Politics

Idaho has not included claims from jobless residents on federal unemployment programs in its weekly unemployment reports, according to reporting from Boise State Public Radio. The radio station reports that...

South Korea has reported 386 new cases of the coronavirus in a resurgence that could force authorities to reimpose stronger social distancing restrictions after easing them in October to spur...

Three Mississippi chicken processing plants among those targeted in one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade have agreed to pay back wages after...

Three Mississippi chicken processing plants among those targeted in one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade have agreed to pay back wages after...

An $11 billion no-new-taxes spending package won passage in a lame-duck Friday night session in Pennsylvania's Legislature, as lawmakers sought to plug a multibillion-dollar deficit brought on by the pandemic...

An $11 billion no-new-taxes spending package won passage in a lame-duck Friday night session in Pennsylvania's Legislature, as lawmakers sought to plug a multibillion-dollar deficit brought on by the pandemic...

A Mississippi Gulf Coast casino has become one of many businesses nationwide to sue its insurer for refusing to cover business losses because of the coronavirus pandemic. Island View Casino...

A financial advisor in Texas is facing murder charges for allegedly killing one of his clients that he is also being accused of bilking, along with at least 8 others,...

A financial advisor in Texas is facing murder charges for allegedly killing one of his clients that he is also being accused of bilking, along with at least 8 others,...

A financial advisor in Texas is facing murder charges for allegedly killing one of his clients that he is also being accused of bilking, along with at least 8 others,...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday announced $135 million in grants, loans and other assistance to help businesses and workers hurt by new restrictions he imposed through mid-December in response...

An $11 billion no-new-taxes spending package won narrow passage in a lame-duck Friday night session in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives, as lawmakers voted remotely amid a coronavirus outbreak. Lawmakers voted,...

An $11 billion no-new-taxes spending package won narrow passage in a lame-duck Friday night session in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives, as lawmakers voted remotely amid a coronavirus outbreak. Lawmakers voted,...

President-elect Joe Biden is pushing Congress to approve billions of dollars in emergency COVID-19 assistance before he takes office, saying in a meeting Friday with the top Democrats in the...

President-elect Joe Biden is pushing Congress to approve billions of dollars in emergency COVID-19 assistance before he takes office, saying in a meeting Friday with the top Democrats in the...

Texas surpassed 8,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients Friday for the first time since a deadly summer surge as doctors amplified pleas to keep Thanksgiving gatherings small. The worsening surge of cases...

Texas surpassed 8,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients Friday for the first time since a deadly summer surge as doctors amplified pleas to keep Thanksgiving gatherings small. The worsening surge of cases...

Texas surpassed 8,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients Friday for the first time since a deadly summer surge as doctors amplified pleas to keep Thanksgiving gatherings small. The worsening surge of cases...

Cyber criminals have attacked Manchester United's systems, the English Premier League club said on Friday. The northwest English club said it was confident “critical systems” required for matches to be...

Cyber criminals have attacked Manchester United's systems, the English Premier League club said on Friday. The northwest English club said it was confident “critical systems” required for matches to be...

Cyber criminals have attacked Manchester United's systems, the English Premier League club said on Friday. The northwest English club said it was confident “critical systems” required for matches to be...

Archer Daniels Midland and a French company announced plans Friday to produce protein from insects in Decatur, a venture that is expected to create hundreds of jobs. The site will...

Idaho's unemployment rate has dropped to 5.5% as about 5,400 nonfarm workers regained jobs in October, officials said Friday. The Idaho Department of Labor said that about 864,000 Idaho residents...

Wall Street closed out an up-and-down week on a down note Friday, handing the S&P 500 its first weekly loss in three weeks. Technology, financial and industrial companies drove much...

By most measures of what keeps a pub afloat, the coronavirus pandemic should already have Ye Olde King's Head on its last kegs. The British restaurant and bar in seaside...

Hospitals across Kansas are buckling as coronavirus cases swell, leading many schools to scale back in-person learning and one county to intensify plans for a possible field hospital. The Kansas...

Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, Democrat John Fetterman, may have gotten under somebody's skin. A provision slipped into lame-duck budget legislation Friday would ban flags not approved by lawmakers from flying at...

A Black man died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Friday's Black Consciousness Day observations, sparking outrage as...

Barack Obama is the latest to jump into Hollywood's flourishing anti-Donald Trump economy. His upcoming Netflix ‘comedy' series is proof the industry's obsession with their cash cow is going nowhere,...

After 70 years, live horse racing will end this year at the Scarborough Downs racetrack in Maine. The last harness race is scheduled for Nov. 28, the Portland Press Herald...

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose 41 cents to $42.15 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for January delivery rose 76 cents to $44.96 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

The US secretary of state became the first in his position to visit an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and Golan Heights when he toured the Psagot Winery and...

The invasive spotted lanternfly has arrived near Ithaca and in two New York counties that border Pennsylvania, threatening vineyards and other agricultural producers in the state. The bugs have been...

A divided state House on Friday passed a Republican-backed proposal to make it harder to sue schools, health care provides and others over COVID-19 claims. The 104 to 98 vote...

Health officials hope the move will push the drug giants to end their lucrative, thinly veiled ‘speaker programs' for favored doctors. Fat chance – it's too profitable a business for...

Trying to close out major unfinished business, the Trump administration issued regulations Friday that could lower the prices Americans pay for many prescription drugs. But in a time of political...

California's beleaguered restaurant and hospitality industry rebounded in October, adding 66,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate in the nation's most populous state dipped below 10% for the first...

All you need to live in Marc Anthony's luxurious Cocoplum home, which was once owned by a Bacardi family heir, is $27 million. The singer put the 12-bedroom, 13-bathroom Cocoplum...

A "climate guardian" satellite set for launching this weekend will greatly help scientists keep track of the rise in sea levels, one of the most daunting effects of global warming,...

The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local): 1:05 p.m. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday disputed Joe Biden's concerns about the government's ability to distribute a...