It can be hard to grasp the wealth of Jeff Bezos, the planet's richest man. Thankfully his decision to spend $165 million on a Beverly Hills mansion last week –...
February 20, 2020
Luis Hummel last week loaded his 2019 hemp crop – his second and his last – on a truck bound for a CBD processor in Colorado. After just two growing...
February 20, 2020
The recent travails of Boeing are well known: the grounding of its best-selling 737 Max following two crashes that killed 346 people, the firing of its chief executive, the billions...
February 20, 2020
Southwest Airlines' looming decision on its commitment to Boeing's 737 jet isn't getting any easier. As nearly 700 of Boeing's 737 Max planes sit idle, the challenges to getting it...
February 20, 2020
Switzerland's financial market authority has penalized Julius Baer bank for violating its obligations to fight money laundering over a nearly nine-year span. The sanctions are related to alleged corruption linked...
February 20, 2020
Maine is closing the door on applications for a valuable baby eel fishing permit. Baby eels, called elvers, are harvested in Maine's rivers and streams. They're often worth more than...
February 20, 2020
Shares were mixed Thursday in Asia after Wall Street recovered to record highs, with the Shanghai benchmark jumping nearly 2% after China's central bank cut interest rates to help ease...
February 20, 2020
Davide Moretti flinched as a pass the Texas Tech guard wasn't expecting glanced off his back and bounced toward Kansas State's Cartier Diarra. When Diarra tried to get too fancy...
February 20, 2020
Assembly Republicans prepared Thursday to launch another futile attempt to override another of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' budget vetoes. Evers struck down language in the state budget what would have...
February 20, 2020
A $250 million income tax cut, tax breaks for farmers and a 4 a.m. bar time during the Democratic National Convention are among the final bills the Wisconsin Assembly plans...
February 20, 2020
Defense Secretary Mark Esper used his first-ever visit to a nuclear missile field in frigid North Dakota to tout the Trump administration's multibillion-dollar plan for a top-to-bottom modernization of the...
February 20, 2020
New Zealand Police's serious fraud office has begun an investigation into former leading figures in the Oceania Football Confederation in response to a complaint by world governing body FIFA. The...
February 20, 2020
Marijuana sold in Michigan shops will have to have labels warning pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers about the health risks for their fetuses and infants under newly enacted laws. Lt....
February 20, 2020
Six Democratic presidential candidates sparred in a spirited debate in Las Vegas that included for the first time billionaire Mike Bloomberg as President Donald Trump held a rally in Phoenix....
February 20, 2020
In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, but a librarian threatened to call the police...
February 20, 2020
When California finalized the nation's first sweeping rooftop solar mandate for new construction last year, advocates pictured a utopia of all homes being built with solar panels, turning the clunky...
February 20, 2020
Japan's health ministry confirmed Thursday that two elderly passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died from the new virus, becoming the first fatalities from the virus-stricken vessel....
February 20, 2020
New Mexico's largest electric utility is changing the way it interacts with customers. Public Service Co. of New Mexico said Wednesday that new communication methods are being implemented to make...
February 20, 2020
An Arizona court ruling stemming from a sheriff's deputy's encounter with a shotgun-wielding man says law enforcement officers can claim workers' compensation benefits if diagnosed with PTSD or other mental...
February 20, 2020
Australia's Qantas announced Thursday it will slash flights to Asia as the coronavirus crisis cuts into the airline and travel industries. The decision to reduce the carrier's overall capacity to...
February 20, 2020
While the US and India currently enjoy historic levels of economic and defense cooperation, the two nations have locked horns on a range of issues, prompting New Delhi to chart...
February 20, 2020
Legislation intended to create transparency in medical bills sent to patients and to rein in predatory medical debt collectors advanced to the Idaho House on Wednesday. The House Business Committee...
February 20, 2020
The latest on the 2020 presidential campaign and Democratic debat e (all times local): 6:57 p.m. Bernie Sanders is going on the offensive, trying to head off questions about his...
February 20, 2020
The latest on the 2020 presidential campaign and Democratic debat e (all times local): 6:50 p.m. Amy Klobuchar says she thinks it's important that evidence related to a high-profile murder...
February 20, 2020
The University of Nevada, Reno says it's on schedule to reopen one of the two dorms in August that has been closed since last summer when it was severely damaged...
February 20, 2020
A fund that offers only fire insurance to California residents in wildfire-prone areas can't be required to provide coverage for other hazards such as flooding or theft, a judge ruled...
February 20, 2020
Jurors in Las Vegas began deliberating Wednesday whether federal prosecutors proved after five months of contentious testimony that eight accused Vagos biker gang members conspired in a broad criminal racketeering...
February 20, 2020
Mississippi's capital city is set to receive nearly $90 million after both sides agreed to settle Jackson's lawsuit against a private company over a water meter and billing system that...
February 20, 2020
Tossing aside tradition, California's governor on Wednesday devoted his biggest platform to a single issue: solving a homelessness crisis that has overwhelmed the nation's most populous state in an era...
February 20, 2020
A Southern California man charged with bilking nearly $150 million out of 70,000 investors worldwide through a phony digital currency scheme has agreed to enter a guilty plea to federal...
February 20, 2020
Residents returned to soggy, smelly homes Wednesday to begin cleaning up as floodwaters were receding around Mississippi's capital after days of misery but with more rain on the way. Nearly...
February 20, 2020
Democratic presidential candidates' plans to provide “Medicare for All” are driving a wedge through the labor movement, pitting union against union and fracturing a powerful constituency as the primary barrels...
February 19, 2020
Newly hired American men's soccer coach Gregg Berhalter earned nearly as much from the U.S. Soccer Federation in the fiscal year ending last March 31 as women's counterpart Jill Ellis....
February 19, 2020
Environmental groups are suing over plans for a potentially huge Wyoming gas field they say would endanger antelope in Grand Teton National Park by hindering a migration route between the...
February 19, 2020
NFL owners will meet Thursday in Manhattan to discuss ongoing negotiations with the players' association about a new collective bargaining agreement. Recent talks have brought both sides closer to a...
February 19, 2020
Gov. Andy Beshear spoke against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and supported a ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth during a historic appearance at a gay-rights...
February 19, 2020
There's a common thread among the 11 felons who found favor with President Donald Trump this week: All who were pardoned or set free had advocates among the president's wealthy...
February 19, 2020
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is backpedaling on a promise to offer up to 12 weeks of annual paid family leave for state workers through an executive order. Instead, the Republican...
February 19, 2020
The director of Arkansas' Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that he is retiring after nearly a decade managing the state's highway system. Scott Bennett told the state Highway Commission that...
February 19, 2020
Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill to give more options for prosecuting people for carjackings, a move praised by some as a way to combat an uptick in violent...
