Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday: Alcoa Corp., down $2.40 at $17.78. The aluminum producer reported a big fourth-quarter loss and warned that an aluminum surplus is...
January 16, 2020
Florida lawmakers advanced a proposal Thursday that would bar life insurers from using information from commercially available genetic tests to deny policies or set premiums based on markers that might...
January 16, 2020
Pennsylvania's governor returned Thursday to the United States after a previously undisclosed trip to Israel that his office said mixed personal travel with state business. Wolf's spokesman said the governor...
January 16, 2020
The former operator of Connecticut nursing homes pleaded guilty to embezzlement and tax offenses in federal court. Chaim Stern, 71, of Flushing, New York, waived his right to be indicted...
January 16, 2020
The tests used by a New Jersey agency responsible for awarding millions of dollars in tax breaks to businesses had deficiencies that may have lead to improperly awarded incentives, a...
January 16, 2020
The Idaho House of Representatives on Thursday expelled one of its members a day after he was convicted of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government. The House voted 65-0 to...
January 16, 2020
An attorney for a Kansas researcher accused of concealing work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas hit back on Thursday against a new indictment...
January 16, 2020
Wheat for Mar. lost 7.75 cents at 5.6525 a bushel; Mar. corn declined 12 cents at 3.7550 a bushel, Mar. oats was off .25 cents at $3.0550 a bushel; while...
January 16, 2020
Wheat for Mar. lost 7.75 cents at 5.6525 a bushel; Mar. corn declined 12 cents at 3.7550 a bushel, Mar. oats was off .25 cents at $3.0550 a bushel; while...
January 16, 2020
An Oregon teenager who was taken out of state by her mother to avoid surgery for a rare type of liver cancer has had the operation while in the custody...
January 16, 2020
Just days after beginning an initiative drive to increase casino taxes, Las Vegas-area teachers filed a petition to increase Nevada sales taxes and raise more than $1 billion per year...
January 16, 2020
A group of Arizona lawmakers on Thursday vowed to boost protections for firefighters and other first responders who are diagnosed with a cancer linked to the workplace to address concerns...
January 16, 2020
An embattled Phoenix-based health care company has announced it will keep its Medicaid contract under certain conditions after reaching a settlement with a federal agency. The U.S. Centers for Medicare...
January 16, 2020
University of Illinois administrators on Thursday approved a hike in tuition costs for in-state freshmen for the first time in six years. Freshmen entering the university for the 2020-21 academic...
January 16, 2020
Greece will block any European peace deal on Libya unless an agreement between the internationally-recognized government in Tripoli and Turkey on maritime borders is scrapped, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis...
January 16, 2020
A computer security expert says he found that an election server central to a legal battle over the integrity of Georgia elections showed signs of tampering. The server was left...
January 16, 2020
A Maine utility spent more than $2.3 million in the most recent quarter to rally against a potential statewide vote about whether it can build a transmission line to bring...
January 16, 2020
A Democratic proposal to immediately boost Indiana teacher pay by $100 million a year by stretching out payments to a teacher pension fund was rejected Thursday by a Republican-controlled committee....
January 16, 2020
In a bid to solidify his evangelical base, President Donald Trump took steps Thursday to give religious organizations easier access to federal programs and he reaffirmed students' rights to pray...
January 16, 2020
Carlos Beltrán is out as manager of the New York Mets before a single game, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball....
January 16, 2020
Maryland would cut state income taxes for retirees under a proposal announced Thursday by Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan, a Republican, said his proposal would bring more than $1 billion in...
January 16, 2020
What ended with Connecticut State Police fatally shooting a man in West Haven started with an attempted iPhone theft and a carjacking in Norwalk, police said Thursday. The suspect, whose...
January 16, 2020
New Mexico regulators on Thursday adopted a new rule aimed at oil and natural gas companies as the industry touted the more than $3 billion that was pumped into the...
January 16, 2020
Thousands of retired public employees will have to pay more of their health care costs starting in 2022 after trustees for the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System voted Wednesday to...
January 16, 2020
Southwest Airlines said Thursday it has taken the grounded Boeing 737 Max out of its schedule until early June and dropping more than 8% of its planned flights as a...
January 16, 2020
DNA evidence checked against a genealogy website led to a man's arrest in a 2015 Albuquerque-area rape, Bernalillo County officials said. The arrest announced Thursday was believed to be the...
January 16, 2020
A fuel tanker and several other vehicles crashed on an Idaho highway, injuring 33 people and spilling diesel fuel, authorities said. The chain-reaction crash Wednesday involved a bus carrying 30...
January 16, 2020
There's no milk, bacteria, fermentation or refrigeration at this Wisconsin cheese factory. That's because they are making foam cheeseheads. Ralph Bruno invented the oversized yellow wedge hat in 1987 from...
January 16, 2020
A new survey of bankers suggests the economy is growing in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states. The overall economic index for rural parts of the region improved...
January 16, 2020
FBI agents on Thursday arrested a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist and two other men who are linked to a violent white supremacist group and were believed to be heading...
January 16, 2020
EMBARGOED UNTIL 1:30 p.m.!!! The FBI, in a change of policy, is committing to inform state officials if local election systems have been breached, federal officials told The Associated Press....
January 16, 2020
A physical therapist charged with killing his wife, three children and dog in a home near Walt Disney World and leaving their bodies there for days was being investigated for...
January 16, 2020
A top House Democrat is introducing a $3.4 billion emergency spending bill to help Puerto Rico deal with a recent spate of earthquakes rocking the U.S. territory, which is still...
January 16, 2020
Kentucky's Rupp Arena is getting a new name. The 44-year-old home court of Kentucky's men's basketball team will be called Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center. Under the 14-year rights...
January 16, 2020
An aerospace company expects to hire more people after it received funding from New Mexico to train its employees at its Roswell Air Center location, company officials said. Arkansas-based CAVU...
January 16, 2020
An Arizona court ruling Thursday upholds a half-cent sales tax for Pinal County transportation projects, a levy that coujty voters approved in 2017 but that was later overturned by a...
January 16, 2020
Georgia lawmakers have reached a deal to tighten sales tax collections by online businesses including Amazon, eBay and Airbnb. The House and Senate both passed a conference report Thursday, sending...
January 16, 2020
Whitney Houston, Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, and The Notorious B.I.G. are among this year's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductees. A worthy list, but here are the deserving...
January 16, 2020
Former New Hampshire Republican Party vice chairman Matt Mayberry has announced his candidacy for the state's 1st Congressional District U.S. House seat. Mayberry is a U.S. Air Force veteran and...
January 16, 2020
Microsoft is pledging to become 100% “carbon-negative” by 2030 by removing more carbon from the environment than it emits. CEO Satya Nadella said Thursday that the commitment will happen "not...
