Politics

The San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers used their bye week to rest, relax and recharge. Now they'll meet in the NFC championship for the first time since 1997,...

Asian shares mostly followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday amid optimism that a trade deal between the U.S. and China will be a boon for the regional economy. Japan's benchmark...

South Carolina legislators are returning to the Statehouse on Tuesday as the 2020 session begins. The opening day of the Legislature is typically like the first day of school —...

Republican Tate Reeves is being inaugurated as the new governor of Mississippi on Tuesday, ascending to the state's highest office after serving the past eight years as lieutenant governor and...

A Maine legislator is calling on the state's legislative body to push the U.S. Congress to make banking and insurance accessible to legalized cannabis businesses. Republican Rep. John Andrews of...

Gene-testing company 23andMe has licensed a drug it synthesized using customers' DNA to Spain's largest pharmaceutical company, raising thorny questions of privacy – and property. Whose genes are they, anyway?...

China's exports rose 0.5% in 2019 despite a tariff war with Washington after growth rebounded in December on stronger demand from other markets. Customs data on Tuesday showed exports to...

President Donald Trump heads to battleground Wisconsin on Tuesday to rally supporters just down the street from where Democrats will meet in six months to nominate his opponent, a campaign...

The state of Nevada continues to intentionally misrepresent the facts in an ongoing legal battle over the Energy Department's secret shipment of weapons-grade plutonium to a site near Las Vegas,...

New Mexico's largest water utility has started operating its first aquifer storage well, and officials say more direct injection wells are planned within the utility's service area through Albuquerque and...

Democratic New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf visited on Friday the heart of the state's oil and gas region in advance of the legislative session. The Hobbs News-Sun reports House...

The United States on Tuesday warned of threats to commercial vessels in and around the Persian Gulf in the wake of its confrontation with Iran. Tensions have soared since the...

A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents successfully hacked the Ukrainan gas company at the center of the scandal involving President Donald Trump's efforts to dig up dirt on...

Suspensions of one month or more issued by the commissioner of baseball that were not related to on-field incidents or drugs: March 12, 1921 — Chicago White Sox pitchers Eddie...

Michigan State Police has launched a fraud investigation into the company that supplies the state's breathalyzer devices after evidence indicated the company falsified records and misrepresented the devices' accuracy, state...

A Harvard University law professor announced Monday that he is suing The New York Times for what he calls “clickbait defamation" over a story the newspaper published related to donations...

New Jersey lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to prohibit flavored vaping products, sending the measure to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's desk. The Democrat-led Senate passed the bill 22-15, with the...

Tensions between the U.S. government and Pacific Gas & Electric are boiling over as the two sides battle over whether a taxpayer-funded agency should be allowed to stake a claim...

It's the end of an era for Miami Hurricanes fans (who, we sadly admit, had a rough sports year and are still haunted by the destruction of the beloved Orange...

Huntington Beach has agreed to settle a state lawsuit that tried to force it to end years of opposition to meeting low-income housing goals. The tentative settlement revolves around a...

Michigan officials demanded an extensive set of records Monday from Enbridge Inc. in an investigation of the company's oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel linking two of the Great...

Toyota is recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the fuel pumps can fail and cause engines to stall. That can increase the risk of a crash. The recall...

Any police officers assigned to Kentucky schools would have to be armed under a bill introduced Monday as a follow-up to last year's school safety law stemming from a deadly...

Some Kentucky coal miners and their families stood on train tracks Monday to prevent a train loaded with coal from leaving, saying they had worked since Dec. 16 without being...

Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop now are worried their businesses could be crippled if...

New York lawmakers could ban flavored tobacco products amid growing concern over the tobacco and vaping industry's use of flavorings to attract young people and African Americans, though it's unclear...

Townships in South Dakota are facing economic difficulties as 2019 flood repair costs mount. Townships primarily depend on their taxpayers for funds to repair more than 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers)...

Florida would require background checks before weapons could be sold at gun shows and would require private gun transactions be documented under a bill unanimously approved by a Senate committee...

Alex Cora could be the next World Series-winning manager sent home for stealing signs. Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Red Sox skipper was “an active participant” in the sign-stealing scandal...

Women who lived in two apartment buildings in Los Angeles faced years of sexual harassment and retaliation by a property manager, violating the Fair Housing Act, the U.S. Department of...

A University of Missouri adjunct professor died in Thailand while on a winter break study program with about 15 students. Wayne McDaniel, 64, died Friday while in the Phi Phi...

A former congressman should serve nearly five years in prison for insider trading, especially after coming to represent “the cynical idea that those in power who make the laws are...

The Oscar Nominations came out on Monday morning and the usual woke suspects were outraged by the lack of minorities and women in key categories. You can set your watch...

The largest safety-net hospital in Georgia said it will take most of the year to gut and rebuild three floors of the facility damaged by flooding. The damage done to...

Military retirees in Nebraska will get to keep more of their retirement benefits under a bill that won first-round approval from lawmakers on Monday. The bill would exempt half of...

Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after the pair were suspended by Major League Baseball for the team's use of electronics for sign-stealing during...

The 2020 legislative session doesn't officially start until Tuesday, but the halls of the Statehouse were already buzzing with activity on Monday. Many lawmakers were holding meetings to review session...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has appointed two Democratic state senators from Kansas City to new executive branch jobs. The Republican governor on Monday announced the appointments of of Sen. Shalonn...

A former executive for a drug company was sentenced Monday to 33 months in federal prison in a bribery and kickbacks scheme that Massachusetts prosecutors say helped fuel the national...

Kevin Stefanski is getting a turn at fixing the busted Browns. The Vikings offensive coordinator was officially hired by Cleveland on Monday as the 18th full-time coach in franchise history...