The Miss America Organization's president and CEO, one of the forces behind the decision to drop the competition's swimsuit portion, has stepped down, the organization announced. Regina Hopper, who was...
January 29, 2020
A bill that would require anyone using a cellphone while driving to not hold the phone in their hands appears to be dead for the year. The Senate Transportation Committee...
January 29, 2020
A civil rights group is calling on Minnesota's Roman Catholic church leaders to reject a sermon in which a priest in the southern part of the state described Islam as...
January 29, 2020
A New Jersey shore pizzeria owner pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing false income tax returns over a span of several years. Giuseppe D'Arancio, owner of Sal's Ristorante and Pizzeria in...
January 29, 2020
The Indiana House endorsed a proposal Wednesday that would ban motorists from using handheld cellphones, a step that supporters say is aimed at combating distracted driving. House members voted 86-10...
January 29, 2020
Kris Bryant has lost his service-time grievance against the Chicago Cubs, providing some clarity for the team and the All-Star third baseman with spring training on the horizon. Two people...
January 29, 2020
Record electric vehicle sales in the fourth quarter helped to push Tesla Inc. to its second-straight quarterly profit, giving bullish investors optimism that sustained black ink lies ahead. The Palo...
January 29, 2020
Facebook's profit and revenue for the final quarter of the year handily surpassed Wall Street's expectations, despite challenges the social network is facing around regulation and efforts to fight election...
January 29, 2020
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday: Apple, up $6.65 to $324.34 The iPhone maker handily beat Wall Street's fiscal first-quarter profit forecasts on solid holiday sales. General...
January 29, 2020
North Dakota should reinvest half of the earnings from the state's voter-approved oil tax savings account to grow the fund's principal by billions of more dollars over the next decade,...
January 29, 2020
The personal information and Social Security numbers of about 1,100 users of Connecticut's state health insurance marketplace might have been compromised after a security breach last fall, officials said. Access...
January 29, 2020
Gov. Tony Evers' administration is seeking to delay Wisconsin's work requirement for childless adults on Medicaid until April. The requirement, passed under former Republican Gov. Scott Walker, was originally scheduled...
January 29, 2020
Wholesale cash prices Wednesday Wed Tue. F Broilers national comp wtd av 0.9090 0.9090 Eggs large white NY Doz. 1.09 1.03 Flour hard winter KC cwt 15.00 14.95 Cheddar Cheese Chi. 40 block...
January 29, 2020
Package delivery giant United Parcel Service Inc. is moving further into rural areas that are underserved in the era of e-commerce. The Atlanta-based company said Wednesday it's adding 1,500 pickup...
January 29, 2020
Toward the end of last season there was mounting concern that Diego Valeri might not return to the Portland Timbers. It seemed inconceivable that Valeri, the team's captain who had...
January 29, 2020
A measure that would allow King County to tax large businesses to raise money to build affordable housing to fight the region's homelessness crisis has been introduced in the Legislature....
January 29, 2020
Wheat for Mar. lost 7.50 cents at 5.6225 a bushel; Mar. corn fell 2.25 cents at 3.8425 a bushel, Mar. oats was up .75 cent at $3.0775 a bushel; while...
January 29, 2020
Stopping short of saying the Rooney Rule is not working, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell noted Wednesday the league needs change to its minority hiring policy. Though the league requires teams...
January 29, 2020
A Montana school district will provide early retirement incentives to about 40 veteran teachers to combat an anticipated budget deficit of more than $1 million, district officials said. Helena Public...
January 29, 2020
The annual Vermont Farm Show is underway in Essex Junction with a focus on the future of farming. The three-day event at the Champlain Valley Exposition has more than 150...
January 29, 2020
A special effort launched this week is promoting the idea of news literacy education to help the public, particularly young people who have grown up with social media, learn to...
January 29, 2020
New Hampshire continues to make progress in reducing the time psychiatric patients spend waiting in emergency rooms for inpatient care. The Department of Health and Human Services and Republican Gov....
January 29, 2020
The publisher of Jeanine Cummins' controversial novel “American Dirt" has cancelled the remainder of her promotional tour, citing concerns for her safety. The novel about a Mexican mother and her...
January 29, 2020
The Denver Broncos have hired former sports agent Rich Hurtado as the team's new lead contract negotiator, completing general manager John Elway's major shakeup of his personnel department. Hurtado's duties...
January 29, 2020
One woman testified that Harvey Weinstein led her to a New York City hotel bed, put his hand up her skirt and fondled her genitals during a 2004 meeting about...
January 29, 2020
Behind teal-clad Super Bowl LIV greeters awaiting tourists at Miami International Airport this week are other greeters with a less cheerful message: airport workers participating in a six-day hunger strike....
January 29, 2020
A prosecutor kicked off opening statements at the attempted extortion trial of Michael Avenatti on Wednesday by saying the deep-in-debt California lawyer used the “modern weapon” of a big social...
January 29, 2020
After trying last year to place restrictions on electric scooters all across Georgia, a state Senate committee now wants the state to keep its hands off. The Senate Transportation Committee...
January 29, 2020
The suspect in the slaying of a Delta Air Lines employee who was found shot multiple times in a company parking lot near Atlanta's airport killed himself when authorities attempted...
January 29, 2020
The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged at a low level Wednesday amid an economy that looks solid but faces potential global threats, including from China's viral outbreak....
January 29, 2020
Indiana's governor has signed off on a plan for spending $291 million in unexpected state tax revenue on college campus construction projects after legislative Republicans rebuffed Democratic attempts to direct...
January 29, 2020
Cape Cod has its first legal pot shop. Curaleaf opened a recreational marijuana store in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Wednesday after town officials granted the Wakefield-based company local approval. The store...
January 29, 2020
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Jan. 29 Naples Daily News on recycling: Recycling is as easy as tossing items in a bin and rolling it up to the curb....
January 29, 2020
Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat is getting a thumbs down from Tim Hortons and a thumbs up from KFC. Shares in El Segundo, California-based Beyond Meat fell Wednesday after Tim...
January 29, 2020
An Arkansas casino debuted sports betting in its soft opening this week, officials said. Southland Casino Racing in West Memphis began accepting wagers Tuesday for the upcoming Super Bowl, as...
January 29, 2020
California has completed 34 of the forest thinning projects it rushed to finish in the past year as a way to buffer 200 communities at high risk from wildfires, Gov....
January 29, 2020
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a low level Wednesday amid an economy that looks solid but faces potential global threats. The Fed sketched a mostly...
January 29, 2020
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Jan. 28 The (Lake Charles) American Press on high school students earning college credits in dual enrollment programs: Dual enrollment is a valuable tool...
January 29, 2020
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Jan. 28 The Post and Courier on the new CEO of the Charleston County Aviation Authority: It's bad enough that the Charleston County...
January 29, 2020
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is joining a consulting firm founded by an attorney who had been his chief of staff. The firm was founded in 2019 by Joey Songy....
