U.S. stocks mostly fell on Tuesday, but the big rush for safety that coursed through global markets after the United States killed a top Iranian general on Friday slowed. Gold's...
January 7, 2020
An Oregon judge has ruled that a mother who took her daughter out of the state to seek alternative treatment rather than go forward with surgery to treat a rare...
January 7, 2020
A veteran North Carolina legislator has resigned from the state Senate more than two months after the General Assembly confirmed his appointment to the Utilities Commission. Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr....
January 7, 2020
Banning discrimination against LGBTQ West Virginians. Changing the bail system to send fewer people to jail. Cutting taxes for businesses. West Virginia lawmakers in the GOP-controlled statehouse are expected to...
January 7, 2020
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced a plan Tuesday to offer up to 12 weeks of annual paid family leave for state workers experiencing a variety of life events. The plan,...
January 7, 2020
Kansas City and a national gun safety advocacy group filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that several businesses and individuals trafficked firearms in the region while willfully ignoring evidence that the...
January 7, 2020
More than 35 Vermont municipalities are expected to vote on the formation of communications union districts on Town Meeting Day in March. Communications union districts are municipal organizations that allow...
January 7, 2020
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Tuesday: Pier 1 Imports Inc., down 44 cents at $4.73. The home decor company said it would close nearly half its stores...
January 7, 2020
A Canadian cannabis tech company has pulled out of the CES gadget show after being given constraints on how it could promote its products. Nearly a dozen states allow the...
January 7, 2020
Sports gambling giant DraftKings is reviewing a former "Bachelor” contestant's $1 million win in an online fantasy football contest after she and her husband are accused of cheating. Jade Roper-Tolbert,...
January 7, 2020
Some California lawmakers said they support a group of homeless women who have been illegally living in a vacant three-bedroom house since November, partly to protest real estate speculators who...
January 7, 2020
Arizona's attorney general on Tuesday sued e-cigarette giant Juul Labs for alleged violations of state consumer fraud laws, becoming the latest state to go after the company as youth vaping...
January 7, 2020
Prints from antique botanical textbooks greet visitors as they enter naturopathic doctor Laura Jones's office on Broadway in Concord. Each colorful 19th century design, framed and mounted on the wall,...
January 7, 2020
The International Monetary Fund will close its offices in Athens in coming months, a decade after it joined in a huge bailout program that kept Greece afloat, Greece's prime minister...
January 7, 2020
North Dakota's new tourism marketing campaign is promoting what the sparsely populated state has plenty of: elbow room. Among the least-visited states in the nation, North Dakota's tourism agency on...
January 7, 2020
President Donald Trump welcomed the prime minister of Greece to the White House Tuesday by saying the United States was very proud of the country and “the comeback" it is...
January 7, 2020
Northern Nevada's snowpack is starting the new year strong, but officials warn it will take several more significant storms this winter to replenish area reservoirs. The Natural Resource Conservation Service...
January 7, 2020
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January 7, 2020
Astronomers have discovered a titanic wave of star-forming gases practically right under our noses in the Milky Way. Harvard University scientists reported Tuesday that this massive structure has been hiding...
January 7, 2020
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced the state set aside $1 million in security funding to protect houses of worship from potential terrorist attacks. The grant will provide additional funding for...
January 7, 2020
A coal producer has given notice that it plans to lay off 65 workers in southern West Virginia in March. Panther Creek Mining LLC issued the layoff notice for its...
January 7, 2020
January 6, 2020 Chicago Tribune The tragedy of child abuse overlooked: DCFS and the rest of us have to do better A new report by the Office of the Inspector...
January 7, 2020
The co-chairmen of the Legislature's powerful budget-setting committee said Tuesday that they are backing Idaho Gov. Brad Little's call for "transparent budgeting." Republican Sen. Steve Bair and Republican Rep. Rick...
January 7, 2020
A fire on an oil platform off Mexico injured three workers Tuesday before being put out about an hour later, state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reported. The company commonly referred...
January 7, 2020
Boeing said Tuesday it is recommending that pilots receive training in a flight simulator before the grounded 737 Max returns to flying, a reversal of the company's long-held position that...
January 7, 2020
US officials have long used visa rejections to humiliate political adversaries who have to travel to New York to attend the United Nations. Enough is enough. Sanctioning Zarif The US...
January 7, 2020
As Australia burns, Hollywood luvvies jump on the climate bandwagon. But in reality, it is the twin factors of recklessness and arson that play a decisive role in the scale...
January 7, 2020
A new flavor and new messaging join the old standards hawked at tables outside supermarkets by enterprising girls as a new Girl Scout Cookie season starts. Thin Mints, Trefoils, Samoas,...
January 7, 2020
A Maine commission has recommended increasing the compensation for the governor, lawmakers and judges. In a report approved Monday, the State Compensation Commission said the governor's salary was "embarrassingly low,...
January 7, 2020
Jack Duffy-Protentis is less than a year away from graduating and starting a career as an engineer, a field that he enjoys because it allows him to work with his...
January 7, 2020
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a major donor to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee with obstructing a federal investigation into whether foreign nationals unlawfully contributed to the inaugural celebrations. The...
January 7, 2020
Iran's foreign ministry summoned Brazil's chargé d'affaires in Tehran following an official Brazilian statement that some experts interpreted as backing the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. The conversation...
January 7, 2020
Vidant Health says it is imposing visitor restrictions at its hospitals in North Carolina in response to a high number of flu cases. In a statement posted on its webpage...
January 7, 2020
Federal officials announced a plan Tuesday to reduce pollution in one of the largest estuaries in the Northeast. In the draft Clean Water Permit for the Great Bay in New...
January 7, 2020
Rich Hill can earn $9.5 million in performance bonuses in his contract with the Minnesota Twins and Homer Bailey can earn $1 million. Minnesota announced the one-year deals with the...
January 7, 2020
Catcher Kevin Plawecki would earn $1.15 million from the Boston Red Sox this year if he has 350 plate appearances. Plawecki agreed Friday to a $900,000, one-year contract. The deal...
January 7, 2020
Members of a union representing workers at an Idaho mine have voted in favor of a settlement agreement ending a two-and-half year strike. United Steelworkers Local 5114 accepted a proposal...
January 7, 2020
A Rhode Island State Police trooper who sued his superiors for pressuring him to alter a job applicant's background report returned to work, officials said. Lt. Michael Casey returned to...
January 7, 2020
Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg voiced strong support Tuesday for enacting new gun regulations in Virginia a few months after groups he backs spent millions of dollars helping Democrats win...
January 7, 2020
Boeing said Tuesday it is recommending that pilots receive training in a flight simulator before the grounded 737 Max returns to flying, a reversal of the company's long-held position that...
