The New York State Bar Association is endorsing the legalization of recreational marijuana, a move that comes as state lawmakers consider proposals this session to legalize the drug. Gov. Andrew...
January 31, 2020
Meron Mei, a sophomore at Wuhan University in the Chinese city at the heart of a viral outbreak, went back to his home village and started to cough. So he...
January 31, 2020
An Independence, Missouri, financial adviser admitted Friday to stealing more than $1 million from two elderly clients. Kraig Gier, 59, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of wire...
January 31, 2020
Icy weather caused problems Friday with electrical transmission lines in parts of eastern North Dakota. According to KFGO Radio, Cass County Electric Co-op said customers in the Valley City and...
January 31, 2020
Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration reached another impasse Friday over Louisiana's income forecast, unable to strike a deal with the Legislature's new Republican leaders about how to set the projections...
January 31, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is on the brink of making Pennsylvania one of a handful of states to expand eligibility for overtime pay beyond federal thresholds, winning a final vote...
January 31, 2020
Sing Hallelujah! The wicked witch is dead. The anti-democratic super-state, into which we were taken in 1973 (fittingly, without a vote being cast) thanks to Labour rebels providing Tory PM...
January 31, 2020
Automated, self-serve wine and beer dispensing machines? A Florida regulatory agency said no to the idea, but an appeals court ruled Friday that the devices a company hopes to install...
January 31, 2020
FINANCIAL ADVISERS | SERVICES Fabian Alfonso has joined Duff & Phelps as managing director in the transfer pricing practice. He will be based in Miami, where he will also lead...
January 31, 2020
Chris Knight, publisher of the Mesabi Daily News, Hibbing Daily Tribune and Chisholm Tribune Press, was elected president of the Minnesota Newspaper Association at the organization's annual meeting Friday. Knight...
January 31, 2020
The first treatment for peanut allergies is about to hit the market, a big step toward better care for all kinds of food allergies -- but still a long way...
January 31, 2020
Andy Reid is often asked how he comes up with the wild plays that have become a hallmark of the Kansas City Chiefs. His son provided the best explanation yet...
January 31, 2020
A Kansas company pleaded guilty Friday to violating clean air rules and is expected to pay a $1 million fine for its role in a chemical gas cloud that formed...
January 31, 2020
A Pennsylvania judge Friday put a freeze on a new state police policy regarding sales of partially manufactured gun frames that can be made into working pistols and rifles. Commonwealth...
January 31, 2020
The Buffalo Bills have informed county officials they will not use an early and one-time opt-out clause to terminate their lease at New Era Field. The team's decision, sent in...
January 31, 2020
Families in a Minnesota welfare program will see their benefits increase for the first time in 33 years effective Saturday. Starting Feb. 1, the maximum cash grant will increase by...
January 31, 2020
Stocks fell sharply on Wall Street Friday as investors feared that a virus outbreak that originated in China will dent the global economy. Technology companies, which do a lot of...
January 31, 2020
Milwaukee's first brewery since Prohibition, Sprecher Brewing, was sold Friday to a group of local investors. Sprecher Brewing is credited with jump-starting the craft beer age in Milwaukee when Randy...
January 31, 2020
—- Super Bowl ads serve up politics - and an escape from it NEW YORK (AP) — Americans weary of a seemingly endless barrage of political news may be looking...
January 31, 2020
A state prosecutor who lost his job after having a relationship with a woman in an assault case isn't entitled to unemployment benefits, a judge said. Brian Kolodziej "embarked upon...
January 31, 2020
A second worker has died of injuries from a Central Texas oil well blowout, the company said Friday. Chesapeake Energy spokesman Gordon Pennoyer said the worker died Thursday evening at...
January 31, 2020
At least one U.S. phone company likely broke the law by sharing data that can pinpoint the location of smartphone users, the Federal Communications Commission said Friday. FCC Chairman Ajit...
January 31, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Friday visit to Ukraine was so uncomfortable he may as well have arrived in Kiev to the tune of Bob Dylan's ‘Positively 4th Street'....
January 31, 2020
Atlanta United has given up another key player from its MLS Cup team, selling popular midfielder Tito Villalba to Paraguay's Club Libertad on Friday. The 25-year-old Argentian was United's first...
January 31, 2020
A women's lifestyle magazine was pulled from its advertising racks at a Nevada airport after it ran a cover story about a brothel near Reno, airport officials said. Bliss Life...
January 31, 2020
Two of the leading Republican candidates for Utah governor weighed in on President Donald Trump during a Friday debate, with Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox standing by his critiques of the...
January 31, 2020
Maryland's corrections chief told lawmakers Friday that his department has made strides in addressing concerns about staffing and overtime costs in state prisons. Robert Green, the secretary of the Maryland...
January 31, 2020
An electrical spark likely ignited a gas leak that led to a massive explosion in Houston last week, killing two workers, injuring 20 others and damaging hundreds of buildings, law...
January 31, 2020
Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Friday vetoed a bill that would have guaranteed workers as many as 12 weeks of paid family leave, saying he opposed the $29 million payroll...
January 31, 2020
A Philadelphia City Council member and his wife pleaded not guilty Friday to federal fraud charges in what officials said was a “widespread corruption conspiracy." Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and his...
January 31, 2020
Arizona dodged a major financial loss after the state Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that said diesel fuel used in mining operations should not be subject to...
January 31, 2020
Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan said Friday they have cleared the way for the filling and operation of a $5 billion dam project on the Nile River. In a...
January 31, 2020
Marcus Morris talked tough in the preseason, when the New York Knicks made their annual boasts that things were going to be different. He spoke softly Friday, apologizing for his...
January 31, 2020
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday: Amazon.com Inc., up $134.04 to $2,008.72 The online retailer blew past Wall Street's fourth-quarter profit forecasts as Prime membership surged. Visa...
January 31, 2020
Imagine protective pads designed after a quick scan, then created within hours by a 3-D printer. Thinner, lighter and precisely contoured to protect a quarterback's collarbone or a center's injured...
January 31, 2020
Editorials from around New England: CT right to reconsider future power needs Connecticut Post Jan. 30 It hasn't emerged as a major issue in the pending state legislative session, but...
January 31, 2020
Wholesale cash prices Friday Fri Thu. F Broilers national comp wtd av 0.9090 0.9090 Eggs large white NY Doz. 1.22 1.17 Flour hard winter KC cwt 14.85 14.85 Cheddar Cheese Chi. 40 block...
January 31, 2020
Wheat for Mar. lost 6.75 cents at 5.5375 a bushel; Mar. corn was up 1.75 cents at 3.8125 a bushel, Mar. oats was off 1.75 cents at $3.0375 a bushel;...
January 31, 2020
Wheat for Mar. lost 6.75 cents at 5.5375 a bushel; Mar. corn was up 1.75 cents at 3.8125 a bushel, Mar. oats was off 1.75 cents at $3.0375 a bushel;...
January 31, 2020
Two environmental groups gave formal notice Friday that they will sue to protect endangered Alaska beluga whales from problems caused by oil and gas operations. The announcement came three days...
