Postal operators in the United States, China and elsewhere say the suspension of flights to slow the spread of a deadly new virus is having a major impact on global...
February 11, 2020
For a guy who left school after 11th grade, George Ball figures he has the best-paying job available on this rural stretch of Chesapeake Bay shoreline. He catches a fish...
February 11, 2020
A federal agency intends to provide a $2.3 million loan to help pay for repairs to an irrigation system tunnel that collapsed last July, cutting off water to farmers in...
February 11, 2020
A contractor has been seriously injured at a U.S. Service facility in Kansas City while working on a conveyor belt system. Fire Department Deputy Chief Jimmy Walker said crews responded...
February 11, 2020
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced that rates for workers' compensation premiums will drop by about 11% when new rates take effect in April. Scott's administration said the reductions are part...
February 11, 2020
Michael Avenatti's recorded threats to reduce the value of Nike's stock if he wasn't paid millions of dollars highlighted a prosecutor's closing argument Tuesday at the prominent lawyer's extortion trial....
February 11, 2020
The Wisconsin State Patrol has reached a new contract deal with the state, less than two months after a previous agreement that would have boosted starting salaries by more than...
February 11, 2020
Regional carrier Air Italy said Tuesday it will cease operations and liquidate after shareholders decided against further investments to keep it afloat. The move came after the airline, formerly called...
February 11, 2020
The results of a Kentucky audit show that an elected county clerk has been failing to properly perform her duties and left nearly $30,000 owed to her county at the...
February 11, 2020
Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill to crack down on predatory towing by creating a new board with the power to investigate complaints, impose civil penalties and revoke a tower's...
February 11, 2020
Hawaii lawmakers seeking to increase affordable child care in the state face a debate over the qualifications for providers. House and Senate leaders have made child care part of a...
February 11, 2020
U.S. businesses sharply cut the number of open jobs in December for the second straight month, an unusual sign of weakness in an otherwise healthy job market. The number of...
February 11, 2020
Braidy Industries still needs to raise $500 million to build a long-promised $1.7 billion aluminum plant in Appalachia, a company executive told Kentucky lawmakers Tuesday. Company officials appeared before the...
February 11, 2020
It has become standard practice for U.S. corporations to assure employees of support regardless of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There's now an intensifying push to ensure that companies...
February 11, 2020
Republicans are moving quickly on a pair of bills cutting taxes for Wisconsin farmers by nearly $30 million a year, proposals that comes after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called for...
February 11, 2020
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is urging governments to get more involved in supporting the tepid eurozone economy through targeted spending and business-friendly reforms. Lagarde said that “"other policy...
February 11, 2020
Want free gas? GetUpside, a cashback app, says it will be treating 750 drivers in Miami to $20 worth of fuel at three gas stations around Miami in the next...
February 11, 2020
Egypt's fast-growing population hit 100 million people on Tuesday, the official statistics agency announced, presenting a pressing problem for an already overburdened country with limited resources. The staggering figure is...
February 11, 2020
The Los Angeles Fire Department has signed an agreement to purchase an electric fire engine. The apparatus will be based on a conceptual vehicle that Austria-based manufacturer Rosenbauer demonstrated in...
February 11, 2020
ConocoPhillips has abandoned its plan to build a temporary island as a staging area for its oil discovery project on Alaska's North Slope, an official said. The oil company has...
February 11, 2020
Israel's Energy Ministry said Tuesday that a power outage at the country's newly operational offshore natural gas platform halted operations for several hours overnight. Residents of northern Israel reported a...
February 11, 2020
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street led by gains in technology companies and banks. Sprint soared after a federal judge removed a major obstacle to T-Mobile's takeover of the...
February 11, 2020
The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential contest and the New Hampshire primary (all times local): 9:40 a.m. Elizabeth Warren says anyone looking for contrasts between her and fellow progressive...
February 11, 2020
The Waterloo City Council has voted to close the shortest of the local airport's three runways — a proposal that had drawn opposition from some pilots. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier...
February 11, 2020
Global energy-related emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide remained steady last year, with declines in rich countries balancing out a rise in poor nations, according to data published Tuesday. The International...
February 11, 2020
The estate of a man who was killed in a drunken driving crash in 2017 and a crash victim who survived are suing the Prineville bar that over-served driver Justin...
February 11, 2020
A contentious flight is taking 17 deportees from the UK to Jamaica after a fierce row between ministers and MPs. But unlike the Windrush scandal, these are criminals – including...
February 11, 2020
A major redevelopment initiative that would have replaced a shuttered arena in Virginia's capital city with a new venue as well as high rises, housing, commercial and retail space was...
February 11, 2020
A federal judge has approved T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint, rejecting objections from a group of states and removing a major obstacle to a shakeup in the wireless industry....
February 11, 2020
Kansas City's Jackson County is boosting the minimum wage for its employees to $15 per hour over the next two years. The county said in a news release Monday that...
February 11, 2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy appears durable with steady growth and unemployment near a half-century low but faces risks from the deadly virus in China. Giving...
February 11, 2020
Under Armour is plunging in premarket trading after the company said it anticipates a big financial hit from the viral outbreak in China and saying separately that it may need...
February 11, 2020
Ferocious winds, with gusts over 200 kph (125 mph), lashed Corsica and whipped up a forest fire that flared overnight on the French Mediterranean island on Tuesday, after a storm...
February 11, 2020
Ferocious winds, with gusts over 200 kph (125 mph), lashed Corsica and whipped up a forest fire that flared overnight on the French Mediterranean island on Tuesday, after a storm...
February 11, 2020
Valentine's Day: a day to celebrate your partner or a day to celebrate yourself. And while it may not sound romantic, this time of year is also an opportunity to...
February 11, 2020
Valentine's Day: a day to celebrate your partner or a day to celebrate yourself. And while it may not sound romantic, this time of year is also an opportunity to...
February 11, 2020
Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, saw profit slump in 2019 and turned in a loss for the fourth quarter, underlining the pressures on the auto industry from economic headwinds...
February 11, 2020
A hit piece in The National Interest accuses the WW2-era KV series Soviet heavy tanks of failing to stop the 1941 Nazi invasion. But apart from factual flaws, the article...
February 11, 2020
South Florida's jewelers are getting a new showcase. The Metro Mall Miami is expected to open in downtown by June 2021. A year after purchasing the 104-year-old building for $15...
February 11, 2020
Enter this sweepstakes, and a $1.8 million waterfront Miami home could be yours. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom single-family home in Gables by the Sea is being offered by the for-profit, Los...
