The remains of a Kansas Marine who died in World War II fighting in the Gilbert Islands have been identified. U.S. Marines Corps Reserve Pfc Raymond Warren was 21 when...
February 18, 2020
Miners in southern Poland worried that massive coal imports will eliminate their jobs on Tuesday blocked railway tracks on the import route. A few hundred miners with trade union flags...
February 18, 2020
Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street after Apple said it would fail to meet its revenue forecast for the current quarter due to the impact of the virus outbreak...
February 18, 2020
An Arizona House panel voted along party lines Monday evening to advance a proposal barring new fees on ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. The...
February 18, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will begin on March 17, an Israeli court said Tuesday, just two weeks after national elections are held. Netanyahu is charged with bribery,...
February 18, 2020
Sightseers will soon have an opportunity to experience history while viewing Hawaii when a vintage World War II fighter plane begins passenger flights. A private company has modified a P-51D...
February 18, 2020
Former presidential advisers and administration officials are expected to gather in Detroit next week to discuss the foreign policy challenges that will face whomever wins this year's U.S. presidential election....
February 18, 2020
A bill in the Hawaii state Senate would appropriate $3.5 million for additional cardiac care at Hilo Medical Center, officials said. The bill would provide general revenue funds in the...
February 18, 2020
As the no-win row over funding in the fight against London knife crime continues, Sadiq Khan changes tack in the run-up to Mayoral elections, and chooses climate change over safer...
February 18, 2020
Spain's government approved Tuesday the introduction of new taxes on digital business and stock market transactions, following similar steps by other European countries. The Cabinet agreed at its weekly meeting...
February 18, 2020
A Norwegian concrete company on Tuesday lost its compensation case against its home country, claiming it suffered financial losses after Norway's intelligence services tried to recruit two of its employees...
February 18, 2020
The alleged faking of a hate crime by Empire star Jussie Smollett deserves all the mockery it gets, but instead of cutting their losses some public figures are still trying...
February 18, 2020
Franklin Resources is buying competitor Legg Mason for $4.5 billion, creating a financial company with a combined $1.5 trillion in assets under management. Franklin Resources Inc., which operates as Franklin...
February 18, 2020
Elton John canceled his two remaining New Zealand shows late Tuesday as he continued to suffer from a bout of pneumonia. The shows have been rescheduled for next year. Earlier...
February 18, 2020
A new building for Purdue University's bands and orchestras program will be named after a Florida couple who donated $10 million toward the project. Purdue President Mitch Daniels announced the...
February 18, 2020
Training for Illinois police officers is suffering because of an unexpected shortfall in state funding, two law enforcement groups said. Statewide sheriffs' and police chiefs' groups said last week that...
February 18, 2020
Blogger Dani Austin of Dallas, Texas, logged into her Southwest Airlines account a few days before the end of 2019. Shortly after, she and her husband, Jordan Joseph Ramirez, flew...
February 18, 2020
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security said waiving procurement...
February 18, 2020
University of Miami undergraduate and graduate students will soon have more housing options in arm's reach. The Coconut Grove-based real estate investment firm TREO Group expects to start construction on...
February 18, 2020
Dutch lawmakers are holding a knife-edge vote Tuesday on a free trade deal between the European Union and Canada, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte struggling to command a majority. Defeat...
February 18, 2020
The virus outbreak in China has put South Korea's economy into an "emergency situation," its president says. Japan is on the brink of recession and big manufacturers are forecasting a...
February 18, 2020
Walmart is reporting disappointing fourth-quarter profits and sales. The nation's largest retailer said Tuesday that sales at its U.S. stores heading into the holiday season were weaker than expected. It...
February 18, 2020
Venezuela's decision to suspend TAP Air Portugal's flights to Caracas is “completely unfounded and unjustified,” Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said Tuesday. “I can't see any kind of justification”...
February 18, 2020
Vendy founder Salomon Horowitz says the future of ride-sharing remains bright. But it may be too soon to know the wattage. Vendy won the travel, tourism and hospitality vertical in...
February 18, 2020
In the year since PQSecure, a Boca Raton-based computer security company, won the trade and logistics vertical in the Miami Herald's 2019 Startup Pitch Competition, it has continued to rack...
February 18, 2020
Libya's warring sides resumed Tuesday U.N.-brokered talks aimed at salvaging a fragile cease-fire in the North African country, the U.N. said in Geneva. The current cease-fire was brokered by Russia...
February 18, 2020
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have registered a case against unidentified internet users who employed virtual private networks, or VPNs, to circumvent a social media ban in the disputed region, police...
February 18, 2020
France's defense minister said Tuesday that her country stands in solidarity with Cyprus amid tensions over a Turkish search for natural gas inside Cypriot waters. Florence Parly said France supports...
February 18, 2020
More than five years ago, one of Spain's most successful karate athletes was splitting his time between practice, graduate school and his day job as an aeronautical engineer. Before training...
February 18, 2020
HSBC will shed some 35,000 jobs as part of a deep overhaul to focus on faster-growing markets in Asia and as it tries to cope with a slew of global...
February 18, 2020
Farmers in fluorescent yellow vests have begun blocking highways in southwestern Spain with tractors and other vehicles in the latest mass protest over what they say are plummeting incomes for...
February 18, 2020
A 24-hour strike in Greece halted ferries, public transport, and municipal services in Athens and other parts of the country Tuesday as unions mounted protests against pension reforms by the...
February 18, 2020
Maine fishermen have a few days left to apply to participate in a lottery for a license to harvest baby eels, which are among the most valuable resources in the...
February 18, 2020
Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has qualified for the upcoming Democratic presidential debate, marking the first time he'll stand alongside the rivals he has so far avoided by bypassing the early voting...
February 18, 2020
Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo announced Tuesday a 4.9 billion-euro ($5.3 billion) takeover offer for smaller rival UBI Banca - an unexpected move, even if experts have long called for consolidation...
February 18, 2020
The European Union has added four countries and jurisdictions to its blacklist of tax havens. EU finance ministers decided to add the Cayman Islands, Palau, Panama and the Seychelles to...
February 18, 2020
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced new school grants aimed at promoting computer science education. Northam said Monday he had approved a total of $1.3 million in grants to a number...
February 18, 2020
After 11 years, millions of dollars, and plenty of ruffled feathers, this is Leipzig's moment. Challenging Jose Mourinho and 2019 Champions League finalist Tottenham is exactly the kind of challenge...
February 18, 2020
A Dutch appeals court is ruling Tuesday on whether to reinstate an international arbitration panel's order for Russia to pay $50 billion in compensation to shareholders of former Russian oil...
February 18, 2020
Business restructuring has eliminated 80 positions at a department store's corporate office in North Carolina. Charlotte-based Belk Inc. confirmed the layoffs Monday, The Charlotte Observer reported. The restructuring had been...
