Two customers at a movie theater bar in Nebraska were treated at a hospital after they were served cleaning solution in their drinks apparently by accident. The women, ages 45...
January 30, 2020
Stocks are opening moderately lower on Wall Street, following declines overseas, as more worries about the spread of a virus outbreak in China and some weak earnings results put investors...
January 30, 2020
A Hawaii state Senate committee has approved a bill that would provide up to $50,000 for down payments for first-time home buyers. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday that the bill...
January 30, 2020
The Anchorage Assembly has voted to send a 5% tax on alcohol to the city's April election ballot. The assembly voted 9-2 in favor of the tax Tuesday, surpassing the...
January 30, 2020
The company that makes Marlboro cigarettes saw in late 2018 the opportunity to offset declining tobacco sales with a $13 billion investment in Juul, the e-cigarette maker. That investment has...
January 30, 2020
Gov. Bill Lee is encouraging all Tennessee residents to participate in the U.S. Census in a new public service announcement. Lee's message was shown Wednesday during the public opening of...
January 30, 2020
A Raleigh-Durham International Airport employee has been charged with secret peeping after authorities were tipped off about "potential illegal activity" that happened at the airport, according to a statement from...
January 30, 2020
The European Union's top diplomat on Thursday called on Serbia and Kosovo to resume dialogue, saying it's the only way to normalize their ties and achieve a final agreement. Talks...
January 30, 2020
The U.S. economy grew at a moderate 2.1% rate in the final three months of 2019, capping a year when growth slowed significantly due to a weaker global economy and...
January 30, 2020
A series of four small earthquakes have shaken central Kansas. The Kansas Geological Survey says all of them were centered in Marion County. They ranged in magnitude from 2.5 to...
January 30, 2020
The Trump administration has a Medicaid deal for states: more control over health care spending on certain low-income residents if they agree to a limit on how much the feds...
January 30, 2020
A New Hampshire House bill that aims to protect public servants from internet harassment went before lawmakers this week. The bill, backed by Democrats, went before lawmakers Wednesday. It would...
January 30, 2020
A state panel on Thursday authorized borrowing $3.5 billion to roughly double spending on state road and bridge construction over five years, hours after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the plan...
January 30, 2020
A new product from a famous Baltimore-based seasoning company made a sizzling debut on Wednesday when it sold out within an hour of being released. The Old Bay website temporarily...
January 30, 2020
The U.S. economy grew at a moderate 2.1% rate in the final three months of 2019, capping a year when growth slowed significantly due to a weaker global economy and...
January 30, 2020
The new president of New Jersey's flagship university will make nearly $1.2 million in the next school year as part of a compensation package that includes a house, a car...
January 30, 2020
The largest airport in Connecticut will keep its name after a study found that there was no decisive benefit to making a change. The Connecticut Airport Authority's board of directors...
January 30, 2020
A Tennessee city is defending itself against a lawsuit over sewer discharges into the Cumberland River. Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts said in a Wednesday news release that even if 24...
January 30, 2020
Last year, Peter Hsiao learned about high-yield savings accounts from his friend, and within a week, he had opened one. His rate was above 2%. High-yield savings accounts pay interest...
January 30, 2020
The company that makes Marlboro cigarettes will take a $4.1 billion hit from its investment in Juul. Altria took a 35% stake in the e-cigarette company at the end of...
January 30, 2020
A giraffe that escaped from a truck while being transported to a zoo in Thailand was found dead in a drainage canal Thursday. The animal was found about 500 meters...
January 30, 2020
UPS swung to a loss in its fourth quarter mostly on a hefty pension-related charge, but the delivery company's adjusted results met Wall Street's view. UPS lost $106 million, or...
January 30, 2020
Unemployment across the 19 countries that share the euro currency has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 12 years, official figures showed Thursday. The European Union's statistics agency said...
January 30, 2020
In the trend of modern-day idolatrous word-building, attempts have been made to turn the name of not-quite-princess Meghan Markle, of recent fame for quitting the Royal Family and taking her...
January 30, 2020
The Bank of England on Thursday opted against cutting interest rates after a run of fairly firm economic data in the past week eased fears about a dramatic slowdown in...
January 30, 2020
The Knight Foundation announced Thursday approximately $1.1 million in spending to spur entrepreneurship in Miami. Eight local groups will be awarded as much as $250,000 each. The largest grantee is...
January 30, 2020
South Florida resident bored of buying used cars in the same old way now have an eye-popping new option. Arizona-based Carvana has just unveiled its fourth car “vending machine” in...
January 30, 2020
A corner lot near Florida International University sold last week to a New York-based multifamily developer. Adam America Realty purchased the 17-unit, 24,451-square-foot multifamily development at 10703-10712 SW Seventh Terrace...
January 30, 2020
On the same day Coral Gables City Commission declared a climate emergency, it unanimously voted to kill controversial plans to add bike lanes to Alhambra Circle — a project that...
January 30, 2020
In Miami Beach's bitter battle over raising roads to keep communities dry in the face of sea level rise, it's all about property value. Critics of the policy worry that...
January 30, 2020
Coconut Grove-based Aztec is best known for financing real estate — often with its own money. But in recent years, the firm has become a hotel developer on its own....
January 30, 2020
German lawmakers on Thursday lifted the parliamentary immunity of a leading far-right politician as part of a probe into alleged tax irregularities. Lawmakers were asked to lift the immunity of...
January 30, 2020
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January 30, 2020
Friday will mark a truly historic moment, but almost nothing will happen. A few Union Jack flags will be lowered from European Union buildings in Brussels, more will be waved...
January 30, 2020
An A380 passenger plane left southern Portugal on Thursday en route to China where it will pick up hundreds of Europeans who want to escape the new virus that has...
January 30, 2020
CEOs were asked: Is Facebook too powerful? It's now become a kitchen-table question. In what ways, if any, does their business need to be regulated? == The combination of personal...
January 30, 2020
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. reported Thursday a 29% rise in quarterly profit, as its earnings got a lift from solid demand for the Switch console during the year-end...
January 30, 2020
Members of a Louisiana city council surprised residents and a representative from a Chinese chemical company at a public hearing by voting to turn down the company's request to build...
January 30, 2020
At least two thieves have stolen items from an art gallery in Stockholm, police said, with Swedish media reporting that they include 10 to 12 table-size bronze sculptures by Spanish...
January 30, 2020
3M has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in connection to discharges from a chemical plant in northern Alabama that may not have complied with permit requirements. Michael Roman,...
