Gov. Tom Wolf is preparing to release his sixth budget proposal Tuesday, amid strengthening tax collections and expectations that the Democrat will push for more money for schools and to...
February 4, 2020
Global business is catching a chill from China's virus outbreak, with even the gaming industry taking a hit. Mink breeders in Denmark called off a fur auction because Chinese buyers...
February 4, 2020
Britain says it plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 in a bid to speed up its efforts to tackle climate change. But the...
February 4, 2020
A North Carolina county says it has taken its computers offline because of malware. Officials in Duplin County said while some services to residents may be limited, emergency and essential...
February 4, 2020
A judge in South Africa issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear in court on a corruption case that he has sought to...
February 4, 2020
Delaware lawmakers are set to hear spending requests from state agencies following Gov. John Carney's proposal to increase the government's operating budget by almost 4% next fiscal year. The legislature's...
February 4, 2020
Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. warned Tuesday that forecasts and results were at risk because of the new virus in China, as it reported a drop in fiscal...
February 4, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Kosovo and Serbia on Tuesday urged the new Kosovo government to abolish punitive tariffs on Serbian goods that have blocked negotiations between the...
February 4, 2020
The first 2020 Corvette has rolled off the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Kentucky. GM said the first new model of the iconic sports car was completed...
February 4, 2020
Four northern Kentucky cities were selected to receive state grants to make improvements to parks and community spaces. Gov. Andy Beshear and Department for Local Government Commissioner Dennis Keene announced...
February 4, 2020
Jim Bridenstine, administrator of the the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will speak at Liberty University this week. Bridenstine is scheduled to speak Thursday at the university's weekly Convo Select,...
February 4, 2020
Fiscal third-quarter profit at Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. dipped to about half of what it was the previous year as its video game, networking and film businesses...
February 4, 2020
The organizers of an annual festival in Tennessee have been sued over allegations they didn't pay an audio-visual company that provided equipment for the event. Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival...
February 4, 2020
PRO FOOTBALL NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl put a halt to a four-year decline in viewership, with an estimated 99.9 million people watching the Kansas City Chiefs come...
February 4, 2020
The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal — a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive power. The so-called low-yield missile joins...
February 4, 2020
Shares are higher in Asia, with the Shanghai Composite up 1.3% as China's central bank stepped up its intervention by channeling another 400 billion yuan ($57 billion) in extra funds...
February 4, 2020
An administrator for nursing facilities in the state has been named CEO of New Hampshire Hospital, the state Department of Health and Human Services said. Heather Moquin, who has been...
February 4, 2020
A telecommunications company is pushing Mississippi lawmakers to require schools to teach computer science classes. C Spire ran a TV ad during the Super Bowl with actors portraying economic development...
February 4, 2020
At a Beirut hospital ward, five Lebanese protesters with bandaged eyes and faces huddled in a circle, their arms wrapped around each other, and they vowed to be back on...
February 4, 2020
The countries Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited on a five nation-tour over the last week varied from longtime ally Britain to ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia. But the message...
February 4, 2020
A nonprofit Arizona political coalition is launching an effort to register 250,000 people across the state to vote, and to encourage everyone to participate in this year's census. The non-partisan...
February 4, 2020
New Mexico would provide an income tax credit of up to $5,000 to offset the purchase of new plug-in electric vehicles as part of a proposal that cleared is first...
February 4, 2020
Platinum-selling reggaeton act Gente de Zona were barred from a New Year's Eve concert in a Miami park. The mayor of Miami declared another Cuban singer persona non grata and...
February 4, 2020
For companies bracing for losses from China's viral outbreak, the damage has so far been delayed, thanks to a stroke of timing: The outbreak hit just when Chinese factories and...
February 4, 2020
Problems with a mobile app appeared to force a delay in reporting the results of the Iowa caucuses Monday, as the campaigns, voters and the media pressed party officials for...
February 4, 2020
Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya's longest-serving president and presided over years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, has died. He was 95. Moi's...
February 4, 2020
Concerts and shows are being canceled, not just in China but across much of Asia, as a virus outbreak that has killed more than 300 people and reached more then...
February 4, 2020
California voters will consider expanding rent control statewide in November, the secretary of state's office said Monday, as they weigh in on the controversial issue for the second time in...
February 4, 2020
A federal judge rejected a request to intervene in a legal battle to prevent a Vermont elementary school from being closed. U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions denied the town...
February 4, 2020
The Latest on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses (all times local): 7:50 p.m. Iowa Democratic Party officials say an early issue with a mobile app designed to report results will not...
February 4, 2020
Mental health interests urged New York lawmakers to funnel more funding toward human service nonprofits on Monday, saying the organizations have faced lacking support from the state in the recent...
February 4, 2020
Business was brisk at sports books around the country on Super Bowl Sunday, with customers risking money on everything from the coin toss at the start of the game, to...
February 4, 2020
Montana has filed a lawsuit against the two leading drug distributors in the state, saying they failed to monitor and report excessive opioid shipments to Montana pharmacies, worsening the opioid...
February 4, 2020
Republican Gov. Bill Lee's top priorities in his latest spending plan would boost K-12 teach pay, extend postpartum health insurance for Tennessee's low-income women, encourage employers to hire more former...
February 4, 2020
Walgreens will pay $7.5 million to settle with California authorities after an employee was criminally charged with impersonating a pharmacist and illegally filling more than 745,000 prescriptions in the San...
February 4, 2020
The Houston Astros hired James Click as their new general manager Monday, taking the Tampa Bay Rays executive and putting him in charge of the scandal-ridden team a week before...
February 4, 2020
A gun dealer and former candidate for mayor of the south-central Nebraska city of Holdrege has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for illegally having a gun...
February 4, 2020
A House bill seeks to fully reinstate Gov. Jay Inslee's plan to cap carbon pollution in the state by giving additional authority to the state Department of Ecology on who...
February 4, 2020
Here is the full text of Gov. Bill Lee's second annual State of the State address as prepared for delivery to a joint convention of the Tennessee General Assembly on...
February 4, 2020
Republican Gov. Bill Lee declared Monday that his proposal to funnel an additional $117 million to K-12 teacher salaries would be the largest investment in teacher pay in Tennessee history....
