A former CEO denied he took millions of dollars from a bankrupt Wyoming coal producer, according to court records. Jeffrey Hoops Sr. says he went to extraordinary personal financial lengths...
January 22, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for talks between Balkan rivals Serbia and Kosovo was in Pristina on Wednesday in an effort to urge both countries to resume negotiations and...
January 22, 2020
Vanderbilt University announced a renewable energy deal Wednesday aimed at offsetting a portion of the school's greenhouse gas emissions. The Tennessee Valley Authority, Nashville Electric Service and Silicon Ranch are...
January 22, 2020
Africa's reputed richest woman is a formal suspect in an investigation into mismanagement and the siphoning off of funds during her time with Angola's state-run oil company, the country's attorney...
January 22, 2020
Wholesale cash prices Wednesday Wed Tue. F Broilers national comp wtd av 0.9096 0.9096 Eggs large white NY Doz. 0.84 0.81 Flour hard winter KC cwt 15.20 14.80 Cheddar Cheese Chi. 40 block...
January 22, 2020
Harvey Weinstein went on trial Wednesday in a landmark moment for the # MeToo movement, with prosecutors painting him as a sexual predator who used his Hollywood clout to abuse...
January 22, 2020
President Donald Trump appeared to suggest in a television interview Wednesday that he's willing to consider entitlement cuts in the future, a move that would mark a tectonic shift from...
January 22, 2020
Population shifts and changing needs have prompted the Iowa Army National Guard to consider closing some small town armories and building a centralized building for soldier drills and training in...
January 22, 2020
Opponents of Ohio's roughly $1 billion financial rescue of the state's two nuclear power plants will end their attempt to overturn the bailout. The group called Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts...
January 22, 2020
An election for a volunteer board in the Seattle area is so obscure that voter turnout is typically less than 1%. Officials are giving online voting a trial run this...
January 22, 2020
Authorities ordered evacuations Wednesday after a chemical release at a manufacturing plant in a rural area of California's San Joaquin Valley. Emergency crews responded around noon following reports of a...
January 22, 2020
A judge indicated Wednesday he may side with migrants in a lawsuit that alleges extreme overcrowding and inhumane conditions at some of the Border Patrol's facilities in Arizona. U.S. District...
January 22, 2020
China is stealing “massive amounts” of data from Western companies and Iran has stolen data from some 200 universities, the top U.S. cybersecurity diplomat said Wednesday . Robert Strayer, deputy...
January 22, 2020
Florida police officers opened fire on three armed robbery suspects in a late-night confrontation, killing one and wounding another, authorities said early Wednesday. Officers had set up an undercover operation...
January 22, 2020
The head of Hallmark's media business is leaving the company after 11 years. No reason was given for Bill Abbott's departure, and no replacement was immediately named. In a statement,...
January 22, 2020
A Rhode Island bill that would ban 3D guns is being considered by lawmakers. The measure would make it illegal for anyone in Rhode Island to manufacture, import, sell, ship,...
January 22, 2020
A Canadian justice department lawyer said Wednesday that fraud, not sanctions, is the crucial element for a judge to consider when deciding if a senior executive of Chinese tech giant...
January 22, 2020
Sunday, Jan. 26 On this date in 1878, the first newspaper in Phoenix — the Salt River Herald — began publication. On this date in 1912, Mrs. Julia Caldwell, an...
January 22, 2020
A Rembrandt portrait that hasn't been exhibited in the U.S. in more than half a century is coming to a Connecticut museum. “Titus in a Monk's Habit” will be on...
January 22, 2020
Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai, the most prominent fiscal and social conservative in state government, will hold a news conference Thursday amid speculation in the Capitol this week that he...
January 22, 2020
Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System board members earned thousands of dollars in commissions for representing the pension plan's administrator in a home purchase, records show. Board trustees Mike Scheidt...
January 22, 2020
O.J. Simpson couldn't have been defamed by accounts that he was drunk and disruptive before being banned from a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino, because his reputation was already tarnished, attorneys...
January 22, 2020
With a wary eye toward recent violence in Mississippi prisons and acknowledging the problems that have plagued his own prisons, the South Carolina Corrections chief is asking lawmakers to make...
January 22, 2020
Sham Gardens Excellent Tahina, in 800-gram (1.76-pound) and 400-gram (14.1-ounce) containers, has been recalled in eight states after Michigan's Department of Agriculture found salmonella in a random sample. Five Star...
January 22, 2020
Boeing's new CEO said Wednesday that production of the 737 Max will resume this spring, months before the company expects federal regulators to certify the grounded plane to fly again....
January 22, 2020
The meteoric rise of Tesla shares that pushed the company's value over $100 billion could turn into a supercharged payday for CEO Elon Musk. Stock in Tesla Inc. rose another...
January 22, 2020
Washington state's December unemployment rate dipped to 4.3 %. According to numbers released Wednesday by the Employment Security Department, December's rate was down from November's rate of 4.4 %. The...
January 22, 2020
Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday issued an executive order increasing paid leave for parents in the executive branch to eight weeks. The Republican governor signed the Families First Act...
January 22, 2020
Detroit's largest brewery is being acquired by an international beer giant. Atwater Brewery, which makes beer just a few blocks from the Detroit River, said Wednesday it's struck a deal...
January 22, 2020
Nevada officials have ordered inspections at apartment complexes deemed susceptible to fire in the aftermath of deadly Las Vegas fire. The Las Vegas Sun reports the increase in inspections is...
January 22, 2020
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ Jan. 21 The Johnson City Press on a push to have lawmakers ban businesses from relocating to different districts for tax-break incentives: Should government...
January 22, 2020
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Jan. 20 The Post and Courier on education improvements: South Carolina owns about 1,300 elementary, middle and high schools, which educate 750,000 children...
January 22, 2020
A review of a proposal to ramp up production of key components for the United States' nuclear arsenal will be open and transparent, according to members of New Mexico's congressional...
January 22, 2020
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Jan. 22 The (Lake Charles) American Press on Louisiana's public school system: Louisiana's public education system ranked next to the bottom of states in...
January 22, 2020
As Jean Paul Gaultier prepared to bid adieu to the Paris couture runway with a fashion show and glitzy after-party at the Chatelet Theater, John Galliano put on a tongue-in-cheek...
January 22, 2020
As the celebrity attorney to porn star Stormy Daniels, he once fancied himself Trump's most fearsome presidential opponent. Now he sits in the cell that held El Chapo. Michael Avenatti's...
January 22, 2020
Sports bettors may be able to place wagers in person at Detroit casinos this spring but will wait until 2021 to do so online, Michigan's regulatory agency said Wednesday. Mary...
January 22, 2020
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ Jan. 21 The Greenwood Commonwealth on the recent violence in Mississippi prisons: If there's anything positive about the recent violence in Mississippi prisons, it's...
January 22, 2020
New Mexico's leading House Republican said he found it “disrespectful” that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham failed to cite the oil and gas industry in her State of the State speech...
January 22, 2020
Experts at the United Nations said Wednesday that the phone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was likely hacked through a file sent from an account used...
