Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Feb. 19 The Inter-Mountain on qualities the next state superintendent of schools should possess: Some degree of continuity is needed in public school...
February 19, 2020
General Motors Co. will receive a tax break to build a new electric battery cell factory in Ohio next to the site of a much larger assembly plant it shut...
February 19, 2020
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ Feb. 18 The Brunswick News on the environmental impacts of a boat salvage project: The beaches, sounds and rivers mean everything to us. When...
February 19, 2020
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Feb. 19 The Cullman Times on Alabama's upcoming sales tax holiday: This weekend's sales tax holiday for severe weather preparedness is a great opportunity...
February 19, 2020
The parks and recreation department in Idaho has asked residents for donations to combat years of budget cuts for trail maintenance across the state. The state department has plans to...
February 19, 2020
New York Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton imagined having the advantage the Houston Astros gained in their scam. "If knew what was coming in '17, I probably would have hit 80-plus...
February 19, 2020
A mortgage company staffer who created hundreds of fraudulent wire transfers to steal roughly $2 million from the firm has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison. Dilcia...
February 19, 2020
Maine lobsters have long delighted tourists as the state's most beloved seafood. But one company thinks the crustaceans can save human lives by providing their blood for use in new...
February 19, 2020
Blue Apron, the online seller of meal kits, said it may put itself up for sale. The struggling company, which pioneered the meal-kit craze in the U.S., has faced tough...
February 19, 2020
Burger King is breaking the mold in its new advertising campaign. The burger chain is portraying its Whopper covered in mold in print and TV ads running in Europe and...
February 19, 2020
Harvard and MIT's hometown is closed to recreational marijuana businesses, at least for now. Officials in Cambridge, Massachusetts, say they won't the approve any local agreements with pot entrepreneurs until...
February 19, 2020
An ice runway in New Hampshire will remain closed this winter because mild weather has made the ice unsafe. The ice isn't thick enough at the Alton Bay Seaplane Base...
February 19, 2020
An influential figure from a leading gaming website says that a clique of like-minded media figures are colluding to prevent right-leaning journalists and developers from having a voice in the...
February 19, 2020
Ancillary breweries will be allowed in restaurants in two downtown zones and in regional shopping center areas after Provo city officials approved amending the land use code. Provo City Council...
February 19, 2020
A loaded handgun showed up on an X-ray machine at the Grand Island airport, authorities said. Transportation Security Administration officers spotted the 9 mm semi-automatic Tuesday as the man's carry-on...
February 19, 2020
Women fighting breast cancer are increasingly seeing more options for bras as well as clean beauty treatments and other products that help them look and feel better. Many of the...
February 19, 2020
Flowers have been scientifically shown to bring a lasting smile while also helping to relieve anxiety. "Common sense tells us that flowers make us happy," said Dr. Haviland-Jones, a professor...
February 19, 2020
Jury deliberations resumed Wednesday at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial with jurors focusing on the testimony of a former TV and film production assistant who accused the disgraced movie mogul of...
February 19, 2020
Very few people truly know what this is about, know the feeling of being alone in the arena, trying to do what most onlookers believe is just not possible and...
February 19, 2020
A federal judge in Texas has dismissed Chinese tech giant Huawei's lawsuit challenging a U.S. law that bars the government and its contractors from using Huawei equipment because of security...
February 19, 2020
Vegetables rotting in the fields, food going unprocessed, the elderly and disabled left without care. That's the alarming picture painted by some British employers about the impact of new U.K....
February 19, 2020
Every month, the 30 staffers at Chris Boehlke's public relations firm each get $100 to pay for anything that contributes to their wellness. And not just for typical expenditures like...
February 19, 2020
North Dakota regulators were expected to take action Wednesday on a proposal to expand the capacity of the Dakota Access pipeline. The three-member, all-Republican Public Utilities Commission signaled last month...
February 19, 2020
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says she'll release a proposal in the coming weeks to maintain bus service in the city by asking voters to replace taxes due to expire at...
February 19, 2020
New Mexico's Democrat-led Legislature is haggling over annual spending priorities while racing to lock in significant policy initiatives on public safety, education funding, tobacco regulation, and incentives for infrastructure investments,...
February 19, 2020
A Christian-oriented theme park in central Florida that describes itself as “bringing the Bible to life” is laying off most of its workers. The Holy Land Experience last week filed...
February 19, 2020
Norfolk Southern says it will close a locomotive maintenance facility and a locomotive parts distribution center in Roanoke, Virginia. The closure will impact 104 jobs. The Roanoke Times reported Tuesday...
February 19, 2020
A Davenport business owner has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for tax crimes. Federal court records say Jonathan Folker also was ordered at his sentencing Thursday in Davenport...
February 19, 2020
Stocks are opening mostly higher on Wall Street as traders moved money into technology companies and banks. Garmin rose 6% after reporting earnings that beat estimates. Bed Bath & Beyond...
February 19, 2020
A Mississippi man has been sentenced in the shooting death of a shipyard employee who was on his way home from work in 2018. Luis Soto Jr., 29, was ordered...
February 19, 2020
A man who'd operated a vehicle dealership in western Iowa has been fined and placed on probation for fraudulent sales practices. Crawford County court records say Robert Adams, 59, pleaded...
February 19, 2020
Alaska awarded $34.4 million for construction of a new school while passing over other communities in the same district that also need new facilities, a school superintendent said. The state...
February 19, 2020
Nebraska's liquor control agency has called a movie theater bar in suburban Omaha to account for accidentally serving two customers cocktails that contained cleaning solution. The Alamo Drafthouse in La...
February 19, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded a $6 million grant to North Carolina State University on Tuesday that will help fund apprenticeship programs in the artificial intelligence industry, federal and...
February 19, 2020
Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond are moving sharply higher before the opening bell Wednesday after executives rolled out a raft of initiatives to turn the struggling chain around. Six...
February 19, 2020
A power cooperative based in Bismarck plans to buy solar generation on a large scale for the first time. Basin Electric Power Cooperative announced a power purchase agreement with Geronimo...
February 19, 2020
The chief executive officer of a Boston-area biotech company who said it had developed a painkiller that would replace opioids has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding...
February 19, 2020
Construction of new homes edged back slightly in January after a December surge that had pushed home construction to the highest level in 13 years. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday...
February 19, 2020
U.S. producer prices climbed last month at fastest pace since October 2018 as higher prices for services more than offset a drop in the cost of energy. The Labor Department...
February 19, 2020
The state of Florida is fining the city of Fort Lauderdale $1.8 million for a series of massive sewage spills that have sent sent toxic sewage onto streets and into...
