Gov. Charlie Baker is preparing to release his state budget proposal for the new fiscal year a day after delivering his annual State of the Commonwealth address. The spending plan...
January 22, 2020
U.S. home sales climbed 3.8% in December, but a record-low inventory of houses on the market has caused prices to surge amid worsening affordability. The National Association of Realtors said...
January 22, 2020
The Times Union of Albany announced that Managing Editor Casey Seiler will become editor of the newspaper. Seiler succeeds Rex Smith, who is stepping down from his position Feb. 1,...
January 22, 2020
In the light of the increasing exposure of the OPCW as a deeply compromised instrument of power for the US-led global alliance, the role of aligned media in protecting discredited...
January 22, 2020
Toyota is recalling 361,000 more vehicles worldwide to replace Takata air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel. The vehicles date to 1997 and have older inflators that are...
January 22, 2020
A Hawaii hospital has received a donation of $2.75 million toward its emergency department and trauma fundraising campaign. Husband and wife Peter Stengaard and Jennifer Gross donated to the Wilcox...
January 22, 2020
The director of the airport in Scottsbluff has been placed on paid administrative leave, pending an investigation. The airport board chairman, Bob Unzicker, said the investigation of Raul Aguallo has...
January 22, 2020
Kosovo outgoing prime minister on Wednesday hailed the agreement with Serbia on a resumption of commercial flights, which will increase travel and economic ties between the Balkan nations. Ramush Haradinaj...
January 22, 2020
Shares on Wall Street are following world markets higher as investors gain confidence that a virus outbreak spreading in China can be contained. Oil prices are down while stock benchmarks...
January 22, 2020
A worker fell into a chemical vat at a business in Ohio and died, authorities said. The 60-year-old man from Union fell into the vat at Techmetals Inc. on Tuesday,...
January 22, 2020
A legislative panel has failed to reach an agreement on potential changes to the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, leaving lawmakers with little guidance on how to balance the state budget....
January 22, 2020
Authorities in Germany say 85 kilograms (187 pounds) of World War II ammunition have been found on the site where Tesla plans to build its first European factory. Local newspaper...
January 22, 2020
Leaders in Alabama's port city of Mobile are dimming chances for reviving passenger train service along the northern Gulf Coast. Member of the City Council's finance committee withheld support for...
January 22, 2020
United Nations experts have called for an "immediate investigation" by the United States into information they received that suggests that Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked after receiving a file sent...
January 22, 2020
Arizona's largest electric utility said Wednesday that it plans to switch to 100% carbon-neutral power generation by 2050, a sharp turnaround from a company that spent tens of millions of...
January 22, 2020
For decades, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and other characters from “The Great Gatsby” have been as real to millions of readers as people in their own lives, exemplars and victims...
January 22, 2020
Authorities say a suspected drunken driver who was behind the wheel of a stolen Arkansas sport utility vehicle has crashed into a parked vehicle and a restaurant in Missouri while...
January 22, 2020
Greece's lawmakers elected their country's first female president Wednesday, with an overwhelming majority voting in favor of high court judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Speaking after being formally informed of the parliament...
January 22, 2020
Thousands of Greek residents and business owners joined a strike and protested Wednesday on the Greek islands hardest hit by migration, demanding that the government ease severe overcrowding at refugee...
January 22, 2020
The only functioning airport in Libya's capital suspended its operations after coming under attack Wednesday, airport authorities said, despite a tenuous truce that world powers have pushed warring parties to...
January 22, 2020
The Waterloo City Council has postponed action on a proposal to permanently shut down the shortest of the local airport's three landing strips — a plan that drew criticism from...
January 22, 2020
An American journalist is facing up to five years in an Indonesian jail and a fine on charges of violating immigration regulations, a lawyer and officials said Wednesday. Philip Jacobson...
January 22, 2020
A Georgia state senator has filed a bill to block hair-based discrimination for people at work, school or who are seeking housing. The bill filed by Sen. Tonya Anderson, a...
January 22, 2020
Higher prescription drug sales helped push Johnson & Johnson's fourth-quarter profit up by 32%. The world's biggest maker of health care products on Wednesday reported net income of $4.01 billion,...
January 22, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers home ballpark will have a new name next year after a 20-year deal with Miller comes to an end. American Family Insurance announced Tuesday evening that Miller...
January 22, 2020
As a viral outbreak spread from the central Chinese city of Wuhan this week, the ruling Communist Party's political and legal affairs commission issued a stern warning: “Whoever deliberately delays...
January 22, 2020
Higher prescription drug sales helped push Johnson & Johnson's fourth-quarter profit up by 32%. The world's biggest maker of health care products on Wednesday reported net income of $4.01 billion,...
January 22, 2020
Turkey may have stolen technical data that enabled it send a drill ship at a specific location south of Cyprus that energy companies Eni and Total had pre-selected to carry...
January 22, 2020
For two years running , California's wildfires have sent plumes of smoke across Silicon Valley. So far, that hasn't spurred much tech innovation aimed at addressing extreme-weather disasters associated with...
January 22, 2020
Moving trucks may be parked near Virgin MiamiCentral soon. Park-line Miami at 100 NW Sixth St., the two 30-story apartment buildings for rent above the train station, opened its leasing...
January 22, 2020
Two residential towers with a Design District-esque vibe will rise steps away from the Douglas Road Metrorail. The Shoma Group will develop two apartment buildings, Shoma Douglas, for rent at...
January 22, 2020
Germany's Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, saw its operating earnings fall by half in 2019 as its flagship luxury brand saw weaker profits in a tougher global auto market...
January 22, 2020
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will hold a news conference before he leaves Switzerland to return to Washington, where his impeachment trial is under way. He announced the...
January 22, 2020
New Jersey has become the first state in the nation to guarantee severance pay for mass layoffs. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday signed legislation that requires companies with 100...
January 22, 2020
Nearly every time a hotly anticipated new or redesigned vehicle first hits dealer lots, a number of enterprising dealerships will take the opportunity to make some additional profit. The good...
January 22, 2020
The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday Russia has the responsibility to halt the Syrian...
January 22, 2020
If you want to know how Miami-area residents may benefit from hosting Super Bowl 54, a mega-event for which area residents are paying millions yet which few are likely to...
January 22, 2020
A California woman accused of paying a company $9,000 to take online classes for her son at Georgetown University is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in federal court in Boston....
January 22, 2020
If you want to know how Miami-area residents may benefit from hosting Super Bowl 54, a mega-event for which area residents are paying millions yet which few are likely to...
January 22, 2020
Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Difficult negotiations setting out the...
