Alabama's Douglas Kiker, who'll be featured in the season premiere of “American Idol,” has the perfect Cinderella story: Until recently, the only singing he did was in the shower. “I...
February 15, 2020
Hunter Tynes says he's looking for a third donkey to run with the 35 head of cattle on his 100 acres off a lonely stretch of highway in western St....
February 15, 2020
Melvenea Hodges knows that many African-Americans who migrated to northern cities like South Bend did so to get away from the cotton boll and what it represented. Generations of our...
February 15, 2020
State labor officials say workers who are laid off as a result of a planned power plant closure in western New Mexico will be eligible for unemployment benefits. Tri-State Generation...
February 15, 2020
The S-400 ‘Triumf' air defense system is taking the globe by storm. After NATO member Turkey, India is next in line and even Iraq is reportedly interested, despite US threats...
February 15, 2020
U.N. experts say North Korea has increased imports and exports of banned and restricted goods such as coal and petroleum products as it continues to enhance its illicit nuclear and...
February 15, 2020
At this point, it might be official: the Commissioner of the Office of Financial Regulation is the most doomed position in Florida state government. In the last 20 months, Florida's...
February 15, 2020
A former Nevada Supreme Court justice and a former chief gambling regulator were named Friday as the first two members of a new state marijuana industry oversight panel. Gov. Steve...
February 15, 2020
A southeast Missouri peach grower was awarded $15 million in actual damages Friday in his lawsuit alleging the weedkiller dicamba severely damaged his orchards. Bill Bader, of Campbell, sued Bayer...
February 15, 2020
After months of hearing that President Donald Trump must be impeached because “no one is above the law,” America found out that this talking point doesn't actually apply to Democrats...
February 14, 2020
The Washington Senate on Friday passed a data privacy measure that would give consumers the right to manage how information held by private companies is used. The measure, called the...
February 14, 2020
PortMiami plans to spend a grant from the Trump administration to create a $57 million fumigation facility designed to end a detour that tons of produce currently take on their...
February 14, 2020
A former Michigan State University gymnastics coach was convicted Friday on charges that she lied to police when she denied that two teen athletes told her of sexual abuse by...
February 14, 2020
A maritime salvage company is asking a federal judge to stop the Coast Guard and a rival firm from carrying out their plans to remove a cargo ship that overturned...
February 14, 2020
A state court judge on Friday heard arguments on whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging an Iowa law passed last year that would block Planned Parenthood of the Heartland from...
February 14, 2020
The Overwatch League is relocating scheduled esports matches from three cities in China to Seoul due to the outbreak of a virus which has killed nearly 1,400 people. The OWL...
February 14, 2020
Workers have completed the first of two underground tunnels for a system to whisk passengers between exhibit halls at an expanded Las Vegas Convention Center, tourism and project officials said...
February 14, 2020
A Georgia nursing home company has been banned from working in Kansas for 10 years and fined $100,000 for failing to protect patient and employee records, Attorney General Derek Schmidt...
February 14, 2020
—- Negative interest rates turn saving, borrowing upside down FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — These are strange times for borrowers and savers. Interest rates have been low for years and it...
February 14, 2020
The White House defended President Donald Trump on Friday after an Associated Press report that he stretched the truth in his State of the Union account of a formerly homeless...
February 14, 2020
Philadelphia Phillies president Andy MacPhail reiterated that team ownership is willing to go over the luxury tax threshold to make the playoffs. The Phillies have made several high-profile free-agent signings...
February 14, 2020
Former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts was beaming like a proud parent as he talked about the launch of Black News Channel — a project he's worked on for years to...
February 14, 2020
Stock indexes finished mostly higher on Wall Street Friday as technology, real estate and utilities companies outweighed losses elsewhere in the market. The major indexes finished with their second straight...
February 14, 2020
The Buffalo Bills aren't renewing the contract of chief administrative officer Dave Wheat. No reason was provided in a statement released by Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula on Friday....
February 14, 2020
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday: Yelp Inc., down $1.27 to $35.23 The online business reviews company reported disappointing fourth-quarter profit and revenue. GoDaddy Inc., up $7.52...
February 14, 2020
Thursday was the day that a federal agency had been expected to make a decision on a proposed natural gas pipeline and marine export terminal in Oregon, and both opponents...
February 14, 2020
European leaders at the Munich Security Conference who blame “nationalism” for the decline of the West are confusing cause with effect. It is their hollow facsimiles of “liberalism” that sent...
February 14, 2020
Spirit Airlines is moving its operations control center from South Florida to just outside Nashville, Tennessee, after recent hurricanes forced the low-cost carrier to temporarily move some staff during storms,...
February 14, 2020
A Cincinnati police officer was arrested Friday on charges that she lied to federal investigators about confirming by text a nightclub owner's suspicion that a customer was an undercover officer....
February 14, 2020
An actor celebrated for playing a murderous criminal on TV lent his voice Friday to a New Jersey nonprofit's efforts to smooth the journey for former prison inmates seeking to...
February 14, 2020
Delta Air Lines said Friday it will invest $1 billion over the next 10 years in measures designed to offset climate-warming carbon emissions from its planes. Delta said the money...
February 14, 2020
A Florida vascular surgeon bilked the government and health insurers of more than $26 million to possibly finance his political ambitions in his native country of Ghana, federal authorities said....
February 14, 2020
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman had suspected that the Houston Astros had been breaking rules against electronic sign stealing long before Commissioner Rob Manfred released his report in...
February 14, 2020
The Washington House on Friday passed a bill that exempts birth dates of state and local government employees from public disclosure, but allows the media to continue to have access...
February 14, 2020
Research shows gun sales in Colorado have dropped for the third consecutive year, and experts suspect a correlation to which political party is leading the country. The Colorado Bureau of...
February 14, 2020
Changes announced in corporate dividends Feb. 10-Feb. 14. INCREASED DIVIDENDS Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd g .20 from .175 Ametek Inc .18 from .14 Auburn National .255 from .25 Avalonbay Communities...
February 14, 2020
The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings. Zhongchao - Shanghai, China, 3.5 million...
February 14, 2020
Editorials from around New England: CONNECTICUT Proposed ‘clean slate' law deserves strong, but careful, consideration Hartford Courant Feb. 9 The principle behind “clean slate” laws is simple: Criminal convictions, including...
February 14, 2020
Fresh from winning three Grammys, singer Lizzo visited Mexico City for a private concert, surprising her fans with acoustic versions of her hits and a toast with tequila. The star...
February 14, 2020
Business owners in Idaho have reached a settlement agreement after they were accused of selling fake fishing trips in Alaska and leaving people stranded, a newspaper reported. Access Life's Adventures...
