For years , Lyft has been the good guy of ride-hailing. In early days, its cars were adorned with whimsical pink mustaches. Its founders talked about improving peoples' lives by...
January 6, 2020
Louie Sanchez, a health care businessman and a shooting range owner, is jumping in the race for an open U.S. Senate seat in New Mexico. Sanchez announced Monday he will...
January 6, 2020
Coal production in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming continued to decline in the third quarter of 2019, federal data showed. The U.S. Energy Information Administration published the information Thursday...
January 6, 2020
A robot that can fetch toilet paper when you're stranded on the loo and services to keep track of the elderly from afar were among the technologies showcased this week...
January 6, 2020
From the face scanner that will check in some attendees to the cameras-everywhere array of digital products, the CES gadget show is all-in on surveillance technology — whether it calls...
January 6, 2020
The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Massachusetts is up 2 cents, AAA Northeast reported Monday. Self-serve, regular is now selling for an average of $2.54 per gallon,...
January 6, 2020
A third right whale calf has been spotted off the southeastern United States, giving conservationists hope for the jeopardized species this winter. North Atlantic right whales number only about 411,...
January 6, 2020
A group of families in Massachusetts is fighting a recent court ruling that found that au pairs should be treated as employees entitled to minimum wage. An organization called Au...
January 6, 2020
Feminists and chest-beating xenophobes have formed an odd alliance to freely cast doubt on a court verdict for seemingly no other reason than the involvement of ‘foreigners' in the case....
January 6, 2020
Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have jumped as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate, AAA Northeast reported Monday. Self-serve, regular is now selling for an average of $2.57 per...
January 6, 2020
Britain's opposition Labour Party will announce its new leader on April 4, about four months after suffering a bruising defeat in the general election. The party decided the timetable Monday...
January 6, 2020
Aeromexico has reached an agreement with Boeing on compensation over the global grounding of the 737 Max jet last year after two deadly crashes, the Mexican airline announced Monday. Aeromexico...
January 6, 2020
The International Olympic Committee said Monday it will ask a German broadcaster to share evidence of allegations of doping cover-ups and financial irregularities linked to weightlifting's revenues from the games....
January 6, 2020
A rural Minnesota veterinarian who has taken in dozens of miniature horses since they were seized because of maltreatment says she wants to be paid for caring for them for...
January 6, 2020
Two former deputies of a Tennessee sheriff's office are suing the department and the county, alleging they weren't protected from a male training officer known for sexual harassment. The federal...
January 6, 2020
Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan. 3 No tears for general, but U.S. risks further escalation Although world is better off without Soleimani, what's Trump's broader Mideast strategy? There can be little...
January 6, 2020
Borden is filing for bankruptcy protection, the second major US dairy to do so in as many months. American refrigerators are increasingly stocked with milk substitutes made from soy or...
January 6, 2020
Rob Dean, a former editor who led the Santa Fe Mexican for more than two decades, has died. The paper announced that Dean died Sunday unexpectedly at his Santa Fe...
January 6, 2020
Good financial advice leaves you better off. Bad advice does the opposite, and may even enrich someone else at your expense. Here are some areas where you need to be...
January 6, 2020
Grain futures were mostly lower Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery lost 6.40 cents at $5.50 a bushel; Mar. corn was off...
January 6, 2020
A Sioux Falls company has awarded holiday bonuses its 120 employees likely won't forget. Myrl & Roy's Paving gave its workers $10 million in bonuses ranging from $5,000 to $400,000...
January 6, 2020
As the NCAA grapples with how to provide athletes opportunities to be compensated for their fame, about two-thirds of Americans support college players being permitted to earn money for endorsements....
January 6, 2020
Weekly gas prices haven't changed much in northern New England in the wake of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general, a gas survey company said Monday. The latest...
January 6, 2020
A Hawaii island geothermal power company that was knocked offline by a volcanic eruption hopes to produce lower cost electricity under a new agreement with a state utility, company officials...
January 6, 2020
The state of Illinois will stop collecting fines against drivers who are ticketed after cameras catch them violating red lights, Comptroller Susan Mendoza said Monday. Mendoza said poor and minority...
January 6, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security is agreeing to share citizenship information with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of President Donald Trump's order to collect data on who is a...
January 6, 2020
Omaha World Herald. January 2, 2020 Many Nebraskan nursing homes face major financial pressures The numbers make Nebraska's nursing home challenge clear, especially for the state's rural residents. At least...
January 6, 2020
Des Moines Register. January 1, 2020 Roses and Thistles A thistle to Rep. Jeff Shipley for spreading his painful ignorance about vaccines. The Republican from Fairfield should either get educated...
January 6, 2020
Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 30, 2019 Fort Worth leaders, resolve to plan better for mass transit in 2020 and beyond Here's a New Year's idea for Fort Worth's elected officials...
January 6, 2020
The European Union expressed regret on Monday over Iran's announcement that it will no longer be bound by all its nuclear obligations, but remains determined to keep alive an international...
January 6, 2020
Researchers have produced a study of the viability of logging yellow cedar trees that have been killed by warming temperatures in Southeast Alaska. The study by the Alaska Coastal Rainforest...
January 6, 2020
Global stock markets are falling Monday while oil and gold prices are rising as tensions escalate between the U.S. and Iran. Markets have been roiled since Friday after the U.S....
January 6, 2020
The Democratic mayor of Topeka has kicked off a campaign to challenge freshman Republican Rep. Steve Watkins. Michelle De La Isla told The Topeka Capital-Journal that she would concentrate on...
January 6, 2020
Housing construction is on the rebound in Casa Grande, a south-central Arizona city where the industry suffered during the Great Recession. Casa Grande in 2019 received 549 building permit applications...
January 6, 2020
There are two ways of looking at the Ricky Gervais gig of hosting the Golden Globes. Is he the Hollywood truth-teller, fearing no-one and skewering at will with an excruciating...
January 6, 2020
A southern Missouri city alleges in a lawsuit that a Dairy Farmers of America plant is regularly releasing untreated wastewater into a river. Cabool is seeking $1.2 million in reimbursement,...
January 6, 2020
Detroit News. January 1, 2020 Policies matter in growing population The latest population numbers from the U.S.Census offer plenty of warnings for Michigan, which suddenly finds itself with a crop...
January 6, 2020
In a rare display of emotion from the typically reserved and measured supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cried openly Monday at the funeral of slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani,...
January 6, 2020
David Martin's, president of Terra, new North Beach development engages a public park as key to the new 87 Park project. … Click to Continue »
January 6, 2020
“Australia, I love you. My heart goes out to everyone in Australia and the animals we have lost”. A rousing politician? No, it's just US TV talk show host Ellen...
