South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants to give back nearly a quarter of the state's almost $2 billion surplus through rebate checks based on how much tax someone pays and...
January 13, 2020
Assembly Republicans will try Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' veto of a bill that would make it easier to become a nurse's aide in Wisconsin. State law requires...
January 13, 2020
Union snowplow drivers in northeastern Minnesota's St. Louis County could go on strike as early as midnight Tuesday, as some snow is expected in the region. County officials have a...
January 13, 2020
The U.S. budget deficit through the first three months of this budget year is up 11.8% from the same period a year ago, putting the country on track to record...
January 13, 2020
Planned Parenthood is challenging Missouri's denial of claims for Medicaid payments for a second time in two years. KCUR reports that Planned Parenthood's affiliates in Overland Park, Kansas, appealed Missouri's...
January 13, 2020
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced the awarding of nearly $9 million in tax credits for Maryland residents with student loan debt.. The administration says there were 9,600 applicants who...
January 13, 2020
Wisconsin officials are considering spending more than a quarter of a million dollars on a public relations push to reassure voters that elections in the state are secure after nearly...
January 13, 2020
The screen of a 65-year-old drive-in movie theater in Idaho was destroyed by high winds and the owner says he hopes to rebuild. First, though, he needs to find someone...
January 13, 2020
Calling preparations for the 2020 Census “conspicuously deficient,” the NAACP is suing the U.S. Census Bureau, demanding that the agency send more workers into the field and spend more money...
January 13, 2020
Two global pioneers of modern gene-editing technology were awarded Monday Israel's prestigious Wolf Prize in medicine. The Wolf Foundation said it was recognizing Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier for their...
January 13, 2020
Female filmmakers were shut out, “Parasite” made history and “Joker” edged out “The Irishman," “1917” and “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” in Monday's Oscar nominations. Todd Phillips' R-rated...
January 13, 2020
President Donald Trump will highlight his policies on trade and domestic energy in a speech to U.S. farmers next week, the White House announced Monday. Trump is scheduled to address...
January 13, 2020
Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved the formation of a committee to consider Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for legal immunity, a major setback for the embattled leader who is seeking...
January 13, 2020
Britain's opposition Labour Party said Monday that five lawmakers will contend to lead the party as it tries to rebuild support and regain power after last month's electoral drubbing. Labour...
January 13, 2020
Libya's rival leaders meeting for rare peace talks on Monday with Russian and Turkish officials in Moscow was a stark reminder of how the Libyan civil war has shape-shifted in...
January 13, 2020
President Donald Trump has an impeachment trial looming, and rising tensions with Iran have captured headlines. But standing in the back of a New Hampshire brewery with three varieties of...
January 13, 2020
New Jersey lawmakers were set to vote Monday on legislation that would prohibit flavored vaping products. Lawmakers proposed the ban, including any fruit or candy among others, to target young...
January 13, 2020
Malta's new prime minister has been sworn into office, replacing the beleaguered premier who bowed to public protests for accountability in the probe of an anti-corruption journalist's murder. Robert Abela...
January 13, 2020
The North Carolina General Assembly returns to Raleigh briefly on Tuesday with a short to-do list, topped by another Republican attempt to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the...
January 13, 2020
Changing CEOs was the easy part. Now it's up to Boeing's new leader to deal with a crisis caused by two crashes and the grounding of the company's best-selling plane....
January 13, 2020
A former librarian and a bookseller have pleaded guilty in the theft of rare books from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in a years-long scheme. Sixty-three-year-old Gregory Priore, former manager...
January 13, 2020
The winners of the 2019 Associated Press Northwest photo contest. The Cowles trophy, awarded each year since 1952, is named for William Hutchison Cowles, former publisher of The Spokesman-Review. The...
January 13, 2020
Retired state Rep. Mickey Michaux, whose service in the North Carolina House covered more than 45 years, was appointed on Monday to the state Senate to serve in Tuesday's legislative...
January 13, 2020
I'm not surprised that some climate scientists claim that they suffer from a new mental health condition called ‘ecological grief'. These days you draw attention to your cause is by...
January 13, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: It's time to address our eviction crisis Akron Beacon Journal Jan. 11 We've all heard the horror stories. The evil...
January 13, 2020
A Swiss court on Monday threw out a case against a dozen climate activists who were on trial for storming a Credit Suisse office in Lausanne, Switzerland, and playing tennis...
January 13, 2020
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected two of the most important permits for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, giving a major victory to environmentalists. A...
January 13, 2020
St. Cloud Times, Jan. 10 Consenting to refugee resettlement is the right thing to do Stearns County commissioners are facing a question that could either label our county as an...
January 13, 2020
Kansas lawmakers returned Monday to the Statehouse to open their annual session expecting big debates on tax cuts and Medicaid expansion. Both the House and Senate were set to convene...
January 13, 2020
A flurry of diplomatic visits and meetings crisscrossing the Persian Gulf have driven urgent efforts in recent days to defuse the possibility of all-out war after the U.S. killed Iran's...
January 13, 2020
Grain futures were mixed Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery lost 5 cents at $5.5612 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 5.4 cents...
January 13, 2020
Florida's capital city prepared for one of its largest demonstrations in recent years, as thousands of school workers arrived from across the state Monday to press Gov. Ron DeSantis and...
January 13, 2020
Two General Motors employees driving new 2020 Corvette Stingrays apparently had a need for speed. The pair were clocked going about 100 mph (160 kph) on a public road in...
January 13, 2020
Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates affirmed deeper economic ties during a visit by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in which he sought billions of dollars to finance his country's infrastructure...
January 13, 2020
The NHL's top prospects will continue making their pre-draft stops in Buffalo for at least another three years. The league on Monday announced an extension of its agreement to hold...
January 13, 2020
Dania Beach's Design Center for the Americas announced Monday it had successfully settled foreclosure litigation. Wells Fargo had filed a $173 million suit against the property last June. “DCOTA's mortgage...
January 13, 2020
A Michigan bookstore that has served Traverse City for nearly 60 years is closing. Horizon Books has been a downtown landmark on Front Street, selling books and making space for...
January 13, 2020
A woman adjusting a GPS device drove off the road and into a lake in northern New Jersey, but no injuries were reported. The 35-year-old woman and two children were...
January 13, 2020
A state judicial panel found extensive testimony that a California Appeal Court judge sexually harassed numerous women at the courthouse, including a fellow judge whom he repeatedly groped and propositioned...
January 13, 2020
The University of Vermont has received $1 million in funding from a division of Google to support research related to open source software, the school said Monday. Open source software...
