CEOs were asked: High school seniors are in the midst of college application season. There is now a rising debate about whether the return on a college degree is flat-lining,...
January 10, 2020
A lawyer for Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's former chairman who skipped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon, on Friday slammed a gaffe by the Japanese justice minister who said that...
January 10, 2020
Unfortunately, way too many have little interest in listening to perspectives outside of their own silo. For our work, it has become critical to monitor a spectrum of traditional and...
January 10, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit neighboring Myanmar next week amid efforts to strengthen relations with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Myanmar has been a close ally...
January 10, 2020
While many sports fans are picking NFL playoff teams to bet on, or marshaling their cash for the Super Bowl, yet another opportunity to wager on football is right around...
January 10, 2020
A Russian-flagged tanker and a Turkish fishing boat collided in the Black Sea near Istanbul early Friday, sinking the fishing vessel. Istanbul governor's office said in a statement three Turkish...
January 10, 2020
Asian shares rose Friday as worries receded the United States and Iran might be stepping closer to the edge of war, and U.S. indexes hit records. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225...
January 10, 2020
The landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons has been teetering on the edge of collapse since the United States pulled...
January 10, 2020
West Virginia reported unusual cyber activity targeting its election systems. The Texas governor said the state was encountering attempted “attacks" at the rate of “10,000 times a minute" from Iran....
January 10, 2020
Iran has invited Boeing to take part in the investigation into a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week at a time of soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran, killing...
January 10, 2020
India's top court on Friday ordered the government to review all restrictions, including suspension of internet service, in Indian-controlled Kashmir within a week as an indefinite suspension of people's rights...
January 10, 2020
A panel of appeals court justices will decide whether the state of Maine should pay for three families to send their children to religious schools because they live in districts...
January 10, 2020
Iranian newspapers proclaimed the country's attack on U.S. forces in Iraq to be "a dark night for Americans," and Washington's "first admission of failure in history." On the bustling streets...
January 10, 2020
With a nudge toward the past, Kansas farms are using bees once again to increase crop health. During the early 1900s bees were prevalent in the state. Jorge Garibay, a...
January 10, 2020
A board member under fire for allegedly swindling an Indian tribe in Oklahoma. The organization's $3 million Kansas City headquarters, bought and renovated just a few years ago, up for...
January 10, 2020
Another bit of old, quirky San Francisco will be no more when Tom Sweeney finally hangs up his white pressed collar and signature Beefeater jacket this weekend after more than...
January 10, 2020
The U.S. job market appears to be entering 2020 on a solid footing. Economists expect that Friday's jobs report will show job gains of 160,000 in December, with the unemployment...
January 10, 2020
Why are so many highly paid entrepreneurs, corporate executives and financial professionals from the Northeast moving to Florida? It's not just the warm weather, beaches, boating and golf — it's...
January 10, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce his state spending plan on Friday, flush with a multi-billion surplus that state lawmakers expect he will use to give full health benefits to...
January 10, 2020
Boeing employees knew about problems with flight simulators for the now-grounded 737 Max and apparently tried to hide them from federal regulators, according to documents released Thursday. In internal messages,...
January 10, 2020
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's administration and an environmental group agreed on comprehensive changes to the state's development control law, looking to streamline review for projects in designated areas and eliminate...
January 10, 2020
The cost to fully restore the crumbling foundations in hundreds of Massachusetts homes is around $350 million, a state task force estimated. Around 2,000 homes in the state that were...
January 10, 2020
Michael A. Taylor and the Washington Nationals agreed Thursday to a one-year contract for $3,325,000, up slightly from his $3.25 million salary last season, when the outfielder lost an arbitration...
January 10, 2020
I was seven when the US sent its Seventh Fleet to the Bay of Bengal to scare India during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Today it's making a similar growl, of...
January 10, 2020
Directors of state agencies said Thursday that Republican Gov. Brad Little's budget giving state employees a 2% raise will help keep the state competitive and retain workers. The Change in...
January 10, 2020
Democratic leaders in Maine have threatened to roll back a shipyard's $45 million tax break because they say conditions outlined in a 2018 law weren't met. House Speaker Sara Gideon...
January 10, 2020
Airlines are coming under increasing scrutiny for continuing to fly in Iran after a missile barrage and warnings by U.S. safety regulators about the dangerous conditions. American, British and Canadian...
January 10, 2020
Whatever caused Flight 752 to crash just after takeoff from Tehran, the 176 people who died were quickly drafted as elements in a propaganda narrative targeting both Iran, Russia and...
January 10, 2020
The suspension of production of the Boeing 737 Max is taking a growing toll on suppliers in Kansas, where more than 40 aerospace companies provide parts and services for production...
January 10, 2020
Utilityman Brandon Drury and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $2.05 million, one-year contract on Thursday, a raise of $850,000. The 27-year-old hit .218 with 15 homers and 41...
January 10, 2020
Environmental regulators found barrels scattered across land in Michigan's Thumb region that's owned by the now-imprisoned owner of a shuttered electroplating business that leaked a green substance containing a known...
January 10, 2020
An insurance company has agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle claims that it discriminated against black and female employees in Denver and Nashville, Tennessee. A complaint filed by the...
January 9, 2020
Wynn Resorts is in the process of “rightsizing” operations at Encore Boston Harbor, the $2.6 billion casino that opened just six months ago but has so far fallen short of...
January 9, 2020
Once a hidden and under-the-radar topic, privacy is getting more attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week. Startups now volunteer information about how they're securing your...
January 9, 2020
A California company that produces Crystal Geyser bottled water pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste and agreed to a $5 million fine, federal prosecutors said. The...
January 9, 2020
Drivers traveling along a Kentucky highway didn't have to check their direct messages to receive the infamous sexting request: send nudes. An electronic road sign that was hacked early Thursday...
January 9, 2020
Despite widespread customer complaints, Central Maine Power's metering and billing systems were not responsible for systemic overbilling of customers, according to a report Thursday by the staff of the Maine...
January 9, 2020
U.S. acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Thursday on a visit to Honduras that the two countries had finalized the steps on implementing an agreement that would send third...
January 9, 2020
A health care group based in Virginia has agreed to a settlement of almost $2.2 million after hundreds of patients' health information was wrongfully released. Sentara's settlement with the U.S....
January 9, 2020
Lawmakers expressed concern about foreign components in the nation's election equipment, as the top executives of the three major voting manufacturers appeared before Congress on Thursday to try to provide...
