The state attorney general's office and National Grid are warning the utility's customers about scammers posing as bill collectors. There has been an increase in the number of reported scam...
February 3, 2020
Michael Sanchez, the brother of Jeff Bezos's girlfriend, is suing the Amazon founder for defamation, alleging that Bezos and his team falsely told reporters that Sanchez provided nude photos of...
February 3, 2020
Maryland voters are deciding which candidates will be the nominees for the congressional seat that was held by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings. A special primary election is scheduled for...
February 3, 2020
A California lawmaker unveiled legislation Monday aimed at transforming the nation's largest electric utility into a publicly owned company. State Sen. Scott Wiener said the bill would involve a public...
February 3, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Why Akron media are focusing on housing issues Akron Beacon Journal Feb. 1 It's a basic human need. A roof...
February 3, 2020
The former payroll clerk in a south Alabama city has been indicted on federal fraud charges. The indictment filed last week in U.S. District Court says Sheila Milner Jackson used...
February 3, 2020
A group said Monday it is pulling the plug on an effort to place a citizens initiative on the November ballot capping interest rates for auto title loans at 36%....
February 3, 2020
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills unveiled a nearly $127 million supplemental budget proposal on Monday that aims to hire more child welfare caseworkers and state troopers, boost funding for education and...
February 3, 2020
Lawmakers could be in a better position to scrutinize tax breaks in Georgia under a bill moving forward in the state Senate. The Senate Finance Committee on Monday voted unanimously...
February 3, 2020
Federal antitrust regulators say a proposed merger that would combine old-school shaving company Schick with upstart Harry's would end up costing consumers some skin. The Federal Trade Commission on Monday...
February 3, 2020
More than 100 workers at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Alabama have been laid off, a union official said. The 105 layoffs happened Friday at the Gadsden...
February 3, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission opened a window Monday for federally recognized tribes to apply for licenses that could help establish or expand internet access on their lands. Tribes had pushed...
February 3, 2020
A Seattle cannabis farm owner was accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that took in $4.85 million from at least two dozen investors in Washington, Arizona, California and Texas. Robert...
February 3, 2020
A natural-resource watchdog group alleges in a new report that Guyana may have lost as much as $55 billion in potential revenue by poorly negotiating a deal with ExxonMobil to...
February 3, 2020
Minnesota utility regulators on Monday approved a revised environmental review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state. The state Public Utilities...
February 3, 2020
The screams echoed across Puerto Rico when Jennifer Lopez unfurled a feather cape representing the flag of the U.S. territory during the Super Bowl's halftime show, a moment that many...
February 3, 2020
A third worker has died of injuries from a Central Texas oil well blowout, the company said Monday. Chesapeake Energy spokesman Gordon Pennoyer said in a statement the company is...
February 3, 2020
The federal Bureau of Land Management withdrew land parcels from an upcoming Colorado oil and gas lease sale due to ongoing litigation, officials said. The agency removed about 14 square...
February 3, 2020
A Wyoming legislative committee has endorsed two measures to help workers recover wages from bankrupt coal companies but not one that would allow the state to sue on their behalf....
February 3, 2020
Miami-based Carnival Corporation confirmed Monday that a passenger on one of its Princess Cruises ships tested positive for coronavirus in the week after disembarking in Hong Kong on Jan. 25....
February 3, 2020
A 630-gallon (2,385-liter) oil spill in a bay on the eastern outskirts of Houston has been contained and is being cleaned from the water, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday....
February 3, 2020
Massachusetts gasoline prices dipped slightly in the past week, AAA Northeast said Monday. The organization found that the average price of a gallon of self-serve, regular fell by just a...
February 3, 2020
Organic grocery chain Earth Fare says it is closing all of its stores, saying it can't refinance its debt and it faces sales challenges. The Asheville, North Carolina-based chain said...
February 3, 2020
The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Rhode Island has dropped 4 cents in the past week, AAA Northeast reported Monday. Self-serve, regular is now selling for an...
February 3, 2020
The market for small businesses rebounded in the last three months of 2019 after four straight quarterly declines caused in part by uncertainty about U.S. trade policy. That's the finding...
February 3, 2020
A woman who repeatedly told the national NAACP that her supervisor in the North Carolina conference had sexually harassed her is suing the national group and her former boss Jazmyne...
February 3, 2020
The Capital Times, Madison, Jan. 29 Mike Pence came to Wisconsin to attack our rural schools Unless the Republican senators who are sitting as jurors in the current impeachment trial...
February 3, 2020
The company that operates Rhode Island's two casinos has selected a new site for its headquarters, it announced Monday. Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc. announced that it had entered into...
February 3, 2020
A major snowstorm forced the closure of dozens of schools across Eastern Idaho and prompted transportation officials to shut down part of Interstate 84 on Monday. The Idaho Transportation Department...
February 3, 2020
The Free Press of Mankato, Jan. 31 Primary: Give voters privacy in voting booth Why it matters: For the first time in 30 years, political parties will be able to...
February 3, 2020
New York's governor signed a package of limousine safety bills Monday that was inspired by deadly crashes in 2015 and 2018. One of the bills would require that motor vehicles...
February 3, 2020
A Montana game farm is under quarantine after an elk tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the state Department of Livestock reported. The brain wasting disease hasn't been identified in...
February 3, 2020
The Kansas City Chiefs fans are flocking to buy T-shirts, lining up for photos and preparing to skip out on work for a celebratory parade after the team won its...
February 3, 2020
Grain futures were mixed Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery fell 10.60 cents at $5.50 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 3.20...
February 3, 2020
The European Union's trade demands aren't what you'd expect of a serious negotiating partner, but control-freakery designed to force the UK into submission and subservience to EU laws. A speech...
February 3, 2020
U.S. factories expanded unexpectedly last month, snapping a five-month losing streak. The Insitute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to 50.9...
February 3, 2020
The Oregon Legislature convenes its 2020 session Monday, with majority Democrats saying their top priority is legislation aimed at stemming global warming. The environmental debate over a so-called cap and...
February 3, 2020
Woke Yale stops teaching ‘problematic’ European art canon, proving we no longer deserve the classics
Yale University is abandoning one of its core courses, a comprehensive survey of 700+ years of Western art. It has been deemed too Western, white, and male – and now...
February 3, 2020
Maui surpassed 3 million annual visitors for the first time since the The Hawaii Tourism Authority began keeping records, a new report said. The authority's latest visitor statistics show Maui...
February 3, 2020
Four Georgia communities say that Airbnb isn't paying its fair share of taxes. In a federal lawsuit filed Friday, the three cities and one county are seeking class-action status to...
