The Dubuque City Council has approved an agreement to split with Viking Cruises the nearly $1.8 million cost of building a dock so Mississippi River cruise ships can stop and...
February 19, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker must walk a fine line between hopes for additional spending and calls for restraint when he proposes his second annual budget Wednesday after a whirlwind first year...
February 19, 2020
Under the 2018 Sochi agreement, Turkey was supposed to disarm and disassociate itself from the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Its failure to do so has sown the seeds of...
February 19, 2020
Landscape architects are finding themselves on the front lines of the climate change crisis, having to come up with creative ways to adapt and help mitigate problems like rising oceans...
February 19, 2020
Workplaces are imperfect, but they don’t need Orwellian ‘thought police’ tech to enforce inclusivity
In an effort to quash any ‘implicit biases' that may be lurking inside of the Western workplace, researchers are busy as beavers creating smart devices to ‘ensure equality' across the...
February 19, 2020
Officials are monitoring the air quality in Becker after a fire at a metal recycling plant burned into the evening. Firefighters planned to work through the night Tuesday at the...
February 19, 2020
A South Florida developer has targeted first-time home buyers for its project in Naranja, a community bordering Homestead. And it sees demand outpacing supply for its nearly completed development. The...
February 19, 2020
Ahmed Madriz was 18 years old when he joined the U.S. Army in September 2000. During his five years of service, he was deployed to Kosovo in 2001 and Kuwait...
February 19, 2020
Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected...
February 19, 2020
The European Union is unveiling proposals to regulate artificial intelligence that call for strict rules and safeguards on risky applications of the emerging technology. The report on artificial intelligence released...
February 19, 2020
Here are the biggest five residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of Feb. 9-15. The data was compiled by Condo.com and does not include off-market or new construction pre-sales....
February 19, 2020
Today, people use their trucks for everything from taking the kids to school to hauling concrete. Notably, 78% of full-size trucks sold in 2019 were in the versatile crew-cab configuration,...
February 19, 2020
Angry Dutch farmers converged on The Hague on Wednesday in the latest protest against the government's plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide. As tractors poured into the city,...
February 19, 2020
Oolite Arts, the organization formerly known as ArtCenter/South Florida, played a key role in the revival of Miami Beach's once-forlorn Lincoln Road Mall. Armed with an $88 million windfall from...
February 19, 2020
The German Cabinet has approved a bill that will require social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube to report certain hate speech to the police. According to the bill...
February 19, 2020
Consumer price inflation in Britain jumped higher in January, official figures showed Wednesday, undermining the case for the central bank to cut interest rates as it had been expected to...
February 19, 2020
China's top diplomat arrived Wednesday in Laos for an emergency meeting with counterparts from Southeast Asian countries, which have expressed alarm over a viral outbreak that started in China. Foreign...
February 19, 2020
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is among the scheduled speakers at a service remembering former Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, who died earlier this week. Wednesday's service for Jordan was set...
February 19, 2020
The distillery that produces Jim Beam has filled its 16 millionth barrel of bourbon since Prohibition. Family distillers Fred Noe and his son, Freddie Noe, filled the barrel and sealed...
February 19, 2020
Ongoing uncertainty about the effects of Brexit is pushing an increasing number of foreign companies to set up offices in the Netherlands, the Dutch government said Wednesday. Since the 2016...
February 19, 2020
Qatar Airways said Wednesday it has increased its share in the parent company of British Airways, International Airlines Group, from 21.4 % to 25.1%. IAG, which operates a number of...
February 19, 2020
An upcoming ad campaign for Virginia Beach will feature a new song by Grammy-winning hometown superstar Pharrell Williams. The singer, rapper and producer contacted the city last year asking how...
February 19, 2020
After almost two years of sparring, the European Union was girding itself Wednesday for perhaps the final round of the bloc's traditional budget slug-fest at what is shaping up as...
February 19, 2020
Nearly a year after he was bailed out of jail while facing corruption charges, former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was taken back into custody on Wednesday after an appeals...
February 19, 2020
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday that the Fessenheim nuclear reactor, on the border with Germany, will be shut down at the end of June, with one of...
February 19, 2020
Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a holographic Houston will embark on a European tour that starts in England on...
February 19, 2020
A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen's Houthi rebels match components recovered in downed Iranian...
February 19, 2020
MLB SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized Tuesday for what he called a disrespectful reference to the World Series trophy as a “piece of metal.” Even before...
February 19, 2020
A group of human rights activists were poised Wednesday to make final statements in their own defense before a court in Istanbul hands down a verdict in their closely-watched trial...
February 19, 2020
Maine fishing regulators are shutting down some of the most important scallop fishing areas in the state for the season. Cobscook, Whiting and Dennys bays are all shut down, the...
February 19, 2020
Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street and continuing fears about an outbreak of a new virus that began in China. The Nikkei 225 rose 1.0%...
February 19, 2020
Major league players could be punished for future sign-stealing violations in the wake of the Houston Astros' scandal that only resulted in discipline for managers, coaches and executives. Commissioner Rob...
February 19, 2020
The Wisconsin state Senate was poised Wednesday to pass a Republican bill that would strip the state agriculture department of its authority to regulate factory farm siting and expansion and...
February 19, 2020
The Wisconsin Senate was scheduled to sign off Wednesday on a new contract for the Wisconsin State Patrol that would raise salaries retroactively 9.9% for troopers. The deal covering 370...
February 19, 2020
Yemen's Houthi rebels have blocked half of the United Nations' aid delivery programs in the war-torn country — a strong-arm tactic to force the agency to give them greater control...
February 19, 2020
Terry Reece has long been skeptical that voters would back Bernie Sanders, a 78-year-old self-described democratic socialist who is just months removed from a heart attack. Then the Vermont senator...
February 19, 2020
There's a new kid in town for the ninth Democratic debate, Mike Bloomberg, the self-funding billionaire presidential candidate. Five questions ahead of the faceoff Wednesday night in Las Vegas: HOW...
February 19, 2020
An $250 million income tax proposal authored by Republicans was up for approval in the Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday, although Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has not yet said whether he...
February 19, 2020
In October 2016, the head of Russia's largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chávez, in the empty, sweltering plains of Venezuela, to unveil a giant bronze statue...
February 19, 2020
Authorities say a caregiver at Mesa assisted living facility is accused of sexually assaulting an 85-year-old dementia patient. Mesa police arrested 58-year-old Manuel Corral on Sunday after the woman told...
