Two professors at Illinois State University have received a $1.23 million federal grant to help students who'll work with infants and toddlers who are blind or deaf, university officials announced....
February 9, 2020
A roadside bomb exploded near a Pakistani paramilitary vehicle in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province, killing one soldier and wounding five others, a local government official said Sunday. The paramilitary...
February 9, 2020
The Israeli military blocked Palestinian agricultural exports on Sunday in the latest escalation of a monthslong trade war that comes amid fears of renewed violence as well. Following Defense Minister...
February 9, 2020
Trains, flights and ferries have been cancelled and weather warnings issued across the United Kingdom as a storm with hurricane-force winds up to 80 mph (129 kph) batters the region....
February 9, 2020
The City of St. Augustine Beach is looking to amend its code to allow for emotional support animal requests, allowing the family of a 9-year-old boy with disabilities to keep...
February 9, 2020
The Academy Awards are a myopic establishment dog and pony show that ignores artistic greatness in favor of the status quo. I've come up with a better alternative. The cinematic...
February 9, 2020
After spending 10 years as a music professor in Oklahoma City, Cami Engles had grown used to spending time at unique local businesses. Oklahoma City is full of coffee shops,...
February 9, 2020
Smooth jazz echoed off the nearly empty gray hallways of Crossroads Mall. The second floor, which shows remnants of a Dillard's store and a food court, is blocked off. The...
February 9, 2020
Roads covered in slush, salt and mud have closed schools and slowed transit this week, but work on the Xtream Arena in Coralville is moving along on schedule. Recently, Josh...
February 9, 2020
The jump helmet used by the “Father of the Airborne” during World War II has been digitally preserved in three-dimensional form. Maj. Gen. William C. Lee's helmet was one of...
February 9, 2020
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell are standing on the Oscars stage performing some hilarious material for a few dozen people who are in stitches watching the two comedians. No, the...
February 9, 2020
For Democrats, this was supposed be a moment to begin easing three years of built-up of anxieties. Instead, the launch of the 2020 presidential primary has left the party deeply...
February 8, 2020
Two years after a train carrying Republican members of Congress collided with a garbage truck, five passengers have filed lawsuits against the driver, trash company and train conductor. Dana Naylor...
February 8, 2020
The Oscars are here, already. After the shortest awards season in decades, the 92nd annual Academy Awards will get underway Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The...
February 8, 2020
Illinois officials are allowing medical marijuana businesses to stay open later amid complaints that users have been at a disadvantage since a new state law allowing recreational sales took effect...
February 8, 2020
A SeaWorld tradition that has been and continues to be slowly torn down is trainer-involved shows with the theme park's aquatic animals. Last month, the park said goodbye to a...
February 8, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned America's governors on Saturday to be wary of China, which he said was targeting individual U.S. states in a strategic effort to expand its...
February 8, 2020
Thousands of techies are expected in downtown Detroit this summer for the Campus Party TechFest at the TCF Center. The 24-hour “geek” festival will be held Aug. 20-22 and touch...
February 8, 2020
A Detroit-area man who was driving a SUV decked out like a police car when he was stopped by a county sheriff has been charged. Adrian Ansah-Asante was arraigned Saturday...
February 8, 2020
CSU-Pueblo has signed on to a $17 million solar panel power project at the university that will be the main generating source for the academic campus. The Pueblo Chieftain reports...
February 8, 2020
An air travel entrepreneur has introduced a new Utah-based airline carrier 20 years after launching JetBlue. Utah native David Neeleman unveiled the official name of his fifth carrier startup Breeze...
February 8, 2020
The Iowa City Daily Iowan was named Friday as the Iowa Newspaper Association 2020 "Newspaper of the Year." The award was announced at the association's Awards Banquet during the INA...
February 8, 2020
Defense attorneys asked a federal judge Saturday to prevent prosecutors from quizzing Michael Avenatti about other criminal charges he faces should he decide to testify about allegations he tried to...
February 8, 2020
In the third week of testimony at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial, the prosecution rested, the defendant dozed off and there was the most intense testimony yet, with jurors being sent...
February 8, 2020
Moffitt Cancer Center is returning more than $1 million in state money. Officials said Friday that they couldn't determine whether the money from the Florida Department of Health was properly...
February 8, 2020
Dozens of museums and galleries across Vermont are joining together this year to draw more visitors and show them how technology impacts culture. The Rutland Herald reports 36 organizations will...
February 8, 2020
A Maine legislative committee has signed off on a plan to eliminate state income tax on retirement benefits for public employees. Democratic Sen. Shenna Bellows of Manchester made the proposal,...
February 8, 2020
Common Core in Florida is over. The state Department of Education in a statement on Friday said the controversial set of academic standards “has been officially eradicated from Florida classrooms."...
February 8, 2020
Alabama's oyster harvest is back underway near Dauphin Island after a shutdown prompted by high water levels. A news release from the state conservation agency said boats resumed harvesting oysters...
February 8, 2020
Louisiana's secretary of state is notifying small business owners about proposed regulations that could impact their companies. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced Thursday that businesses can register online for...
February 8, 2020
Financial wrongdoing across African soccer has been unearthed in a confidential audit of the continent's governing body that raises concerns about the legitimacy of millions of dollars of payments to...
February 8, 2020
U.S. emergency management officials have given Colorado a $10 million grant to fix a dam upstream of the ski resort town of Breckenridge that's listed in unsatisfactory condition and would...
February 8, 2020
Officials in a north Georgia city say they were caught off-guard at the cancellation of the Wings Over Dalton Air Show. Dalton Municipal Airport Manager Andrew Wiersma says the promoter...
February 8, 2020
Maine officials have deemed dozens of applications to run marijuana businesses to be complete, a major step on the way to the first legal sales of the drug for recreational...
February 8, 2020
Drivers in New Jersey and around the nation are still seeing prices at the pump decline amid lower demand and an increase in supplies. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price...
February 8, 2020
A bank has reversed itself and says it will continue supporting a Florida private school voucher program, despite reports that some schools in the program discriminate against LGBTQ students. After...
February 8, 2020
A major interstate highway bridge in West Virginia re-opened Saturday after it was closed this week for emergency repairs, transportation officials said. Eastbound traffic at the Interstate 64 bridge over...
February 8, 2020
Move over meat. An agriculture research center on the North Dakota State University campus is plugging plants as an alternative protein source. The Northern Crops Institute is planning a three-day...
February 8, 2020
The company that operates the largest coal-fired power plant in North Dakota is looking for solutions to overcome financial challenges amid the low cost of electricity in the power market....
February 8, 2020
When Oprah Winfrey endorsed the novel “American Dirt” for her book club last month, many Latinos took to social media to decry the selection for its stereotypes and caricatures. The...
