In a crisp black suit with a bright blue tie, Juan Guaidó pushed and shoved his way through rows of helmet-clad national guardsmen, cursing and scolding them like schoolchildren for...
January 9, 2020
Las Vegas firefighters have discovered what officials described as an illegal, homemade gas station in a backyard. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue shared images online of the makeshift gas station...
January 9, 2020
Pittsburgh's road skid is over. North Carolina's problems at home are far from it. Trey McGowens scored 24 points and Pittsburgh ended a 22-game losing streak in conference road games...
January 9, 2020
China's food prices jumped 17.4% in December over a year earlier, driven by surging pork prices despite official efforts to ease shortages caused by a disease outbreak. The surge in...
January 9, 2020
Nearly 300 of New York City's new subway cars were removed over concerns that the doors could open while the trains were in motion, The New York Times reported Wednesday....
January 9, 2020
The holiday season is over but Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young still had some charity gift giving in mind: wiping out medical debt for hundreds of the city's residents....
January 9, 2020
A billion-dollar investment last year has yet to curtail California's growing homeless crisis, and with the state awash in revenue, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend a billion more on...
January 9, 2020
When Marilyn Wilson's mother moved to California not too long ago, Wilson was tasked with selling her mom's house in Buffalo, New York. She dutifully listed the house and waited...
January 9, 2020
The speaker of the Illinois House said Wednesday that he had no knowledge of an alleged unreported rape that was referenced in an email written in 2012 by one of...
January 9, 2020
The head of an Ohio company who allegedly schemed to win contracts that were intended for minority-owned businesses was sentenced to prison. U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett ordered Doug Evans...
January 9, 2020
A former Salvadoran congressman was arrested Wednesday following his deportation from the United States, where he fled in 2007. Roberto Silva Pereira was a congressman from El Salvador's conservative National...
January 9, 2020
A Virginia doctor who wrote thousands of fake prescriptions for an infamous black market pharmacy has entered a guilty plea, despite earlier backing out of a plea deal, prosecutors said...
January 8, 2020
No data was stolen or corrupted in a cyber attack this week on the city of Las Vegas computer system, according to the city. City spokesman David Riggleman said the...
January 8, 2020
The U.S. government's road safety agency is sending a special team to Indiana to investigate a fatal crash involving a Tesla electric vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said...
January 8, 2020
The struggling New York Giants went into their third coaching search since 2015 looking for a leader for their young team. In hiring New England Patriots special teams coordinator and...
January 8, 2020
Sioux Falls police are investigating after an injured man was dropped off at a hospital in a plastic tub. The 18-year-old Sioux Falls man was dropped off at an emergency...
January 8, 2020
Mack Trucks plans to lay off 305 employees at its assembly plant north of Philadelphia, the company said Wednesday. Mack blamed the layoffs at its Lower Macungue Township plant on...
January 8, 2020
Still reeling from a crisis involving its long-grounded Max jet, Boeing faces new questions after an earlier model of the 737 crashed Wednesday in Iran. It is too early to...
January 8, 2020
More than halfway through Carnival Corporation's five year probation, company executives were in federal court Wednesday trying to assure U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz that they were making progress on...
January 8, 2020
Remains found on a tiny South Pacific island where a bloody World War II battle happened have been identified as those of a missing Marine from Texas, a federal agency...
January 8, 2020
Utah's governor released an annual budget proposal calling for a freeze on college and university tuition increases until a specific definition of higher education affordability can be established. Republican Gov....
January 8, 2020
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. withdrew its annual financial guidance Wednesday after reporting a weak fiscal third-quarter profit and sales that missed Wall Street expectations. The housewares retailer's shares dropped...
January 8, 2020
Gov. Brian Kemp has promised Georgia public school teachers another $2,000 in pay raises, after the legislature provided funding for $3,000 last year. But even the strongest advocates of raises...
January 8, 2020
A Maryland board has approved changes in a public-private partnership to add toll lanes to the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270. The 2-1 vote by the Board of Public Works...
January 8, 2020
Lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation prohibiting local Idaho governments from passing laws restricting cellphone use by motorists but also expanding the state's distracted driving law to cover such activities. The...
January 8, 2020
Top Carnival Corp. executives told a skeptical federal judge Wednesday that progress is being made to curb the world's largest cruise line's chronic ocean pollution problems. At one point in...
January 8, 2020
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 8 The Miami Herald on providing Puerto Rico with aid after the commonwealth experienced an 5.8 earthquake: Puerto...
January 8, 2020
Illinois House Republicans argued Wednesday that they were left out of a review of the state's burdensome property tax system and that their ideas for relief were dismissed. But the...
January 8, 2020
A judge has revoked articles of incorporation of a company who used a similar name and its registered corporate status in Kansas to masquerade as a Koch Industries subsidiary in...
January 8, 2020
The Detroit Tigers acquired catcher Eric Haase from the Cleveland Indians for cash on Wednesday and designated right-hander Dario Agrazal for assignment. Haase, who turned 27 last month, played in...
January 8, 2020
___ Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions NEW DELHI (AP) — Commercial airlines are rerouting flights throughout the Middle East to avoid potential danger during heightened tensions between the...
January 8, 2020
It will take more than an extra year before traffic will be traveling on a new drawbridge that links the Lake Champlain islands of South Hero and North Hero, the...
January 8, 2020
U.S. stocks neared records Wednesday on hopes that the United States and Iran are backing away from the edge of war. The rally capped a whirlwind day of reversals that...
January 8, 2020
Award-winning producer Silvio Horta, who was acclaimed for creating the hit series “Ugly Betty,” has died. He was 45. Investigators believe Horta died by suicide at a Miami hotel on...
January 8, 2020
Tell your refrigerator about your dietary preferences and it'll concoct a recipe plan for the coming week, sending a shopping list to your smartphone when it notices you've run out...
January 8, 2020
With a brass band playing and a parade of workers sporting Mardi Gras beads, a huge component of a new rocket system was wheeled slowly from a New Orleans spacecraft...
January 8, 2020
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Boeing Co., down $5.91 at $331.37. A Boeing 737-800 aircraft used by Ukraine International Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff in Iran...
January 8, 2020
Wholesale cash prices Wednesday Wed Tue. F Broilers national comp wtd av 0.9049 0.9049 Eggs large white NY Doz. 0.75 0.77 Flour hard winter KC cwt 14.35 14.45 Cheddar Cheese Chi. 40 block...
January 8, 2020
For a moment there, as missiles were flying, it looked like a US-Iran war was inevitable. Then, just as suddenly, both sides walked away. What happened? The key to figuring...
January 8, 2020
CenturyLink has agreed to pay nearly $9 million to settle allegations the company overbilled Minnesota customers, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said Wednesday. Ellison said the settlement requires CenturyLink to...
