Americans' consumption of seafood has risen to its highest point in more than a decade. People in the U.S. averaged 16.1 pounds of seafood in 2018, an increase of a...
February 21, 2020
Mike Bloomberg said Friday he'd free three women from confidentiality agreements that bar them from speaking publicly about sexual harassment or discrimination suits filed against him over the last three...
February 21, 2020
The head of Arkansas' lottery on Friday said he opposes a measure a group is trying to get on the ballot that would allow thousands of coin-operated “amusement machines” around...
February 21, 2020
New Jersey would set aside $500 million a year for New Jersey Transit's operating budget under a plan a top lawmaker unveiled Friday. Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney said he...
February 21, 2020
Bottle water companies may soon have to ensure their products meet the same standards as public drinking water in New Hampshire for a range of compounds. The move follows a...
February 21, 2020
It was once the center of African-American society in New Jersey, an institution that became home to an emerging middle class enjoying the amenities of country club life in Scotch...
February 21, 2020
Greyhound, the nation's largest bus company, says it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks. The company announced the...
February 21, 2020
Stocks fell and bond prices rose sharply on Wall Street Friday amid fresh signs that the viral outbreak that originated in China is weighing on U.S. companies. The yield on...
February 21, 2020
When Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, should that influence the Fed's decisions? Two Fed officials diverged on that issue in remarks Friday at a monetary...
February 21, 2020
A former engineering firm executive who believes the U.S. should build a base on the moon to assist with an eventual mission to Mars is running for the Kansas congressional...
February 21, 2020
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said Friday he plans to dismiss the state's lawsuit against three opioid distributors that has been moved to federal court and refile new lawsuits in...
February 21, 2020
Christoff Lindsey is "authentically Camden," describing himself as "Camden born, raised, scarred, influenced." So it might seem surprising that the Bergen Square resident ("We called it Crosstown when I was...
February 21, 2020
Dave Campo has been catching sharks since he was 12 years old. He spends his nights bobbing on the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean, waiting patiently in the...
February 21, 2020
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday: Deere & Co., up $11.60 to $177.43. The farming machinery maker handily beat Wall Street's fourth-quarter profit and sales forecasts. First...
February 21, 2020
Maine's largest utility has brought back a CEO from the 1990s to "restore public trust." Central Maine Power said that David Flanagan will serve as executive chairman of the board...
February 21, 2020
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed one regent on Friday to the governing boards of each of the state's top two public universities. Stitt named Anita Holloway of accounting firm Ernst...
February 21, 2020
Beyond the presidential candidates themselves, the Nevada caucuses Saturday will test Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez as he tries to keep an already messy primary season from devolving into...
February 21, 2020
Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accounts in order to...
February 21, 2020
U.S. Interior Department officials are seeking to bolster their case for easing restrictions on energy development, mining and grazing in Western states inhabited by a declining bird species. A federal...
February 21, 2020
Wheat for Mar. lost 9 cents at 5.51 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 1.50 cents at 3.77 a bushel, Mar. oats was down 2.50 cents at $2.96 a bushel;...
February 21, 2020
Wholesale cash prices Friday Fri Thu. F Broilers national comp wtd av 0.8162 0.8162 Eggs large white NY Doz. 0.99 0.99 Flour hard winter KC cwt 14.70 15.15 Cheddar Cheese Chi. 40 block...
February 21, 2020
A footwear maker's cost to resolve a lawsuit over contaminated drinking water in western Michigan is $113 million, but it will be less due to a $55 million payment from...
February 21, 2020
Recent cinema history shows that movies are a bellwether of public sentiment, and last year's crop of class-conscious Oscar nominees, like Best Picture winner Parasite, spells doom for Trump's re-election....
February 21, 2020
U.S. regulatorson Friday approveda new type of cholesterol-lowering drug aimed at millions of people who can't tolerate — or don't get enough help from — widely used statin pills like...
February 21, 2020
Louisiana lawmakers are growing frustrated with an ongoing dispute over $21 billion in state Medicaid contracts, with a crucial decision on the deals expected next month but unlikely to settle...
February 21, 2020
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Friday he is considering placing a 30-day hold on a metal recycling company's permit after a fire that burned for days and sent up plumes...
February 21, 2020
A woman who was overcome by fumes while cleaning out a tanker at an Ohio trucking company and a man who came to her rescue both died after being taken...
February 21, 2020
Changes announced in corporate dividends Feb. 17-Feb. 21. INCREASED DIVIDENDS Advance Auto Parts .25 from .06 Allstate Corp .54 from .50 Amerisafe Inc .27 from .25 Armada Hoffler Prop .22...
February 21, 2020
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday the barricades blocking rail service in Canada have to come down now and court injunctions must be obeyed. Demonstrators have set up blockades...
February 21, 2020
A new report has found that a lack of affordable housing in Rhode Island is causing statewide issues. The Commission of Health Advocacy and Equity report illustrates that there are...
February 21, 2020
An animal adoption agency in Washington state has made 37 dogs available for adoption after they were rescued from a suspected dog-fighting ring last year. All the dogs are pit...
February 21, 2020
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of his first term working to repair the damage to the state's reputation caused by a 2010 tough-on-immigrants law known as SB 1070 that...
February 21, 2020
Nevada Democrats are hoping to avoid a repeat of the chaos that ensnared the Iowa caucuses, as voters gather across the Silver State on Saturday to make their presidential preferences...
February 21, 2020
A federal judge Friday ordered attorneys for the U.S. Coast Guard and a maritime salvage company to answer detailed questions about plans to remove an overturned cargo ship on the...
February 21, 2020
Officials in the Dominican Republic announced Friday that they have asked the Organization of American States to investigate the failure of an electronic voting system some believe was tampered with...
February 21, 2020
Kansas business groups have mobilized to snuff out a budding movement among a few cities to ban single-use plastic bags and straws, frustrating environmentalists who can't get the Republican-controlled Legislature...
February 21, 2020
Applications for cannabis projects in Nevada's capital city were halted under a temporary moratorium by officials while a policy on hemp growing inside city limits is drafted. The Board of...
February 21, 2020
As Dominion Energy spearheads the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Virginia lawmakers are advancing legislation sponsored by a Republican who says he wants to protect the company's captive ratepayers from...
February 21, 2020
The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings. Passage Bio - Philadelphia, 7.4 million...
February 21, 2020
The distressing footage of 9-year-old Australian boy Quaden Bayles, born with dwarfism and threatening to kill himself over bullying as his mum sobs with despair, is nothing new to parents...
