Politics

Here are the top five residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of Feb. 2-8. The data was compiled by Condo.com and does not include off-market or new construction pre-sales....

France's big wine industry, shaken by U.S. President Trump's painful tariff hikes and the threat of climate change, is hoping to re-energize global interest in its products with a big...

The Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend more than $85 million this year on a project to deepen the main channel of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. U.S. Rep....

Britain's Conservative government is set to approve a contentious, expensive plan for a high-speed rail line linking London with central and northern England, despite opposition from environmentalists and even some...

Africa shouldn't have to beg for help in addressing climate change, the president of the African Development Bank said Tuesday, adding that polluting global powers “have to pay.” Akinwumi Adesina...

A businessman from England who contracted the new virus from China and may have spread it through his wide travels thanked Britain's National Health Service after he recovered. Steve Walsh...

Thai health authorities have barred a cruise ship from docking that has already been turned away by the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan out of concern over a new virus, although...

U.S. chip maker Intel and Chinese smartphone maker Vivo are among the latest companies to pull out of a major European technology fair over virus worries. The two companies said...

After his predecessor failed in an attempt to move up last call on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said he is taking a more measured approach to rewriting...

Oil production from federally-managed lands and waters topped a record 1 billion barrels last year, U.S. officials told The Associated Press, as shorter permitting times and technological advances helped drive...

The European Union will only offer Britain unique access to its vast single market if the U.K. agrees to stick to the bloc's standards, EU Commission President Ursula von der...

China denied involvement in any hacking activities on Tuesday after the United States indicted four members of the Chinese military for allegedly breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax...

The British economy flat-lined in the final quarter of 2019, official figures showed Tuesday. The stagnation was widely anticipated in light of the Brexit and election uncertainty that was dominant...

A Republican eastern North Carolina congressman who died last year could soon be remembered with a local post office named in his memory. Members of the state's congressional delegation have...

One of Dubai's largest privately-owned developers, DAMAC Properties, reported on Tuesday $10 million in net loss in 2019, a year after net earnings had reached $313 million. Revenue was down...

Britain sees huge trading opportunities in Southeast Asia and seeks to build a “new modern and dynamic” relationship with the region's 10 nations after leaving the European Union, Foreign Secretary...

Automaker Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, saw profit slump in 2019 and turned in a loss for the fourth quarter. The weaker results announced Tuesday underlined the pressures on...

Amazon last year made seven new additions – including two women – to its senior leadership team, the upper echelon of the company, which meets regularly with CEO Jeff Bezos...

CHICAGO – Ever since Dispensary 33, in the Andersonville neighborhood on Chicago's North Side, started selling recreational marijuana, business has been up at the bar across the street. "During my...

Clashes broke out Tuesday between Lebanese protesters and security forces near the parliament building in central Beirut, where the new Cabinet is scheduled to submit its policy statement ahead of...

Members of a Maine legislative committee narrowly passed a proposal that supporters said would protect small pharmacies in the state. The proposal is designed to stop insurance carriers from charging...

Rebuilding Afghanistan has cost hundreds of lives, according to a new report released Tuesday by a U.S. government watchdog that monitors the billions of dollars Washington spends in the war-ravaged...

The Trump administration on Tuesday hosts the first of two hearings on a proposal to roll back a landmark environmental law, and activists say the abbreviated schedule is limiting the...

Two long-delayed New York-area rail projects received mixed reviews from federal officials Monday, as a plan for a replacement for a century-old bridge earned high enough marks to finally qualify...

Western New Mexico University students are set to offer tax help to seniors and low-income families in the southwest corner of the state. The school announced the students this week...

U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan said Monday he hopes that his visit to Cuba serves to build bridges between the peoples of the two countries amid tensions between their governments. Dolan,...

The New Mexico state House has endorsed a bill that combines penalty enhancements for felonies involving firearms with helping emergency first-responders cope with job stress and funding local law enforcement...

Another Mississippi inmate died Monday, the same day the governor extended an emergency order allowing the state to quickly spend money to try to resolve problems in a prison system...

The virus outbreak that began in China and has spread to more than 20 countries is stretching already-strained public health systems in Asia and beyond, raising questions over whether everyone...

Mookie Betts and David Price are Los Angeles Dodgers. The Boston Red Sox are tax dodgers. Boston and Los Angeles finalized the on-again, off-again deal that will send the AL...

Singapore is pushing ahead with its air show despite cancellations by dozens of exhibitors and most Chinese participants due to the virus outbreak that has sickened tens of thousands of...

Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed the first new law of this year's legislative session, a measure that changes the structure of a new business and occupation tax surcharge levied...

China's daily death toll from new virus has topped 100 for first time, with more than 1,000 total deaths recorded, the health ministry announced Tuesday, as the spread of the...

A federal judge in Tucson Monday overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's approval of plans for a new copper mine in southeastern Arizona. The $1.9 billion open-pit mine project,...

A quip by the Korean director of 2019's Best Picture has touched off a debate in the US over dubbing versus subtitling of foreign films – a subject on which...

The owner of the New Orleans Saints said Monday that the NFL team played no role in determining which priests would be named in the list of “credibly accused” clergy...

A federal judge on Monday refused to exempt ride-share company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates from a broad new California labor law while she considers their lawsuit. U.S....

In 2014, the Obama administration accused five Chinese military agents of targeting Pittsburgh-area industrial companies including Westinghouse Electric, Alcoa and U.S. Steel. Since then, the number of companies allegedly targeted...

U.S. Steel and the Allegheny County health department say they have finalized terms of last year's settlement agreement that requires $200 million in improvements to the Clairton Coke Works and...

Federal environmental officials have unveiled a plan to speed the cleanup of the Housatonic River in western Massachusetts and require General Electric to pay local communities $63 million. Under the...