“OK, Boomer" made its first appearance in the Supreme Court Wednesday, invoked by baby boomer Chief Justice John Roberts 12 days before he turns 65. The meme is a favorite...
January 15, 2020
The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has agreed to make changes to settle a lawsuit over allegations that it forwarded information about immigrant farm workers to federal authorities, leading to...
January 15, 2020
Thousands of Comcast/Xfinity customers in Minnesota will receive refunds and debt relief as the company settles a lawsuit that alleged it overcharged consumers for cable TV packages, the state attorney...
January 15, 2020
The right of a Fairbanks murder case suspect to a speedy trial was not violated by delays in transporting him from Maine to Alaska, a judge ruled Tuesday. An attorney...
January 15, 2020
All 80 hotels in the city of Sacramento will soon be required to provide “panic buttons” to protect workers from sexual assault and harassment after the City Council voted to...
January 15, 2020
Georgia's lieutenant governor has recruited some top-drawer names in his quest to “make Georgia the technology capital of the East Coast." Speaking Wednesday before the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Lt....
January 15, 2020
The U.S. government is backing Brazil's bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, providing a foreign policy boost for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. “The United States wants...
January 15, 2020
The push to toughen Indiana's penalties on stores for selling tobacco products to underage customers is facing some questions over whether the proposed fines are too steep. Members of state...
January 15, 2020
Floridians would no longer have to lie about buying fireworks to scare birds away from their crops when they celebrate the Fourth of July and New Year's under a bill...
January 15, 2020
Harvey Weinstein and his lawyers met with prosecutors behind closed doors for about an hour Wednesday as they worked to whittle down the pool of prospective jurors in his New...
January 15, 2020
Gov. Pete Ricketts proposed nearly $60 million in state assistance Wednesday to help Nebraska recover from last year's record floods, including a surprise $9.2 million boost for a dozen of...
January 15, 2020
The Wyoming Business Council has announced a new CEO. Josh Dorrell will replace Shawn Reese, who announced in 2019 he was stepping aside after leading the state business-development agency for...
January 15, 2020
The wrongful death trial against a oilfield equipment contractor in connection with a January 2018 explosion and fire that killed five men in southeastern Oklahoma is underway. The McAlester News-Capital...
January 15, 2020
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday that his company plans to invest $1 billion in digitizing small and medium businesses in India. Bezos, who is currently on a three-day visit,...
January 15, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office on Wednesday rejected allegations that state aid had been given to rescue struggling regional airline Flybe, insisting that any support would be on strictly commercial...
January 15, 2020
The new year often starts harshly for people with high-deductible health insurance. Many deductibles reset Jan. 1, forcing patients to pay thousands of dollars for care or prescriptions before most...
January 15, 2020
Three men were in good condition early Wednesday after being cut from inside the hull of a capsized crab boat off the Oregon coast after a harrowing rescue caught on...
January 15, 2020
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has broke ground on a long-awaited hatchery in the Walla Wall River basin. During a ground-breaking event at the South Fork Walla...
January 15, 2020
Federal Aviation Administration data shows 2018 was the busiest year on record for Alabama's largest airport. More people boarded flights at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth in 2018 than in any year since 2008,...
January 15, 2020
Florida will buy 20,000 acres (8,000 hectares) of land in the environmentally sensitive Everglades to prevent oil drilling in the area, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday. In a news release,...
January 15, 2020
A federal judge agreed Wednesday to block the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order allowing state and local government officials to reject refugees from resettling in their jurisdictions. U.S....
January 15, 2020
Alibaba's promise to the Olympic family is to bring its technological might to help organizers, broadcasters and fans. The Chinese tech giant's Olympic sponsorship deal is worth hundreds of millions...
January 15, 2020
A commercial printing company that is one of the largest employers in a Kentucky county has announced it will close three plants this year. The Chicago-based LSC Communications Inc. confirmed...
January 15, 2020
Sunday, Jan. 19 On this date in 1895, the Nogales Oasis newspaper noted that in Phoenix, "there are now several restaurants offering a square meal for the sum of 15...
January 15, 2020
More than 1,350 temporary workers at 14 General Motors facilities in the U.S. will get full-time positions before the end of March, the company says. The workers will start at...
January 15, 2020
Louisiana personal income taxpayers can start filing their 2019 state tax returns on Jan. 27, the same day the IRS begins accepting federal income tax filings. The state revenue department...
January 15, 2020
A bill to legalize sports betting in Kentucky picked up bipartisan momentum Wednesday when a House committee voted unanimously to advance the measure that one estimate says would bring in...
January 15, 2020
Grain futures were mixedower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery was off .20 cent at $5.5620 a bushel; Mar. corn was unchanged...
January 15, 2020
A former manager at an Oklahoma Arby's restaurant who was charged with fatally shooting a customer she said spit on her has been sentenced to two decades in prison. Deionna...
January 15, 2020
The United States and China are taking a step toward trade peace after 18 months of economic skirmishing. President Donald Trump and China's chief trade negotiator, Liu He, planned to...
January 15, 2020
While many small manufacturers and retailers believe Amazon is the place to be, Lyris Autran is forgoing the opportunity. Autran wants to keep the prices on her leashes, bowls and...
January 15, 2020
When is a photograph of nude bodies artistic or titillating? A woman's exposed nipple a political statement or erotica? A video of childbirth might show genitalia. Should what someone considers...
January 15, 2020
The select board in Williamstown, Vermont, has rescinded its vote to take steps to terminate the town manager who was accused of creating a hostile work environment. The vote came...
January 15, 2020
Armed security forces and civilian motorcycle groups loyal to Venezuela's president blocked opposition lawmakers from entering the National Assembly building to hold a session on Wednesday. The caravan of cars...
January 15, 2020
Turkey's state-run news agency said Wednesday that Egyptian police raided its office in Cairo and detained four of its staff members. Anadolu Agency said it had no information on where...
January 15, 2020
Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has made the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his fifth attempt. Tagliabue and former New York Giants general manager George Young made it as...
January 15, 2020
What's supposed to protect your wood from water damage might flame on unexpectedly. Which is Thompson's recalled 5 1/2 years — 852,000 cans — of its WaterSeal Waterproofing Wood Protector...
January 15, 2020
A county in Northern California wine country is exploring plans to sue a utility over a massive wildfire last fall that combined with rolling power shutoffs caused losses of $725...
January 15, 2020
NATO-member Croatia said Wednesday it has approached seven other countries to buy a squadron of multi-role fighter jets for its air force . The Croatian government bid for a dozen...
January 15, 2020
Delaware State Police are searching for a suspect who pretended to be a law enforcement officer while trying to steal a man's car at gunpoint, according to an agency statement....
