Politics

The remains of a Kansas man who was killed 78 years ago when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor have been identified. U.S. Navy Fireman First Class Rex Wise will be...

Kentucky officials have awarded nearly $1 million to counties across the state to help clean up illegal dumps. The grants from the state Energy and Environment Cabinet will go to...

The leader of Belarus complained Thursday about Russia's halt on oil supplies ahead of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss closer economic ties between the two countries. Russia...

The luxury brand Tapestry is reporting quarterly earnings that are much better than expected, but warned that the virus outbreak in China is “significantly impacting” its business there. The owner...

KFC owner Yum Brands ended 2019 with better-than-expected sales, but the impact of the new virus in China could weigh heavily on its first quarter results. Yum has a strong...

Twitter reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter net earnings fell to $119 million from $255 million in the same period a year earlier. The San Francisco-based tech company said it had...

The reshaping of the British Labour Party back into the image of Tony Blair shows how little fundamentally changed during the brief interregnum called the Corbyn era. Not least on...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is meeting with the separatist leader of Catalonia in a bid to improve the strained relations between the central government and Spain's restive northeast. No...

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Thursday with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who comes to the White House with a warning: Africa is not a battlefield for proxy disputes with countries...

With the German chancellor by his side, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday his country hopes to learn from Germany's experience of transitioning from coal to renewable energy to...

As Miami grapples with the high cost of living, affordable housing developer Pinnacle has opened a new option specifically geared to seniors. Two months after opening, 75 of the 123...

Warehouses in Miami-Dade County can move aside. Although Miami remains the darling of the South Florida industrial marketing, major players in the industrial real estate market are looking to expand...

Three suspensions and a disciplinary revocation taken to the next level comprise South Florida's representation on the Florida Bar's monthly report of attorneys disciplined by the Florida Supreme Court. In...

A non-profit St. Augustine hospital will pay $107,185 in back pay after it got caught improperly deducting time from certain employees' timecards, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday. Flagler...

The city of Miami Beach issued $168,000 in fines related to illegal vacation rentals during Super Bowl weekend, including one party house with four previous citations, and it assessed more...

Bernie Sanders says he raised a whopping $25 million in January and will use his presidential campaign's flush bank account to increase television and digital advertising in 10 states. The...

The pilots of an Emirates flight that crashed in 2016 and caught fire in Dubai failed to realize the engines of their Boeing 777 remained idle as they tried to...

The mood at Diane von Furstenberg's lunch honoring this year's female Oscar contenders could have been downbeat, given the shutout of women directors for Sunday's awards. Instead, it was celebratory...

West Virginia's governor plans to establish a task force on health care aimed at keeping rural hospitals open. Justice will outline the details and duties of the Rural Medicine Task...

Chinese tech giant Huawei accused U.S. phone carrier Verizon of violating its patents in a lawsuit filed Thursday, broadening efforts to defend company's business in the United States amid government...

This should have been a good year for global tourism, with trade tensions gradually easing, certain economies growing and banner events like the Summer Olympics taking place in Tokyo. But...

The Harllee family, who started farming in Manatee County shortly after the Civil War, and helped pioneer the Florida tomato industry, recently sold the Harllee Packing House in Palmetto. …...

More construction is ahead for a stretch of Interstate 77 near downtown Charlotte. The N.C. Department of Transportation said in a news release that it has awarded a $10.4 million...

Scotland's finance minister has resigned, hours before he was due to deliver his annual budget, after he reportedly sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy on social media. Derek...

The Philippine foreign secretary warned Thursday that abrogating a security accord with Washington would undermine his country's security and foster aggression in the disputed South China Sea. The warning came...

Italy's largest bank by assets, UniCredit, said Thursday it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter due to higher write-downs on bad loans. The lender reported a loss of...

An international space station crew including NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman, landed safely in Kazakhstan on...

Chinese smartphone brand Huawei says it will attend the industry's biggest global event this month in Barcelona while more companies reported losses due to China's efforts to contain a disease...

A measure to ban flavored tobacco in Maryland, including menthol cigarettes, is scheduled for a hearing in a House committee. Supporters of the ban have scheduled a news conference on...

A state panel is considering a health care company's request to add 52 beds to a nursing home facility in Wilmington. Cadia Healthcare is seeking permission to expand its existing...

Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia Corp. has reported a rise in fourth-quarter earnings mainly due to cost savings and pledged to boost investments in next-generation 5G networks, of which it...

Factory orders in Germany declined by a hefty 2.1% in December compared with the previous month on a sharp drop in demand from other countries in the eurozone. The Economy...

President Donald Trump touted the trade cease-fire he signed with China last month as a "momentous step," but it didn't lift commodity prices. U.S. pork and soybeans, the two farm...

For American politics, it's been a week for the ages: a bungled start to the 2020 presidential primary season, a State of Union speech with partisanship on full display and...

China cut tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. imports including soybeans, pork and auto parts Thursday in a trade truce with Washington while Beijing struggles with a costly virus outbreak....

Italian authorities say a high-speed passenger train has derailed in northern Italy, killing two railway workers and injuring 27 people. Civil Protection chief Angelo Borrelli has told state radio that...

Nepal's upcoming national census will for the first time count the LGBT population in the Himalayan nation in order to better allocate government jobs and education set aside for minority...

Flights resumed Thursday at an Istanbul airport after a Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, killing three people and injuring dozens. Sabiha Gokcen Airport restarted operations around 4 a.m. (0100...

China on Thursday announced tariff cuts on $75 billion of U.S. imports in response to American reductions as part of their truce in a trade war. The Ministry of Finance...

Supporters of a proposal to decriminalize the use of certain psychedelic plants and fungi are one step closer to putting the measure on the ballot in the District of Columbia....