Gov. Kristi Noem used her second State of the State speech to lay out her vision for growing the state's economy, touting the potential of a home-grown cybersecurity force and...
January 14, 2020
The attorneys general of 15 states said this week that they oppose a Trump administration proposal to allow rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, arguing the trains will share tracks...
January 14, 2020
Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov has paid Everton 30 million pounds ($39 million) to secure an exclusive option on naming rights for the Premier League club's proposed new stadium. The 66-year-old...
January 14, 2020
Kansas will begin issuing new personalized license plates Wednesday that emphasize the state's growing use of renewable energy. The “Powering the Future” plates feature wind turbines profiled against a sunrise....
January 14, 2020
Miami Beach leaders can't agree on what to do about climate change. But one way to keep the condos dry, at least for now, is to build a buffer between...
January 14, 2020
Union snowplow drivers are set to strike Wednesday in northeastern Minnesota's St. Louis County as snow moves into the area. Teamsters Local 320 posted on Facebook that union negotiators and...
January 14, 2020
The attorneys general of Nevada and 20 other states have reached a $200,000 agreement with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund Inc. to settle complaints over its handling of charitable contributions through...
January 14, 2020
Moody's Investors Service announced that it is downgrading the debt rating for Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. to junk-bond status after the major supplier of fuselages for Boeing's troubled 737 Max announced...
January 14, 2020
A Georgia physician is running for a U.S House seat being vacated by retiring Republican Tom Graves. Dr. John Cowan of Rome announced Tuesday that he would run as a...
January 14, 2020
The head of Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the Chinese government has not only constructed “an Orwellian high-tech surveillance state” at home but is using its growing economic clout to...
January 14, 2020
Donald Trump's threat to cut off Iraq's access to its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York if Baghdad insists on a withdrawal of US troops from its...
January 14, 2020
The Indiana House has voted to eliminate the last remaining township assessor offices around the state. House members voted 53-44 Tuesday in favor of the bill abolishing the 13 township...
January 14, 2020
State elections officials voted Tuesday to hire an advertising firm to develop a public relations campaign reassuring voters that Wisconsin elections are secure and to provide information about how elections...
January 14, 2020
A climate change bill that could dominate the 2020 Oregon legislative session got its first public hearing as lawmakers try to find a compromise on an issue that led to...
January 14, 2020
Construction is underway on the new $150 million Tutwiler Residence Hall on the University of Alabama campus. The new 365,000-square-foot (33073.48-square-meter) dormitory will be home to 1,285 first-year female students....
January 14, 2020
Atlantic City's casinos won almost $3.3 billion from gamblers in 2019, helped by surging sports and internet bets as the seaside resort continued to rebound from a mid-decade meltdown that...
January 14, 2020
Russell Stover Chocolates plans to close some facilities and stores nationwide but the expected loss of about 400 jobs will be offset by new jobs resulting from expansion in other...
January 14, 2020
Three people were injured, one critically, on Tuesday when scaffolding they were working with at a Massachusetts home came in contact with power lines, police said. Beverly police responded to...
January 14, 2020
A panel of lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a rules package that outlines how the state investigates discrimination complaints involving employment, housing, education and public accommodations. A majority of lawmakers on...
January 14, 2020
Illinois regulators say they are investigating apparent violations of a rule intended to prevent marijuana shops statewide from stockpiling weed from a single cultivator while also reminding retailers that they...
January 14, 2020
The family of a man who was crushed to death by a street sweeper in Bellevue has agreed to settle a wrongful death case for $4 million. Alexandru Culai, 44...
January 14, 2020
A text message that referred to Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” that was sent through rival Bernie Sanders' volunteer messaging system led to social media feuding and confusion...
January 14, 2020
A U.S. judge has appointed a receiver to oversee a Bitcoin plant in Montana after the majority owner was indicted on federal charges alleging he was running a Ponzi scheme...
January 14, 2020
As he stands in the crowd at a rally at City Hall, protesting killing and injustice, a dignified gentleman leaning lightly on his cane, Al Marder hardly looks like someone...
January 14, 2020
Arson charges have been filed against a man accused of setting a large fire that started in an apartment building under construction and soon spread to several other buildings, displacing...
January 14, 2020
A social media campaign backed by a Japanese seasonings company is targeting the persistent idea that Chinese food is packed with MSG and can make you sick. So entrenched is...
January 14, 2020
Federal officials have fined a Southern California refinery $125,000 for chemical safety and risk-management violations, according to a newspaper report. The violations stem from a 2016 investigation into Torrance Refinery,...
January 14, 2020
Faced with a changed media landscape from the last once-a-decade head count in 2010, U.S. Census Bureau officials unveiled a multi-million dollar media campaign on Tuesday involving hundreds of digital...
January 14, 2020
So far, it appears 2019 was another record year for Wall Street. Trading of stocks and bonds rebounded after a terrible end to 2018 and consumers spent tons of money...
January 14, 2020
The prime minister of Sudan's transitional government sought to reassure his jittery country on Tuesday after quelling a brief armed mutiny from within the state's security apparatus. Sudan's intelligence agency...
January 14, 2020
A Kansas man has asked an Iowa judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney so that he can “rend their souls” from...
January 14, 2020
Chains or snow tires are required on much of U.S. Interstate 80 in the Sierra and most highways around Lake Tahoe after a winter storm packing snow and winds in...
January 14, 2020
A North Dakota company has been awarded a $99 million contract to construct an interchange to provide new direct connections between two freeways in metro Las Vegas. Dickinson-based Fisher Sand...
January 14, 2020
A Montana timber company has announced it will indefinitely suspend operations at one of its two sawmills, citing chronic timber supply problems due to litigation. RY Timber Inc. said layoffs...
January 14, 2020
The National Security Agency has discovered a major security flaw in Microsoft's Windows operating system. Microsoft said the NSA notified the company about it. A fix was made available Tuesday....
January 14, 2020
Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1 TouchRetouch, Adva-Soft 2 Minecraft, Mojang 3 Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 4 Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 5 Heads Up! ,Warner Bros. 6 Procreate Pocket, Savage...
January 14, 2020
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador has made selling off the luxurious presidential jet a centerpiece of his austerity program, but there's just one problem: Nobody, it seems, wants to...
January 14, 2020
A campaign to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana use has submitted two proposed ballot initiatives for state review, the group “New Approach Montana” announced. The first ballot proposal would legalize...
January 14, 2020
The deal to sell Vermont's Sugarbush ski resort to the Alterra Mountain Company has been completed, the company announced Tuesday. In a news release, Alterra, of Denver, said the purchase...
January 14, 2020
Some of the buses in the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority fleet have been equipped with solar panels to boost battery life and performance. Thirty-three diesel-engine buses have the roof-mounted...
