2020
Assange extradition hearing should be the top story for the British media as it's a dagger at their throat, but the majority of mainstream press either don't care, or are...
