Politics

Fittingly in this year of work-from-home and lockdowns, Douglas Stuart's life-changing moment came to him on his sofa. The Scottish writer was at home in Manhattan when he was announced...

'Joe Biden is China's puppet' is a well-worn trope weaponized by the American right wing. In the real world, Biden is staffing his cabinet with rabid China war hawks –...

Don't even think of putting the mask away anytime soon. Despite the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in just a few weeks, it could take several months — probably well...

Frank Reese agrees with Benjamin Franklin that turkeys are not only interesting, they are special. For several decades, he made it his life's mission to save the non-commercialized bird. At...

A federal program that had extended unemployment benefits for an extra 13 weeks in Kansas will stop next month just as new COVID-19 restrictions could lead to more furloughs and...

A federal program that had extended unemployment benefits for an extra 13 weeks in Kansas will stop next month just as new COVID-19 restrictions could lead to more furloughs and...

The scourge of COVID-19 has the folks at the Miami Parking Authority feeling a bit charitable in this annus horribilis. Every season for more than 10 years, the MPA —...

The scourge of COVID-19 has the folks at the Miami Parking Authority feeling a bit charitable in this annus horribilis. Every season for more than 10 years, the MPA —...

North Carolina transportation officials say they're temporarily halting much construction work along interstates and other major routes to ease congestion for holiday travelers. The North Carolina Department of Transportation said...

North Carolina transportation officials say they're temporarily halting much construction work along interstates and other major routes to ease congestion for holiday travelers. The North Carolina Department of Transportation said...

North Carolina transportation officials say they're temporarily halting much construction work along interstates and other major routes to ease congestion for holiday travelers. The North Carolina Department of Transportation said...

Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest maker of rubber gloves, said Tuesday it expects a two to four week delay in deliveries after more than 2,000 workers at its...

Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest maker of rubber gloves, said Tuesday it expects a two to four week delay in deliveries after more than 2,000 workers at its...

Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest maker of rubber gloves, said Tuesday it expects a two to four week delay in deliveries after more than 2,000 workers at its...

A Georgia judge is considering arguments in a case challenging whether customers should have to pay to clean up Georgia Power Co.'s coal ash ponds. The Sierra Club has sued,...

A Georgia judge is considering arguments in a case challenging whether customers should have to pay to clean up Georgia Power Co.'s coal ash ponds. The Sierra Club has sued,...

A Georgia judge is considering arguments in a case challenging whether customers should have to pay to clean up Georgia Power Co.'s coal ash ponds. The Sierra Club has sued,...

The texts from an Alabama census supervisor had an urgent tone. “THIS JUST IN ...," one of them began. It then laid out how census takers should fake data to...

In the next couple of years, South Floridians who want to take a trip to Disney and don't feel like driving will have the option of hopping on a Brightline...

The owner of a Fort Myers supermarket with a history of not paying workers what they've earned just got caught doing it again, the U.S. Department of Labor announced. S&O...

The owner of a Fort Myers supermarket with a history of not paying workers what they've earned just got caught doing it again, the U.S. Department of Labor announced. S&O...

China's latest interstellar mission is already ruffling feathers at NASA as efforts to establish the first major technological foothold on the Moon begin in earnest. In October 1957, the Soviet...

China's latest interstellar mission is already ruffling feathers at NASA as efforts to establish the first major technological foothold on the Moon begin in earnest. In October 1957, the Soviet...

A new report commissioned by the city of Lawrence cites a need for the community to diversify its economy or risk becoming too expensive for many people. The Lawrence Journal-World...

A US foreign policy run by Antony J. Blinken and Jake Sullivan, the likely next secretary of state and national security adviser, will mean more global interventions and regime-change operations,...

European regulators on Tuesday took a step closer to letting the Boeing 737 Max fly again, publishing a proposed airworthiness directive that could see the aircraft cleared within weeks after...

The type of vaccine being developed against the virus has never – outside of Ebola – been used before. The trials have been extremely rushed & involved testing only small...

Buy a multi-million dollar condo at Miami's Aston Martin Residences, and the luxury sports car brand will throw in its namesake SUV for free. Aston Martin, the gentleman's sportscar car...

Just in time for holiday travelers, England is cutting the two-week quarantine facing people arriving from regions not on Britain's coronavirus safe list, reducing it to as little as five...

These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like: Staring at your face on Zoom for hours instead of occasionally glimpsing it in the mirror. Living...

NFL NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has expanded its mandate for mask usage on the sideline and is threatening discipline for those who violate the league's updated COVID-19 protocols....

It's been a difficult last few months for former Belarus basketball star Yelena Leuchanka. She spent 15 days in jail in October after peacefully protesting against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed...

Annette Guzman-Torres was feeling discouraged and frustrated, her anxiety fueled by the uncertainty of a bleak job market during the coronavirus pandemic. The 44-year-old married mother of two boys is...

China's latest trip to the moon is another milestone in the Asian powerhouse's slow but steady ascent to the stars. China became the third country to put a person into...

When Marina Gómez and her fellow mortuary worker enter a room at a nursing home to remove the body of a COVID-19 victim, they work methodically and in silence. They...

China on Tuesday reported two new coronavirus cases in the cities of Shanghai and Tianjin as it seeks to prevent small outbreaks from becoming larger ones. The National Health Commission...

David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City's first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of...

David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City's first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of...

Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday, encouraged by news on the development of coronavirus vaccines and more assurance for a transition of power in the U.S. to President-elect Joe Biden....

David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City's first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of...