A Native American tribe in Virginia announced plans Friday to develop a $350 million casino resort in the state's capital and a separate one in Norfolk. The Pamunkey Indian Tribe...
January 17, 2020
A health board in West Virginia's largest county voted Thursday to ban the use of e-cigarettes and vapes inside public spaces, news outlets reported. The Kanawha County Board of Health...
January 17, 2020
A state panel that includes appointees of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has approved more taxpayer subsidies for the Jenks-based company the governor founded and ran until after his election in...
January 17, 2020
Andrew Berry may still have his parking spot with the Browns. After spending three seasons in Cleveland's front office, Berry, who is currently the Eagles' vice president of football operations,...
January 17, 2020
Heavy snowfall in southwest Oregon has knocked out power to thousands of customers and Pacific Power says it could be several days until service is fully restored. As of Friday...
January 17, 2020
Toyota has completed a $1.3 billion project modernizing an Indiana factory to boost vehicle production and adding 550 jobs, the company announced Friday. The project at the Princeton assembly plant...
January 17, 2020
Republican leaders in the Kentucky House are preparing to unveil legislation aimed at increasing the state's workforce by offering transitional support to ease people off public assistance. The measure is...
January 17, 2020
Members of Montana's House of Representatives and legislative staffers evaluated two chair designs to replace the seating that has been used by lawmakers for more than a century. “We need...
January 17, 2020
Labour leadership contender Lisa Nandy has lit a match under the Catalan independence issue, angering Catalans and Scots alike. It's business as usual for Britain's chaotic Labour Party. If there's...
January 17, 2020
Delta Airlines is expanding service at Miami International Airport this year as it ramps up a partnership with Chile-based LATAM airlines. Between May and July, Delta will add 13 new...
January 17, 2020
Manny Medina is no stranger to goodbyes. He made billions by starting and selling several tech companies. This time, Medina plans to part ways with his Coral Gables estate. Medina...
January 17, 2020
After budget cuts hit Georgia state finances this year, Gov. Brian Kemp's budget proposal for the upcoming year projects that happy days are here again — for some. Teachers and...
January 17, 2020
As former NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume seeks to regain a congressional seat he once held, The Baltimore Sun reports that records show he left the civil rights organization amid concerns...
January 17, 2020
Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrated in downtown Amman on Friday, calling on the government to cancel an agreement in which Israel began pumping natural gas to the kingdom this year. Jordanian...
January 17, 2020
State regulators have approved plans for a $700 million power plant on the shores of Lake Superior despite conservationists' concerns that the facility will harm the environment. The Wisconsin State...
January 17, 2020
The number of available jobs fell sharply in November, dropping to 6.8 million, a decline of 7.6% from the October level. The Labor Department reported Friday that the job openings...
January 17, 2020
The University of California is considering annual tuition increases over five years under a sweeping plan to raise more money for financial aid and campus needs. UC regents will consider...
January 17, 2020
Volkswagen is partnering with the University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create the company's first innovation hub for developing new technology in North America, officials said...
January 17, 2020
Barring health insurance that excludes coverage for pre-existing conditions and letting children stay on their parents' plans until 26 would be preserved under a slate of new laws New Jersey...
January 17, 2020
A federal agency fined an Ohio-based grain handling company over alleged safety violations that led to the deaths of two employees last year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined...
January 17, 2020
Grain futures were mostly higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery gained 5.20 cents at $5.6740 a bushel; Mar. corn was up...
January 17, 2020
For major shipping companies dealing with trade wars and slowing global growth, conditions appear to have deteriorated as 2019 came to a close. Global shipping and logistics provider Expeditors International...
January 17, 2020
A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for robbing a suburban St. Louis post office. Sixty-year-old Dywane Upchurch was sentenced Thursday for being a felon in possession...
January 17, 2020
The Louisiana Senate's new Republican president will continue a tradition for bipartisan leadership across the majority-GOP chamber's subject-matter committees, but Republicans will take charge of the key financial and redistricting...
January 17, 2020
A senior Hezbollah official warned Friday that Lebanon could fall into chaos and “complete collapse” unless a new government is formed. Sheikh Ali Daamoush's comments came amid more bickering between...
January 17, 2020
Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan, who the company announced Thursday was placed on administrative leave, has fired back in a statement through her lawyer, saying: “What has been reported is...
January 17, 2020
Transportation contractors have begun work on a project to prolong the life of bridges that carry U.S. Highway 64 over Jordan Lake. The N.C. Department of Transportation said in a...
January 17, 2020
Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street, building on the big gains from a day earlier that sent major indexes to their latest record highs. Technology companies and banks...
January 17, 2020
The 2020 Census kicks off Tuesday in remote Alaska. U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham will be there to conduct the first count in the Bering Sea community of Toksook...
January 17, 2020
An Alaska company has taken pizza to new heights by providing airplane deliveries around the state. Papa Murphy's in Anchorage flies hundreds of miles to deliver about 150 pizzas each...
January 17, 2020
U.S. industrial production fell 0.3% in December, as unseasonably warm weather reduced demand for heating from utilities. The Federal Reserve said Friday that total industrial production — which includes the...
January 17, 2020
The U.S. government's auto safety agency is looking into allegations that all three of Tesla's electric vehicles can suddenly accelerate on their own. An unidentified person petitioned the National Highway...
January 17, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg would push for all new cars to be electric by 2035 and new buildings to produce zero carbon emissions by 2025 as part of clean...
January 17, 2020
Construction of new homes surged in December to the highest level in 13 years, capping a year in which falling mortgage rates and a strong labor market helped lift the...
January 17, 2020
Workers' rights attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan announced Friday that she is ending her primary challenge to Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey. “Unfortunately, sometimes some obstacles are too great to overcome, and...
January 17, 2020
Ohio farmers are one step closer to planting hemp as soon as this spring following a vote Thursday by a legislative rule-making committee. The rules approved by the Joint Committee...
January 17, 2020
Last April, as a military uprising roiled Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro's socialist government ordered pay TV providers to immediately cease transmission of CNN and the BBC. DirecTV, which is wholly owned...
January 17, 2020
Last April, as a military uprising roiled Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro's socialist government ordered pay TV providers to immediately cease transmission of CNN and the BBC. DirecTV, which is wholly owned...
January 17, 2020
Iran's supreme leader says his nation is living through “days of God.” The Islamic Republic has been reeling from one crisis to another, from the targeted killing by the United...
January 17, 2020
A nursing home patient in Virginia has been charged with killing his 86-year-old roommate at the care facility. Richmond police arrested Lynwood L. Main, 65, at ManorCare Health Services-Imperial in...
