Asian shares rose Wednesday on optimism that China's latest actions may help curtail some of the expected economic damage from the virus outbreak. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to...
February 5, 2020
Australia's deadly wildfires will have no impact on the nation's economic growth this year but the impact of a new virus is still unknown, the head of the Australian central...
February 5, 2020
Dubai International Airport said on Wednesday that it maintained its title as the world's busiest for international travel, despite closing one of its runways for repairs last year and the...
February 5, 2020
Maine's new prescription drug price transparency rules are now in effect. The new rules have arrived in the wake of a law designed to make drug pricing less confusing for...
February 5, 2020
Tourists, nature lovers and amateur scientists are whipping out their cameras to document the effects of extreme high tides on shorelines from the United States to New Zealand, and by...
February 5, 2020
Banking on Mookie Betts to be the missing piece in their World Series pursuit, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally pulled off a blockbluster deal with the cost-cutting Red Sox. Boston...
February 5, 2020
Heading into this week's Iowa caucuses, U.S. election officials were on high alert for a repeat attempt to interfere in the presidential election process by Russia or other malicious foreign...
February 5, 2020
Michigan's top insurance regulator said the state is committed to educating drivers about a new law that will let motorists save money by foregoing unlimited medical coverage for crash injuries....
February 5, 2020
Reaction from Democratic challengers to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address: AMY KLOBUCHAR "As Michigan Governor @GretchenWhitmer said, “You can listen to what someone says, but to know...
February 5, 2020
The latest on the president's State of the Union speech (all times local): 11:15 p.m. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says President Donald Trump must think the American people are...
February 5, 2020
President Donald Trump leaned hard on the strong U.S. economy as he made the case for his reelection in the State of the Union address — and he threw in...
February 5, 2020
Health authorities are scrambling to halt the spread of a new virus that has killed hundreds in China. But with important details about the illness and how it spreads still...
February 5, 2020
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Tuesday that the state must reinvent its corrections system as it grapples with a prison crisis and also called for borrowing $1 billion to fund...
February 5, 2020
California's governor revealed a plan on Tuesday that would keep more water in the fragile San Joaquin River Delta while restoring 60,000 acres of habitat for endangered species and generating...
February 5, 2020
Stepping before the nation in extraordinary times, President Donald Trump on Tuesday will extol the “Great American Comeback" as he delivers his State of the Union address on the eve...
February 5, 2020
A federal prosecutor spent a second day Tuesday telling a jury in Las Vegas that eight accused Vagos biker gang members were members of a broad criminal racketeering enterprise responsible...
February 5, 2020
Lieutenant Governor Ainsworth, Pro Tempore Marsh, Speaker McCutcheon, Speaker Pro Tempore Gaston, members of the Alabama Legislature, Chief Justice Parker, justices of the Alabama Supreme Court, distinguished guests – and...
February 5, 2020
Cullen Hazelwood died of an overdose last year 2 miles from the hospital because his friend was scared to call for help, according to his mother Christy Farmer. Farmer wants...
February 5, 2020
The utter disaster of the Iowa caucuses may have fatally wounded Joe Biden's 2020 presidential bid and revived the specter of 2016 for Sanders supporters. Most of all, it shows...
February 5, 2020
A woman whose father was among the 17 people who died after a tourist duck boat sank in a Missouri lake condemned a bill Tuesday that would limit when companies...
February 5, 2020
Ford Motor Co.'s profit last year plunged by more than $3.6 billion, weighed down by slowing U.S. sales, the cost of a botched SUV launch and some big pension expenses....
February 5, 2020
The University of Wyoming launched an investigation into then-President Laurie Nichols after receiving accusations that she verbally abused employees, records obtained by Wyoming news outlets show. The documents are the...
February 5, 2020
Kentucky lawmakers want to hear from an aluminum company embroiled in a management shakeup as it tries to complete financing for a long-promised $1.7 billion plant in Appalachia. Sen. Chris...
February 4, 2020
A state senator told demonstrators opposed to a plan to build a natural gas pipeline and marine export terminal in Oregon that he expects the battle to go to the...
February 4, 2020
Monday night could not have gone better for online troublemakers who have spent years propagating false or misleading conspiracy theories on the internet that the U.S. election is rigged or...
February 4, 2020
A Georgia House chairman on Tuesday abandoned some unpopular changes to the teachers pension system but held on to two provisions aimed at cutting state retirement costs over time. House...
February 4, 2020
Environmental advocacy groups are criticizing New York's plan to allow water suppliers to delay being hit with formal violations for exceeding the state's incoming limits for industrial chemicals in public...
February 4, 2020
American Airlines said Tuesday it has suspended flights to Hong Kong through Feb. 20 due to weak demand. Interest in travel to Hong Kong was already weakened by months of...
February 4, 2020
Commissioners of an eastern Kentucky water district illegally spent more than $133,000 of the cash-strapped district's money on their own health insurance policies over the past three years, officials said....
February 4, 2020
Helmets would no longer be mandatory for most motorcycle riders in Maryland under a bill expected to be heard in a state Senate committee Tuesday. Senate bill 237 would make...
February 4, 2020
Selected editorials from Oregon newspapers: The Oregonian/OregonLive, Feb. 2, on possible walkout by GOP in Salem": The 2020 legislative session hasn't even started but Senate Republicans seem ready to call...
February 4, 2020
The future is clearer for a test reactor in Idaho that develops fuel for the nation's fleet of nuclear-powered warships following an agreement signed Tuesday. Republican Gov. Brad Little and...
February 4, 2020
—- Tesla stock is soaring. Madness or visionary investing? DETROIT (AP) — Eight months after it seemed headed for the corporate junkyard, Tesla is now worth more than General Motors,...
February 4, 2020
NEW YORK — Macy's said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in...
February 4, 2020
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation paving the way for liquor-tasting events in Michigan. The bills enacted Tuesday create a special license for nonprofits to conduct a spirits tasting. Supporters...
February 4, 2020
A state Senate panel in Georgia unanimously approved a proposal to restrict vaping products on Tuesday, amid growing concern about health risks and use among children. Senate Bill 298 would...
February 4, 2020
Arbitrator Mark Irvings issued his decision Tuesday to deny the grievance filed by Cubs star Kris Bryant, ruling the players' association did not prove Chicago's reasons for holding the third...
February 4, 2020
The big news from Iowa's caucuses is the abysmal finish for ex-VP Joe Biden. His 4th place is a sign that allegations of corruption, erratic campaigning, and disturbing glad-handing are...
February 4, 2020
A prison crisis and gambling legislation are expected to be among this year's major legislative issues as Alabama lawmakers returned to Montgomery on Tuesday. They convened at noon to begin...
February 4, 2020
Macy's said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in the age of...
