The online retailer Amazon confirmed Thursday that it will be moving into a new warehouse in the Des Moines suburb of Bondurant. The Seattle-based company said it plans to hire...
February 6, 2020
Major League Soccer and its players have reached a new five-year collective bargaining agreement in time for the start of the season later this month. The new contract must be...
February 6, 2020
A judge sentenced a Michigan man to one year in prison after he scammed two Montana men out of more than $200,000. James Matthew Thomas, 35, was charged with one...
February 6, 2020
Pacific Gas & Electric is still operating a rickety power line near the one that ignited a 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northern California city of Paradise and killed...
February 6, 2020
Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery was fell 1.80 cents at $5.5760 a bushel; Mar. corn lost 2.40...
February 6, 2020
A North Fond du Lac man has been sentenced to one year in jail for causing a crash that killed a Neenah man and his 8-year-old son. Travis Wollersheim was...
February 6, 2020
U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week for the third straight week, as the benchmark 30-year loan marked its lowest point in three years. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday...
February 6, 2020
Wisconsin state lawmakers claimed more than $1.25 million in daily allowances last year, a 6% decrease from the previous budget-writing year in 2017. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday on...
February 6, 2020
The European Union's new economy commissioner says Greece's bailout lenders are willing to discuss a request by Athens to ease strict budget targets that would help speed up the country's...
February 6, 2020
Poor visibility caused a Russian helicopter to crash into the Arctic Ocean Ocean with eight people on board who all perished, Norwegian accident investigators reported Thursday. The October 2017 crash...
February 6, 2020
Amazon expects to have at least 15,000 employees in Bellevue, Washington, in the next few years as the company expands from its Seattle headquarters to tap a larger labor pool....
February 6, 2020
The number of FBI arrests in cases related to Chinese espionage has risen sharply in the last five years, corresponding with what the U.S. government sees as an urgent threat...
February 6, 2020
The Pebble Partnership has submitted a draft plan for reducing the open-pit mine project's impact on wetlands and salmon-bearing streams in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. The mitigation plan includes cleaning...
February 6, 2020
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday proposed a $61.9 billion state budget, including what she billed as the biggest increase for classroom operations in 20 years. The plan would boost overall...
February 6, 2020
In the wake of revelations that scores of Roman Catholic priests and religious workers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living unsupervised in communities across the country, state officials...
February 6, 2020
In the wake of revelations that scores of Roman Catholic priests and religious workers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living unsupervised in communities across the country, state officials...
February 6, 2020
Endless virtue signaling and preaching from its filmmakers and stars is almost guaranteeing that ‘Birds of Prey' will flop and show people exactly how to turn an audience away. ‘Birds...
February 6, 2020
Massachusetts is set to approve its first minority-owned retail marijuana shop, more than three years after voters approved the nation's first marijuana law aimed at encouraging blacks, Latinos and others...
February 6, 2020
Britain and Germany announced more cases of the Wuhan virus on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed virus cases in Europe to 30. In Germany, all the virus cases...
February 6, 2020
Some 20 miners are trapped underground after a mine shaft collapsed in Zimbabwe, state media reported Thursday, and a police spokesman said at least two bodies had been recovered. Spokesman...
February 6, 2020
Some Vermont lawmakers hope to make prostitution safer and remove the stigma that often prevents sex workers from seeking police protection and health care. A bill introduced last month by...
February 6, 2020
A hotel chain plans to begin construction in May of a $60 million, aviation-themed hotel in downtown Anchorage, officials said. The 13-story building will be the first major hotel construction...
February 6, 2020
For the first time, the U.S. government's highway safety agency has approved a company's request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn't meet federal safety standards for human-driven cars and...
February 6, 2020
A fire at a mine in Sweden left at least two people slightly injured on Thursday, authorities said. The blaze broke out at the Garpenberg mine in the Dalarna region...
February 6, 2020
Cigna Corp. on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $977 million. The Bloomfield, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of $2.60 per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and non-recurring...
February 6, 2020
Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street following big gains in Asia after China cut tariffs on U.S. goods and promised tax cuts and other help to businesses reeling...
February 6, 2020
A Maine naval shipyard and the University of Massachusetts Lowell have entered into an educational partnership to share technology and enhance student education. The five-year agreement between Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,...
February 6, 2020
Twitter will remove or label “manipulated images and videos” on its platform in a bid to control disinfo, it has announced – though its new policy reads more like it's...
February 6, 2020
Six American oil executives under house arrest in Venezuela were rounded up by police hours after President Donald Trump met Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's chief opponent at the White House,...
February 6, 2020
A man who illegally stored hazardous waste at his southern New Jersey business must pay $4.2 million in restitution for the cleanup and serve a 30-day jail term, a judge...
February 6, 2020
Police in Northern Ireland say they are investigating a potential plot by Irish Republican Army dissidents to blow up a truck crossing the Irish Sea on the day Britain left...
February 6, 2020
The Czech Republic's central bank has surprisingly raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 2.25% in response to higher inflation rates, a move that's helped lift the country's...
February 6, 2020
The chairman of the inquiry into a London tower bloc fire that killed 72 people wrote to Britain's attorney general Thursday to ask for a pledge to prevent evidence from...
February 6, 2020
U.S. productivity rebounded in the final three months of last year, helping to boost productivity growth for the year to the best showing in nearly a decade. The Commerce Department...
February 6, 2020
Thirteen people were killed and seven injured Thursday when a bus and a truck collided on a highway in Egypt's southern Aswan province, a health official said. Ihab Hanafy, a...
February 6, 2020
Record U.S. sales of Ram trucks and the launch of the new Jeep Gladiator helped fourth-quarter profits at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles grow by more than a third, the U.S.-Italian company...
February 6, 2020
A woman who fought fires for Atira Systems GST of Oregon is suing for gender discrimination, saying she was forced to share a hotel room with male colleagues, according to...
February 6, 2020
Multiple studies have shown that student debt can cause borrowers to delay getting married. For some borrowers, though, marriage could actually be a gateway to paying less. You can save...
February 6, 2020
I've been a politician. I know hypocrisy when I see it. And as German lawmakers in Thuringia broke their self-imposed ‘taboo' around the AfD at the recent election in the...
February 6, 2020
European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde has warned that the world's central banks have less room to stimulate the economy in case there's a recession. Lagarde said in an appearance...
