Black female legislators in two predominantly white Midwestern states urged their Republican colleagues Tuesday to join a national push to outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles such as braids and dreadlocks....
January 28, 2020
The NFL has been dealing with hackers, not someone trying to peak into the league's records or team playbooks. The hackers apparently attacked social media accounts for the league and...
January 28, 2020
Author Stephen King is the latest celebrity to walk back and apologize for comments that offended the politically correct mob— typical when facing their wrath — for questioning judging art...
January 28, 2020
Elizabeth Clarke makes one 6-by-6-inch slab of candy at a time in the kitchen space she rents in White River Junction. Double batches would be too heavy for her to...
January 28, 2020
A bill to prevent South Dakota cities from banning plastic bags and straws is advancing at the state Legislature. The Senate Commerce and Energy Committee approved the bill on a...
January 28, 2020
Convenience store giant Wawa Inc. said Tuesday it is responding to reports that hacked information from its customers' credit cards may be being sold on the dark web. The company...
January 28, 2020
A North Carolina man admitted Tuesday to defrauding his employer in Kansas by placing orders for more than $685,000 for electrical and wire cable, then selling them to another company...
January 28, 2020
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection watch commander in the Los Angeles area was ordered to serve 31 months in prison for operating an illegal gun-selling business and other...
January 28, 2020
A South Dakota House committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would raise the age for purchasing tobacco products to 21, but the initiative has an unlikely opponent — the...
January 28, 2020
J. Crew has named a former Victoria's Secret executive to take over its helm. The clothing chain said Tuesday that Jan Singer will become CEO starting Sunday. Singer will join...
January 28, 2020
A state law requiring a blood test without probable cause in all fatal crashes is unconstitutional, Maine's highest court ruled Tuesday in the case of a trucker fighting a manslaughter...
January 28, 2020
Jerry Izenberg can still write, as anyone who reads his columns in the Star-Ledger in New Jersey knows. Just the other day he wrote a good one about an aging...
January 28, 2020
U.S. stocks closed broadly higher Tuesday, reversing a big portion of their losses from a sharp sell-off the day before. The gains snapped a two-day skid in the bechmark S&P...
January 28, 2020
As the coal industry nears its end on the Navajo Nation, the tribe is looking to Arizona utilities that shared in the power generated on the reservation to help make...
January 28, 2020
Unite Here, the parent of the large Nevada union representing hotel and casino workers, announced Tuesday that it is not planning to endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential primary....
January 28, 2020
Restrictions on using drones for surveillance on individuals and private property would be increased under legislation proposed Tuesday. The House Transportation and Defense Committee voted to clear the way for...
January 28, 2020
Legislators in Utah have voted to repeal the recently passed tax reform package amid widespread criticism. The state Legislature's Tuesday vote comes after a report from state elections officials that...
January 28, 2020
It was a happy holiday at Starbucks, but the company's sales momentum could start to slow due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. New drinks like the Pumpkin Cream Cold...
January 28, 2020
Now that football season is almost finished, the dominant nights in broadcast television are coming into focus. As illustrated in the Nielsen company's ratings for last week, that would be...
January 28, 2020
Apple is still reaping huge profits from the iPhone while mining more moneymaking opportunities from the growing popularity of its smartwatch, digital services and wireless earbuds. That combination produced a...
January 28, 2020
A manufacturer of polyurethane foam is expanding its production in Mississippi and will create 90 new jobs in the process. Gov. Tate Reeves attended Tuesday's announcement in Baldwyn with officials...
January 28, 2020
The Houston Texans have added general manager to Bill O'Brien's title, a role the coach has been filling since the firing of Brian Gaine in June. The team announced the...
January 28, 2020
A group organizing a Michigan ballot drive to protect LGBT people from discrimination says it will begin collecting signatures after state election officials approved the format and wording of the...
January 28, 2020
A Lansing man who owned medical marijuana shops around Michigan has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison. For years, marijuana has been legal in Michigan to ease...
January 28, 2020
A state audit found Colorado may be losing significant tax revenue due to oil and gas companies failing to submit thousands of monthly reports used to track how much energy...
January 28, 2020
Officials with Washington state's new paid family leave law are warning of delays in payouts of the weekly benefits due to the high volume of people applying since the law...
January 28, 2020
The pilot in the foggy-weather helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant was well-acquainted with the skies over Los Angeles and accustomed to flying celebrities. Ara Zobayan, 50, had spent thousands...
January 28, 2020
The U.N. special envoy for Yemen is urging a halt to the “alarming military escalation” in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi Shiite rebels, the U.N. spokesman said...
January 28, 2020
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday: 3M Co. down $10.05 to $165.58 The maker of Post-it notes and industrial coatings reported weak fourth-quarter profit and will cut...
January 28, 2020
South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday renewed her pitch for lawmakers to try again to pass laws against “riot boosting," despite opposition from Native American tribes who say...
January 28, 2020
Five years after a Philadelphia developer bought an Atlantic City shopping and entertainment pier from Caesars Entertainment, he's selling it back to them so he can concentrate on his plan...
January 28, 2020
The (Munster) Times. January 23, 2020 Dysfunction abounds in East Chicago firefighter shifts fight Just when you think local government dysfunction can't get worse, a Region city becomes embroiled in...
January 28, 2020
Palestinian factions have already rejected the “vision” for peace proposed by US President Donald Trump. Given that the plan openly aligned the US with Israel, one must wonder whether that...
January 28, 2020
The longest serving president in the history of Gonzaga University has died. The Rev. Bernard J. Coughlin, who is credited with saving the Spokane, Washington, institution from financial collapse, died...
January 28, 2020
A mother who says her 2-year-old son was seriously injured when a glass ketchup bottle fell on his head from a fifth floor balcony of a San Antonio hotel is...
January 28, 2020
As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making “adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Social Security. He also praised an overhaul of the...
January 28, 2020
If you're planning to walk through the middle of the Kansas City Chiefs locker room between lunch and their usual afternoon practice, you might want to grab someone's shoulder pads...
January 28, 2020
Wheat for Mar. was off 2.50 cents at 5.6975 a bushel; Mar. corn was up 5.50 cents at 3.8650 a bushel, Mar. oats rose 6.50 cents at $3.07 a bushel;...
January 28, 2020
The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court used her annual State of the Judiciary address to lawmakers Tuesday to press for more funding for courthouse security and higher...
January 28, 2020
North Carolina's attorney general has come out against expanding online sales by the state lottery, suggesting such "digital instants" could run afoul of state laws prohibiting video sweepstakes machines. Word...
