A review of five of the world's most capable training jets, published by the Military Watch website, has placed Russia's Yak-130 (Mitten), last on that list. But is the judgement...
January 29, 2020
A bill in the Hawaii state Legislature calls for a constitutional amendment that would give the state Board of Education new tax powers to help pay teacher salaries. The bill...
January 29, 2020
The BBC said Wednesday that plans to “modernize” the British broadcaster's newsroom will lead to the loss of an estimated 450 jobs. The cuts represent a substantial blow to the...
January 29, 2020
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has approved the purchase of nearly $8 million in property for future housing development. The deal approved by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Monday...
January 29, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf planned to unveil a major new package Wednesday that his administration said is designed to help eliminate lead and asbestos contamination in Pennsylvania's schools, homes, day care...
January 29, 2020
The German government approved a bill Wednesday that will codify the country's closure of coal-fired power stations, defending the plan against critics who say it's not ambitious enough. After signing...
January 29, 2020
Americans pulled back substantially on signing contracts to buy homes in December, a possible sign of mounting affordability challenges as prices are rising faster than incomes. The National Association of...
January 29, 2020
The average sale price of a new vehicle hit a record of just over $39,000 late last year, a figure that chased many buyers out of the market and into...
January 29, 2020
Stocks are off to another strong start on Wall Street as strong earnings reports from big U.S. companies got investors to set aside worries about a spreading virus in China....
January 29, 2020
A teacher who alleges that she was fired from her job at a Roman Catholic school because the diocese was upset she was pregnant and unmarried has lost another bid...
January 29, 2020
Neighboring residents and other people opposed to the construction of a chicken confinement facility in western Iowa filled a meeting at a church and roundly criticized the plan as better...
January 29, 2020
A judge has barred prosecutors from telling jurors about a former astronaut's drunken driving conviction during his upcoming trial over a wreck that killed two young sisters in rural Alabama....
January 29, 2020
State safety investigators are looking into the death of a North Carolina man at a work site where he was pinned under a dump truck. The N.C. Occupational Safety and...
January 29, 2020
Anthem started the new year by forecasting earnings that could miss expectations even after the health insurer books gains from a new business. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer expects earnings...
January 29, 2020
Thirteen is an unlucky number, even for an alien Time Lord wanting attention. UK TV classic Doctor Who, amid a massive ratings slump, has unveiled a new incarnation of the...
January 29, 2020
Green Mountain Transit is expected to have its first two electric-powered transit buses in service next month, officials said. The company, along with the Burlington Electric Department, unveiled the e-buses...
January 29, 2020
Norfolk Southern Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit declined 5% as the railroad hauled 9% less freight. The Norfolk, Virginia-based company said Wednesday it made $666 million, or $2.55 per share, in the...
January 29, 2020
The government in Greece wants to use a floating barrier to help stop migrants from reaching the Greek islands from the nearby coast of Turkey. The Defense Ministry has invited...
January 29, 2020
The German government on Wednesday modestly raised its economic growth forecast for the country this year to 1.1%. Germany's economy, Europe's biggest, has grown for 10 consecutive years but last...
January 29, 2020
A solicitor's office in South Carolina filed court documents against two massage parlors where employees were allegedly offering sexual services for money. Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson filed nuisance petitions...
January 29, 2020
In their new book, ``Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide'' (Abrams, 2019), woodworkers Alan Solomon and Klaas Armster close with an imagined recounting of one tree's story from sprout to salvage....
January 29, 2020
The United Nations has been hacked. An internal confidential document from the United Nations, leaked to The New Humanitarian and seen by The Associated Press, says that dozens of servers...
January 29, 2020
Designers of hotel spaces have traditionally tended to favor either theatrical flair (baroque finishes and opulent flourishes) or the opposite: a low-key insouciance consisting of neutral, contemporary furniture and acres...
January 29, 2020
The CEO of the parent company for Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works and other stores is in talks to step down from the top post, according to a media...
January 29, 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 29, 2020
A Kansas woman has been charged with embezzling from the U.S. Postal Service while she was an employee. The U.S. attorney's office announced the charge against 37-year-old Kimberly Kirchner, of...
January 29, 2020
Boeing is posting its first annual loss since 1997, as the financial fallout from two deadly crashes of the 737 Max has mushroomed to more than $18 billion. Boeing said...
January 29, 2020
The NFL and nearly half of its league's teams' social media accounts were hacked by a group that has previously breached accounts owned by Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix, Marvel and HBO....
January 29, 2020
Lee Enterprises will buy Berkshire Hathaway's BH Media Group publications and The Buffalo News for $140 million, the company said Wednesday. The deal covers 30 daily newspapers in 10 states...
January 29, 2020
McDonald's ended 2019 on a high note despite internal turmoil at the company, which pushed out its CEO in November. The burger giant said its fourth quarter net income rose...
January 29, 2020
The European Parliament on Wednesday is set to overwhelmingly approve the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union — the final major decision in the four-year Brexit saga....
January 29, 2020
Only your lender can tell you how much you can spend on a house. But you don't have to spend that much, and probably shouldn't. You need some wiggle room...
January 29, 2020
Hialeah continues to attract new warehouse tenants in South Florida's growing industrial market. The global relocation company Suddath will lease a 132,000-square-foot storage facility at 3880 West 104th St. It...
January 29, 2020
Miami-based REEF Technology, a combination food, real estate and technology business valued at more than $1 billion, has purchased a space in Midtown where it plans to build a commissary...
January 29, 2020
As Super Bowl fans arrive in the Miami area, final preparations are underway from Hard Rock Stadium to Bayfront Park to the Miami Beach Convention Center, and everywhere in between....
January 29, 2020
A third unit at the ultra-luxury Arte by Antonio Citterio condo building at 8955 Collins Avenue in Surfside has been placed under contract. Gerard Guez, chairman and founder of the...
January 29, 2020
The European Union unveiled security guidelines for next generation high-speed wireless networks that stop short of banning Huawei, in the latest setback for the U.S. campaign against the Chinese tech...
January 29, 2020
Nearly halfway into a 10-year pledge to combat the toxic algae that turns Lake Erie a ghastly shade of green, Ohio has made little progress. Its patchwork of mostly voluntary...
January 29, 2020
Sudan hopes to cut fuel subsidies over the course of 18 months, starting as early as March, and replace them with direct cash payments to the poor, the country's finance...
January 29, 2020
Buying a hybrid in 2020 doesn't have the same cutting-edge feel that it used to back in the early 2000s. Today, all the hype surrounds the latest electric cars. But...
