Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that new measures like companies letting their employees work from home and hospitals expanding their capacity to treat many patients will determine if...
February 25, 2020
In Belgium, a country where beer is the culinary king, its brewing also creates magic for mushrooms. In the cellars of the famed Abattoir meat market in Brussels' Anderlecht neighborhood,...
February 25, 2020
Clashes broke out overnight on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios, where residents tried to prevent the arrival of riot police and excavating machines to be used to build...
February 25, 2020
A Japanese man who received his certificate as the world's oldest man with a raised fist and big smiles earlier this month has died at 112. Guinness World Records had...
February 25, 2020
An investigation into legendary singer Placido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior...
February 25, 2020
Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street suffered its worst session in two years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumping more than 1,000 points on fears...
February 25, 2020
For years, the hospital in this small, south Georgia city was in grave financial trouble. Like other rural American hospitals, Cook Medical Center was saddled with an outdated building, trouble...
February 25, 2020
New York prosecutorsare hailing Harvey Weinstein's conviction as a pivotal moment that could change the way the legal system views a type of sexual assault case historically considered difficult to...
February 25, 2020
Mike Bloomberg's long history of philanthropic and political spending has given him a sprawling network of supporters that is paying off as he runs for president. An Associated Press review...
February 25, 2020
When Mike Bloomberg held a rally this month at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the signs of his wealth and influence were everywhere. Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, long...
February 25, 2020
President Donald Trump's two-day visit to India delved into substance Tuesday after opening with a heavy dose of pomp and pageantry, even as few concrete accomplishments were expected from the...
February 25, 2020
East Timor's prime minister offered his resignation Tuesday after the budget failed to pass in Parliament. Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak said he would continue to carry out his duties...
February 25, 2020
Steve Ross, a Holocaust survivor who founded the New England Holocaust Memorial and spent decades searching for a soldier who helped him at a concentration camp in 1945, died Monday,...
February 25, 2020
A court in eastern China announced Tuesday that it has sentenced Gui Minhai, a naturalized Swedish citizen, to 10 years in prison. The Ningbo Intermediate People's Court convicted Gui of...
February 25, 2020
Border trade leaders are expressing optimism for the 2020 trade forecast with Mexico — especially at the busy Santa Teresa Port of Entry in New Mexico — following the new...
February 25, 2020
The tiny island nation of Bahrain suspended flights to the world's busiest airport for international travel in Dubai on Tuesday over fears about the spread of a new virus. The...
February 25, 2020
Australia faces an unprecedented threat from espionage and foreign interference but bans on such covert meddling are paying dividends, an Australian spymaster said. Security Intelligence Organization Director-General Mike Burgess did...
February 25, 2020
US President Donald Trump had plenty of reasons to feel smug after the first day of his two-day visit to India. Despite some simmering disputes between Washington and New Delhi,...
February 25, 2020
Eight accused Vagos biker gang members were acquitted Monday of all charges alleging they were part of a broad criminal racketeering enterprise that committed violent crimes for more than a...
February 25, 2020
Pacific Gas & Electric has fired a contractor hired to haul debris from the site of a deadly 2018 Northern California wildfire, saying the company was over-billing the utility and...
February 25, 2020
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, Feb. 21 Gov. Noem's crackdown on 'riot boosters' comes at a cost When the South Dakota Legislature pushed through “riot boosting” measures spearheaded by Gov. Kristi...
February 25, 2020
The Capital Times, Madison, Feb. 19 Evers has a plan that serves schools and taxpayers Thomas Paine offered the measure of just governance almost 230 years ago, when he wrote,...
February 25, 2020
A judge has rejected a challenge by state environmental officials to rules issued by Delaware utility regulators regarding renewable energy requirements. The judge on Monday ruled that the Department of...
February 25, 2020
Weekly benefits under Washington state's new paid family leave law are now taking up to 10 weeks to process because of the high number of people applying for the program....
February 25, 2020
The United States and South Korea are considering curtailing joint military exercises due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus, officials said Monday. After a meeting at the Pentagon to...
February 25, 2020
A civil rights lawsuit filed by a federal agency accuses the owners of a Medford restaurant of subjecting employees to sexual abuse and harassment, even after a manager was convicted...
February 24, 2020
Legislation to create transparency in medical bills sent to patients and to rein in predatory medical debt collectors headed to the Idaho Senate Monday after an extraordinary debate in the...
February 24, 2020
The sale of recreational marijuana in Illinois generated $7.3 million in cannabis tax revenue last month, the Illinois Department of Revenue announced Monday. The Revenue Department also reported that an...
February 24, 2020
Some Florida law enforcement officers have been told they aren't allowed to park their marked cars at home, but that's about to change. One of the first bills in the...
February 24, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Kent State must keep Fonda as May 4 speaker Akron Beacon Journal Feb. 22 Nearly 47 years after the last...
February 24, 2020
Chris Matthews' comparison of Bernie Sanders' victory in Nevada to the Nazi takeover of France has deepened discontent that the Democrat and his supporters feel toward MSNBC, the network that's...
February 24, 2020
A bill to allow Washington tribal casinos to offer betting on sports events is moving forward in the Legislature. The Senate Labor and Commerce Committee on Monday approved House Bill...
February 24, 2020
Harvey Weinstein has ruled Hollywood for the last three decades, harassing colleagues not only over sex, but also art; assaulting not only women, but also movies. His long and thuggish...
February 24, 2020
___ Dow drops more than 1,000 as outbreak threatens the economy NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped more than 1,000 points Monday in the worst day...
February 24, 2020
As journalism feels the pressure from the political and business worlds, civic leaders Ron and Charlene Esserman and their family are making a countermove. “We want to galvanize people to...
February 24, 2020
A 19-year-old German girl has joined the right-wing Heartland Institute to counter “climate alarmism” with “climate realism,” leading MSM to dub her “anti-Greta” (Thunberg). But unlike Thunberg, she's open about...
February 24, 2020
West Virginia Republicans moved forward Monday on a sweeping tax overhaul that could slash county government budgets, though it appears likely Democrats may derail the plan. Senators voted 17-16 to...
February 24, 2020
Paramount Pictures on Monday halted production on the seventh “Mission: Impossible” film due to the new virus, as Hollywood began to more drastically adapt to the growing global outbreak. “Mission:...
February 24, 2020
Kobe Bryant's widow sued the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month as...
February 24, 2020
Loretta Lynch, the former attorney general under President Barack Obama, has been hired by Syracuse University to investigate the campus security police, Syracuse Chancellor Kent Syverud announced Monday. The investigation...
