Georgia drivers could face tougher penalties for using their cell phones while driving, although some lawmakers are leery of setting higher fines. The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee...
February 3, 2020
Civil rights activists and legal experts challenged Sen. Amy Klobuchar's claims that she was unaware of questionable evidence and police tactics used to send a young black teen to prison...
February 3, 2020
While Florida gains notoriety as the epicenter of the shark trade in the United States, state lawmakers there advanced legislation Monday that would ban the possession of shark fins. The...
February 3, 2020
A Guatemalan woman who was deported after she was convicted in a 2008 school bus crash that killed four children in southwestern Minnesota pleaded guilty Monday to illegally re-entering the...
February 3, 2020
Two top executives at newspaper publisher Tribune are stepping down as the company deals with its largest shareholder, a hedge fund known for cutting newsroom jobs, and grapples with a...
February 3, 2020
Republican lawmakers on Monday threw a roadblock in front of a proposal that would require more Indiana businesses to allow pregnant women to take longer breaks, transfer to less physical...
February 3, 2020
The impact of trade wars negatively affected Louisiana's biggest ports last year, according to reports from their governing bodies. The recently released reports say bulk cargo volumes dropped by 25%...
February 3, 2020
Hawaii has only a modest healthcare system and can't be a hub for accommodating people potentially exposed to the rapidly spreading new virus that emerged in China in recent months,...
February 3, 2020
Iowa Democrats came to the state's caucuses Monday with two major issues dominating their thoughts: health care and climate change. More than the economy, immigration or foreign policy, Democrats in...
February 3, 2020
Kansas has collected more tax revenue than expected almost every month for more than two years, and Republicans are growing increasingly angry that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly still insists that...
February 3, 2020
—- Google 4Q revenue grew, but not enough for Wall Street SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's revenue grew, but Wall Street wanted more. Parent company Alphabet's stock fell nearly 5%...
February 3, 2020
Illinois marijuana dispensaries sold nearly $40 million worth of recreational weed during the state's first month of legal sales, according to figures released Monday by the state Department of Financial...
February 3, 2020
Opponents of a plan to delay applications for Ohio's biggest school voucher program for two months on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to throw the deal out. Applications had...
February 3, 2020
Google's revenue grew, but Wall Street wanted more. Parent company Alphabet's stock fell nearly 5% after financial results came out Monday, even as profits beat expectations for the last three...
February 3, 2020
Commuters can expect several years of station gridlock at one of Boston's busiest train stations once major construction kicks off in late summer. Boston transportation officials have warned commuters who...
February 3, 2020
The Indiana House narrowly endorsed on Monday a proposal aimed at making it more difficult for Indiana electric companies to close more coal-fired power plants. House members voted 52-41 in...
February 3, 2020
New data from the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services shows financial disparities among municipalities in how much they pay the state in personal income tax. A significant amount of the...
February 3, 2020
Boeing Co. has confirmed that securities regulators are investigating the company in connection with the 737 Max, which was grounded after two deadly crashes. Boeing disclosed the Securities and Exchange...
February 3, 2020
Stocks rose on Wall Street and across Europe on Monday to recover some of their losses from earlier weeks, but markets are still far from giving the all-clear on the...
February 3, 2020
Salary increases of 5% for public school teachers and 3% for state workers in New Mexico are included in a $7.6 billion general fund spending plan endorsed Monday by the...
February 3, 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 3, 2020
Defense contractor General Dynamics Electric Boat will need to hire thousands more employees over the next decade as it ramps up submarine production, the company's president said Monday. Electric Boat...
February 3, 2020
Google parent company Alphabet posted mixed fourth-quarter results on Monday, falling short on Wall Street's expectations for revenue but beating on profit. The Mountain View, California-based company earned $10.67 billion,...
February 3, 2020
When the 36th annual edition of the Sundance Film Festival wrapped Sunday after 11 days of snow and cinema, it had ushered in an avalanche of new voices. The festival,...
February 3, 2020
Slabs of grilled ribs stacked high. Trays of mac n' cheese. Pounds upon pounds of uncooked salmon. These were some of the meals left sitting in Hard Rock Stadium after...
February 3, 2020
The New Hampshire attorney general's office said Monday it is not opposing the proposed acquisition of Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester by a subsidiary of the Hospital Corporation of America....
February 3, 2020
New York could ban retail pet shops from selling dogs, cats or rabbits as soon as mid-2021 under a Democratic state senator's bill. The state would join Maryland and California...
February 3, 2020
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Monday: Gilead Sciences Inc., up $3.16 to $66.36 The biotechnology's antiviral drug Remdesivir is being tested as a possible treatment for the...
February 3, 2020
Rhode Island will make money on the Super Bowl, unlike last year when football fans flocked to the state's two casinos and overwhelmingly bet on the victorious New England Patriots....
February 3, 2020
Voters in an Arkansas county will decide whether to use expected casino revenue to pay for improvements, including a new jail and senior citizens center. Pope County residents will vote...
February 3, 2020
Wholesale cash prices Monday Mon Fri. F Broilers national comp wtd av 0.8875 0.9090 Eggs large white NY Doz. 1.22 1.22 Flour hard winter KC cwt 14.55 14.85 Cheddar Cheese Chi. 40 block...
February 3, 2020
A top official in the Mississippi prison system says an attorney's account that an inmate recently attempted suicide by hanging is “completely untrue.” Jeworski Mallett said in court papers filed...
February 3, 2020
Developers of $400 million project in a Rhode Island city said plans are moving forward quickly but offered no details yet on where private financing stands. The plan unveiled in...
February 3, 2020
The man who became the first U.S. patient infected with the new virus from China has left the hospital and said in a statement that he is getting better and...
February 3, 2020
Dog detectives might be able to help save ailing citrus groves, research published Monday suggests. Scientists trained dogs to sniff out a crop disease called citrus greening that has hit...
February 3, 2020
Wheat for Mar. was up 1.75 cents at 5.5550 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 2.50 cents at 3.8125 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 3.50 cents at $3.0025 a bushel;...
February 3, 2020
Wheat for Mar. was up 1.75 cents at 5.5550 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 2.50 cents at 3.8125 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 3.50 cents at $3.0025 a bushel;...
February 3, 2020
Producer Kathleen Kennedy is now promising that there will “absolutely” be a ‘Star Wars' movie directed by a woman, but it's this exact thinking that has nearly killed the franchise....
February 3, 2020
Producer Kathleen Kennedy is now promising that there will “absolutely” be a ‘Star Wars' movie directed by a woman, but it's this exact thinking that has nearly killed the franchise....
February 3, 2020
The executive director of Amnesty International USA will take over as chief executive of the liberal watchdog Southern Poverty Law Center, which is trying to steady itself after months of...
