A Federal Reserve official said Monday that she does not see a need to cut interest rates yet, even as worries about the viral outbreak that began in China caused...
February 24, 2020
Election integrity activists are raising concerns about Georgia's new voting machines, saying the large, bright, vertical touchscreens allow other people in the room to see a voter's selections in violation...
February 24, 2020
Cuba's annual cigar trade fair started Monday, bringing thousands of buyers and aficionados of the island's iconic stogies to sample the latest wares and place orders for sale oversees. According...
February 24, 2020
A bill that would cut five mandatory standardized tests for Georgia public school students is moving ahead, although some longtime education leaders say Georgia is giving up other goals in...
February 24, 2020
Stay indoors and stay clean. That's what Wall Street is betting people around the world will do given all the fears about a rapidly spreading virus. As stock markets tumble...
February 24, 2020
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,000 points Monday as the spread of the new coronavirus threatened wider damage to the global economy. The drop was the worst...
February 24, 2020
Violent crime has been rising in Brazil's northeastern state of Ceara amid a police strike in its seventh day, federal Justice Minister Sergio Moro said Monday. Security officials said the...
February 24, 2020
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Major League Baseball officials agreed to work to keep Binghamton's Double-A baseball team, which is among the 42 minor league franchises targeted to...
February 24, 2020
A longtime northeastern North Dakota weekly newspaper that began publishing in 1896 is going out of business. Walhalla Mountaineer editor and publisher Rodney Huffman, who has been with the paper...
February 24, 2020
Hundreds of parents and children filled the Connecticut Capitol complex on Monday, hoping to persuade a key legislative committee to retain the religious exemption for certain childhood vaccines. Loud chants...
February 24, 2020
Consumers Energy said Monday it plans to reduce carbon emissions to net zero over the next two decades by eliminating coal from its fuel mix and boosting use of renewable...
February 24, 2020
Intuit announced Monday that it is buying consumer finance company Credit Karma in a $7.1 billion cash and stock deal. The agreement would bring together the maker of well-known personal...
February 24, 2020
At the start of the 60-day legislative session last month, lawmakers in both parties said homelessness needed to be a focus in the supplemental budget. On Monday, House and Senate...
February 24, 2020
A bill allowing sports gambling in Washington's tribal casinos was approved by the state House. The 83-14 Thursday night vote on House Bill 2638 came just two days after a...
February 24, 2020
The stocks of American Airlines and several cruise lines were among the worst performers in the Standard & Poor's 500 index Monday, as investors fret that the new coronavirus could...
February 24, 2020
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Monday: NGM Biopharmaceuticals Inc., up $2.68 to $18.87. The biotechnology company reported good results from a study of a potential liver disease...
February 24, 2020
Social media posts claiming to be from an 11-year-old Kansas boy who vanished in 1999 are a hoax perpetrated by an ex-employee of the Butler County Sheriff's office, the sheriff...
February 24, 2020
Onlyhalf of the entities receiving state economic development loans substantially complied with the terms of the loan, according to a review by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost of awards that...
February 24, 2020
Wholesale cash prices Monday Mon Fri. F Broilers national comp wtd av 0.7839 0.8162 Eggs large white NY Doz. 0.99 0.99 Flour hard winter KC cwt 14.60 14.70 Cheddar Cheese Chi. 40 block...
February 24, 2020
Many Minnesota school districts face budget deficits despite the biggest single spending increase in last year's bipartisan two-year $540 million budget deal in education funding. At least 28 school districts...
February 24, 2020
Wheat for Mar. lost 14.75 cents at 5.3625 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 4.75 cents at 3.7225 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 10 cents at $2.86 a bushel; while...
February 24, 2020
Wheat for Mar. lost 14.75 cents at 5.3625 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 4.75 cents at 3.7225 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 10 cents at $2.86 a bushel; while...
February 24, 2020
A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld Trump administration rules that bar health care providers in the federal family planning program for low-income women from referring patients for abortions. The...
February 24, 2020
It was the 1970s when New Mexico last increased the amount of bond money that oil and gas companies are required to put up before drilling. As development continues at...
February 24, 2020
The nearly $1 billion Constitution Pipeline project, which had been designed to take natural gas from Pennsylvania's shale gas fields to metropolitan New York and New England, has been abandoned...
February 24, 2020
The price of gasoline in Massachusetts remains unchanged, but some price fluctuation could be on the horizon, AAA Northeast said Monday. Self-serve, regular is selling for an average of $2.44...
February 24, 2020
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber announced during his annual State of the City speech on Feb. 24, 2020 that the city's convention center hotel will be managed by Grand Hyatt....
February 24, 2020
As nations around the globe struggle to contain the coronavirus epidemic, Russia's efforts are being undermined by the sensationalist MSM via poor online ‘journalism', while stricter quarantine laws in Italy...
February 24, 2020
A U.S.-based chemical company is fighting to obtain a visa for a Ukrainian software developer who has spent years working on a complex computer system that the company considers crucial...
February 24, 2020
The latest on the NHL trade deadline (all times Eastern): 2:15 p.m. The New York Islanders didn't give up as many as three draft picks just to rent Jean-Gabriel Pageau...
February 24, 2020
Republican lawmakers on Monday threatened to walk out of the Oregon Legislature, as they did twice last year, in an effort to deny Democrats a quorum and doom a contentious...
February 24, 2020
New Mexico's fledgling State Ethics Commission said Monday it has received its first complaint without disclosing its contents or who it involves. The commission in January started to field complaints...
February 24, 2020
The Pentagon is adopting new ethical principles as it prepares to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence technology on the battlefield. The new principles call for people to "exercise appropriate...
February 24, 2020
Derek Jeter wishes baseball could change the subject. The Miami Marlins CEO, who masterfully steered clear of controversy throughout his Hall of Fame playing career, has watched with dismay each...
February 24, 2020
Potato farmers in a Washington county suffered big losses after they were unable to harvest some of their crops due to early and heavy rainfall. Skagit County farmers were unable...
February 24, 2020
Attempts at cheating are a part of sports, Major League Baseball said in urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by fantasy contestants. Five men sued MLB, MLB Advanced...
February 24, 2020
The Latest on the public memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in downtown Los Angeles (all times local): 10 a.m. Los Angeles Lakers fans are pulling on commemorative...
February 24, 2020
The widening coronavirus outbreak threatens to seriously disrupt the global economy just as it was steadying itself against headwinds from the U.S.-China trade dispute. Stocks fell sharply on Monday around...
February 24, 2020
Democratic Rep. Melissa Wintrow announced Monday that she will run for an open Idaho state Senate seat. Wintrow said she'll seek the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb....
February 24, 2020
Gasoline prices in Rhode Island are holding steady, but may not for much longer, AAA Northeast said Monday. The price of a gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded is averaging $2.46,...
