Miami-based cruise companies are canceling trips to China as the number of people infected with the Wuhan coronavirus rises. Wuhan, an inland city about a 9-hour drive from coastal Shanghai,...
January 28, 2020
A Harvard University professor has been charged with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research, federal officials...
January 28, 2020
President Donald Trump has done what no other has been able to accomplish — get Israel to agree to a two-state solution with Palestine. With the fail-safe ultimatum he's concocted,...
January 28, 2020
A new federal bankruptcy judge has begun work in Las Vegas, court officials said. Natalie Cox was sworn in Monday to a 14-year term on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for...
January 28, 2020
The Michigan Senate voted Tuesday to require that a study be done to assess the feasibility of tolls along the state's highways, as lawmakers consider ways to boost spending on...
January 28, 2020
While the Washington Senate will continue to automatically release full investigative reports on sexual harassment or discrimination by senators, other types of workplace complaints against lawmakers might not automatically be...
January 28, 2020
A rehabilitation project on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge will be complete by this summer, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday. In addition to wrapping up work on the westbound right lane,...
January 28, 2020
Arizona voters may have the opportunity to choose between competing tax increase measures to boost school funding in November. A proposal backed by some Republican lawmakers to boost a dedicated...
January 28, 2020
A North Carolina car dealer is opening up his sales lot to homeless people whose cars are their only means of shelter. James Charles made the move after a member...
January 28, 2020
Ford is recalling its popular F-150 pickup truck in Canada to fix a problem with electric tailgate latches, but identical trucks aren't being recalled in the U.S. Ford's F-Series pickups...
January 28, 2020
The city of Santa Fe has named three finalists for the redevelopment of a city-owned campus that was left vacant when the Santa Fe University of Art and Design closed....
January 28, 2020
A prisoner briefly escaped Tuesday while he was being detained by federal Customs and Border Protection officers at a New Jersey airport, authorities said. Port Authority of New York and...
January 28, 2020
The Virginia House has approved legislation to undo Republican-backed restrictions on abortion. The new Democratic majority voted Tuesday to undo requirements that included a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion,...
January 28, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence touted alternatives to a public school education during a visit Tuesday to the state where the private school voucher program began, stopping in battleground Wisconsin for...
January 28, 2020
Idaho's top wildlife official on Tuesday requested authorization from state lawmakers to spend $408,000 to count wolves. Idaho Department of Fish and Game Director Ed Schriever told the Legislature's budget-setting...
January 28, 2020
This should be peak season for a 12-room hotel near the train station in the Chinese industrial hub of Wuhan. The Chinese New Year usually brings in plenty of travelers...
January 28, 2020
An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite a healthy economy. The Congressional Budget Office report...
January 28, 2020
A former Illinois state senator pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting around a quarter of a million dollars in bribes in exchange for protecting the interests of a red-light camera company,...
January 28, 2020
A bill allowing people in South Carolina to use a shopping service to buy beer and wine as well as groceries and have them delivered to their car is a...
January 28, 2020
Thousands of nurses and other employees at a Seattle hospital system began a three-day strike over staffing levels and wages Tuesday, forcing administrators to close two emergency departments and bring...
January 28, 2020
Dusty Baker is working to finalize an agreement to become manager of the Houston Astros, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person...
January 28, 2020
During a trip to Mexico to visit family, writer Myriam Gurba took “American Dirt,” a novel about immigration and cartel violence that was being touted as one of the biggest...
January 28, 2020
A former postal service worker convicted of intercepting packages of marijuana and delivering them to a drug dealer in return for cash payments has been sentenced to three years of...
January 28, 2020
Four members of the House of Representatives introduced a resolution Wednesday urging Major League Baseball not to follow through with its proposal to eliminate 42 current minor league teams. MLB...
January 28, 2020
Georgia high school students would face a cap on the number of college courses the state would pay for under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday. House...
January 28, 2020
The PGA Tour is closing in on its next television rights deal, likely to be announced after the West Coast swing now that the digital side is coming together. Two...
January 28, 2020
A ransom was paid to the hackers responsible for a cyberattack on a Denver college with hopes to restore their incapacitated systems, university officials said. Campus leaders at Regis University...
January 28, 2020
A Navajo Nation company says it has an agreement to pay outstanding taxes and royalties on three large coal mines that it bought last year in Wyoming and Montana. The...
January 28, 2020
Authorities say a roofing contractor has been charged in the murder of a man whose body was found in a burning Jeep in south Philadelphia a week ago. Prosecutors on...
January 28, 2020
Authorities say 25 people were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a vacation rental home in an Idaho mountain town. Donnelly Rural Fire Protection Chief Juan Bonilla says...
January 28, 2020
Ryan Zimmerman and the World Series champion Washington Nationals finalized a $2 million, one-year contract on Wednesday. The 35-year-old first baseman, who has spent his entire 15-year big league career...
January 28, 2020
Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Plague Inc. Ndemic, Creations 2. TouchRetouch, ADVA Soft GmbH 3. Minecraft, Mojang 4. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 5. Procreate Pocket, Savage Interactive Pty Ltd...
January 28, 2020
A profound slump in manufacturing and a trade war that has slowed economic growth in China has led to a second round of layoffs at 3M, the Minnesota company that,...
January 28, 2020
Plans for construction of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline inched forward last week with several approvals at both the federal and state levels, but opponents in South Dakota say...
January 28, 2020
Germany said Tuesday it is abandoning plans to install a new airborne reconnaissance system on U.S.-made drones and will instead install it on manned aircraft. The defense ministry said it...
January 28, 2020
Frontier Airlines will soon end Delaware's status as the only state in the country without commercial air service. Frontier announced Tuesday that it will begin offering nonstop flights from Wilmington-New...
January 28, 2020
As Sanders gains in the polls, Democratic leaders are getting nervous, arguing the ‘democratic socialist' has no chance against Trump. The reality, however, is that they are terrified of their...
January 28, 2020
Jay Monahan was at Torrey Pines for the annual players meeting, most of it pertaining to the potential of a financial windfall for top players. Five days later, after so...
January 28, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf is renewing his push for his top priorities that have stalled in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature, and the Democrat will have at least a couple million dollars to...
January 28, 2020
Bills to allow sports betting at Indian casinos in Washington state, including events like the Super Bowl and the World Series, have been introduced in the Legislature. The bills would...
