Virginia lawmakers are taking steps to legalize casinos in five cities around the state. A Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would allow voters in Bristol, Danville, Richmond, Norfolk and...
February 4, 2020
EMBARGOED UNTIL 11:30 a.m. TUESDAY Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf devoted a section of his annual state budget speech on Tuesday to expressing dismay over a lack of action to curb...
February 4, 2020
The Justice Department official leading the investigation of big tech companies' market dominance is stepping aside from the department's Google probe because of his previous lobbying work for Google. Assistant...
February 4, 2020
Royal Caribbean has canceled eight cruises out of China through early March and is taking more precautionary steps because of the virus outbreak that began in China. The number of...
February 4, 2020
Profits at Ralph Lauren soared in the third quarter and the high-end retailer topped almost all expectations on Wall Street by any metric. Profit jumped from $120 million in the...
February 4, 2020
The Missouri Attorney General's office says taxpayers spent more than $24 million in 2019 on lawsuits against the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the $24.2 million paid in...
February 4, 2020
Almonds used to have about 170 calories per serving. Then researchers said it was really more like 130. A little later, they said the nuts may have even less. Calorie...
February 4, 2020
Everyone loves award season. You have the glam of the BAFTAS, the glitz of the Oscars, the brawn of the Super Bowl, and even the unseemly fight to be the...
February 4, 2020
Millennials grew up online. From making their first screen names with America Online in the '90s and poking around chatrooms, to using HTML to customize their Myspace pages in high...
February 4, 2020
The two leaders of Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention have been placed on leave pending an investigation into allegations that they oversaw a toxic work environment,...
February 4, 2020
Barleans recalled seven kinds of their softgel products, according to an announcement on the Publix website. Though last week's announcement appears to be a company-written recall notice, as of Tuesday...
February 4, 2020
Despite NATO officials' claims about Defender Europe 2020 not being aimed against any particular country, the exercises are clearly just another anti-Russian provocation. The main objective of the exercise —...
February 4, 2020
Louisiana's new Republican House speaker rewarded his Democratic supporters with top leadership positions on five subject-matter committees, but kept the key chairmanships on financial and redistricting panels reserved for GOP...
February 4, 2020
New York lawmakers are set to hold a budget hearing on the governor's spending proposal for the state's public universities and community colleges. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget calls for a...
February 4, 2020
Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street, following gains overseas. China's main stock index rebounded from a big loss a day earlier as that country's central bank provided more...
February 4, 2020
Irish regulators have launched separate inquiries into Google and dating app Tinder over how they process user data, in a new round of regulatory scrutiny aimed at tech companies. Ireland's...
February 4, 2020
Hawaii libraries could accommodate early learning classrooms under a state legislative proposal to expand childcare services, officials have said. The Legislature is expected to consider a proposal to build 100...
February 4, 2020
A state lawmaker has asked the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to take immediate action to address a growing pothole problem. Independent Rep. Dan Ortiz of Ketchikan wrote...
February 4, 2020
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 1 Republicans have legitimate questions about the potential politicization of an audit of the Missouri attorney general's office by state Auditor Nicole Galloway's staff. Questions...
February 4, 2020
Bundled up in her winter jacket, Elaina Stumpf headed outside on a recent brisk, sunny day at Shepaug Valley School. The sophomore from Bridgewater had an important task. She needed...
February 4, 2020
A California truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed three people in south-central Nebraska has pleaded not guilty. Buffalo County District Court records say Kenneth Kratt, of Madera,...
February 4, 2020
A Twin Cities personal injury attorney has pleaded guilty to defrauding auto insurance companies by making false health care claims. William Sutor III enter the plea Monday to one count...
February 4, 2020
For the first time in US political history, no clear winner was announced in the critical Iowa caucus amid a storm of chaos. How can the Democrats hope to lead...
February 4, 2020
Summer camp memories don't come cheap. With camp costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars a week, credit cards can seem like a good way to quickly rack up points...
February 4, 2020
New York Times best-selling author Luanne Rice was at the center of much excitement for those who packed into Bank Square Books on Feb. 1 during the inaugural gathering of...
February 4, 2020
Coal production in North Dakota dropped 8% in 2019, compared to the prior year. The state's five coal mines produced 27.2 million tons of lignite, according to a trade group....
February 4, 2020
A pontoon boat company plans to close its Iowa plant and move production to an Indiana location, officials said. About 45 employees will lose their jobs at the Misty Harbor...
February 4, 2020
American Airlines is teaming up with Brazil's largest airline, GOL Airlines, in a new agreement allowing American to market GOL flights to its passengers and vice versa. The codeshare partnership...
February 4, 2020
After nearly five hours of deliberation and public testimony, the Miami Affordable Housing Master Plan took another small step closer to fruition Friday after City of Miami commissioners voted 5-0...
February 4, 2020
Coconut Grove has what tech teams are craving. And some are willing to pay a premium to get it. The growing company Taxfyle, which provides an on-demand tax filing app,...
February 4, 2020
The president of Millennia Housing Management came before the Opa-locka City Commission last month with a proposition: Millennia will fix up the Cordoba Courts apartments it owns on Northwest 22nd...
February 4, 2020
The end of Super Bowl 54 had Miami's airport concerned enough about a Monday exodus that it tried to banish Uber arrivals to a nearby train station. That rerouting didn't...
February 4, 2020
Vertical construction has begun on an office tower tall enough to change the city's skyline. 830 Brickell, a joint venture between the Miami-based development firm OKO Group and the global...
February 4, 2020
A Spanish court has raised the sentence against a former bank president found guilty of trying to smuggle a painting by Pablo Picasso out of the country. The Madrid court...
February 4, 2020
Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari on Tuesday reported that its profits last year sank 11% as it shifted its geographical footprint, but raised its forecasts for 2020. Ferrari said...
February 4, 2020
Danish brewer Carlsberg says its 2019 net profit rose nearly 24 % to 6.6 billion kroner ($977 million) on strong beer sales in major markets, but noted it had lost...
February 4, 2020
The leader of Belarus boasted Tuesday about warming ties with the United States as his officials discussed alternative energy imports as part of efforts to win concessions from Russia. Belarusian...
February 4, 2020
A nonstop train from Amsterdam to London will begin services at the end of April, the Dutch government announced Tuesday. Roger van Boxtel, president-director of Dutch rail company NS, said...
February 4, 2020
American Airlines is teaming up with Brazil's largest airline, GOL Airlines, in a new agreement allowing American to market GOL flights to its passengers and vice versa. The codeshare partnership...
February 4, 2020
Lebanon's only English-language newspaper announced on Tuesday that it was temporarily suspending its print edition because of financial challenges as the country passes through its worst economic crisis in decades....
