Federal prosecutors in Maryland are recommending a prison sentence of more than five years for a man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain hundreds of stolen televisions worth more...
February 16, 2020
A judge has ordered the developers of a condo tower under construction in New York City to remove several floors from the top of the building because it is too...
February 16, 2020
A German court has temporarily halted the site preparation for Tesla Inc.'s first electric car factory in Europe. The Higher Administrative Court for Berlin-Brandenburg ordered Tesla to stop clearing trees...
February 16, 2020
A trailer that contained equipment for a Twin Cities high school robotics team has been recovered after it was stolen early Sunday. The trailer belongs to the St. Paul Highland...
February 16, 2020
New York's attorney general said Sunday the state will not appeal a judge's decision approving the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Xavier...
February 16, 2020
Digging out of a decade of cuts and stagnant funding, Louisiana's public schools, colleges and other education programs are vying for the increased cash coming into the state treasury. But...
February 16, 2020
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is urging businesses to give their workers the day off on Election Day by making it a company holiday. Benson said she's encouraging Michigan...
February 16, 2020
An increasing population and a booming economy have spurred employment growth around Spokane, according to state labor officials. The region covering Spokane, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, saw more than...
February 16, 2020
An investigation found no animal abuse at an Iowa state senator's hog farm despite video posted by an animal rights group that appeared to show pigs suffering, authorities said. Two...
February 16, 2020
The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local): 12:15 p.m. Pete Buttigieg says he'd immediately reverse restrictions on family planning funds for Planned Parenthood and would seek to...
February 16, 2020
A Maine drive to hire military veterans has helped find jobs for more than 280 service members, the Maine Department of Labor said. The Maine Hire-A-Vet campaign ran from Labor...
February 16, 2020
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is accepting early proposals for $3.3 million in grants for wetland and stream preservation and restoration projects. The program, known as the ARM...
February 16, 2020
Quicken Loans founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert is slowly returning to work eight months after suffering a stroke. Gilbert, 58, returned to his Detroit office early this year. He's there...
February 16, 2020
A man who was shot by police at a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train station is expected to survive, authorities said Sunday. The man, whose name has not been...
February 16, 2020
Authorities say a dog and her six puppies are recovering and growing fast after being found alone in a snowdrift in northwestern Minnesota. Officials with Red Lake Rose's Rescue Shelter...
February 16, 2020
Problems with electronic voting systems forced the Dominican Republic to suspend municipal elections across the country on Sunday. The president of the Central Electoral Board, Julio Cesar Castaños Guzmán, said...
February 16, 2020
Jose Mourinho couldn't resist a little swipe at Manchester City following its European ban. Mourinho's current priority is securing Tottenham's own qualification for the Champions League but he also remembers...
February 16, 2020
At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that's used by well over 1 billion people each month. He's playing a key role in helping Facebook integrate that app...
February 16, 2020
Student complaints of being served moldy bread and finding bugs in mac and cheese at a campus food court led Savannah State University to close its student center, where health...
February 16, 2020
State officials say passenger boardings at North Dakota's eight commercial service airports during January were up nearly 12% over the same month in 2019. Nearly 100,300 people boarded planes in...
February 16, 2020
Hungary's prime minister on Sunday declared the past decade as the most successful of Hungary's past century, but also said the country was threatened by the climate crisis, continuing population...
February 16, 2020
Dozens of public housing authorities across Massachusetts are sharing about $88 million in federal grants to help improve their properties and make them more livable. The grants announced Friday are...
February 16, 2020
The Florida Highway Patrol said a worker was killed early Sunday morning when a car careened into a construction road closure on I-95 in Miami. The construction worker's name wasn't...
February 16, 2020
Like many athletes, Riley Jones begins each race with a mantra. “I am speed,” he repeats to himself, quoting Lightning McQueen, a character from “Cars.” But unlike most athletes, Riley,...
February 16, 2020
A retired investment adviser has donated a stake in a Canadian nickel mining operation to Purdue University that could eventually produce a big windfall for the school. Allyn Knoche, a...
February 16, 2020
Leaders of seven Michigan companies with ties to the aerospace industry are joining state officials on a trip to Mexico in search of new export opportunities. They'll take part in...
February 16, 2020
A sudden and puzzling increase in violence and escapes at Nebraska's two state-run homes for high-risk juvenile offenders has prompted officials to move some of the teenagers to other facilities...
February 16, 2020
A woman who thought she was getting into a ride-sharing service car was kidnapped by the driver in Boston early Sunday morning and taken on a 30-minute drive before being...
February 16, 2020
Maine might join a growing number of states that require cage-free facilities for chickens that lay eggs for commercial consumption, but some industry advocates have concerns about what it would...
February 16, 2020
The agriculture industry is pushing back against efforts in the Arizona Legislature to track the amount of water being drawn from large groundwater wells in rural areas around the state....
February 16, 2020
Economic development officials are seeking the return of daily flights between Santa Fe and Los Angeles to support the ongoing growth of film production in New Mexico's capital city. Officials...
February 16, 2020
Cannabis companies are using a loophole in Colorado's strict limits on marijuana advertising by sponsoring state highways and putting their names on roadside signs. Currently, 51 cannabis dispensaries, cultivators, manufacturers...
February 16, 2020
Alabama is in line for nearly $42 million in federal funding to help with projects related to water, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The state is eligible for about...
February 16, 2020
Three Rhode Island-based organizations have been awarded grants to provide affordable housing and strengthen communities. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, recently announced nearly $725,000 in total for...
February 16, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a hazardous waste investigation at a sprawling former oil refinery in northwestern Indiana that was shuttered in 1973 and later was the scene...
February 16, 2020
A trailblazer among black women in the business world wants to help make sure that the stories of other pioneering women like her are not forgotten. The HistoryMakers, an oral...
February 16, 2020
The impending demise of an electric car-sharing service in Indianapolis has left city officials faced with the question of what should happen to the dozens of car-charging stations that powered...
February 16, 2020
Sgt. Melissa Paul is a wrestler who has been fighting all her life. Fighting through the pain of growing up without a father since she was 4, when hers was...
February 16, 2020
The letter asking Taja Robinson to vacate her home was delivered on Christmas Eve. Robinson, 37, had just returned from a shift at Target, where her $13-per-hour job allows her...
February 16, 2020
E.J. Smith is a stickler for detailing. The retired Nitro High School science teacher's two ATVs are spotless, as are his car, vintage pickup and Jeep CJ5 — the hoods...
