The former owner of an Alaska crude oil refinery has been ordered to pay millions in damages for releasing large amounts of a refinery solvent, sulfolane, into groundwater and polluting...
January 3, 2020
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp named five new people to the board that oversees the state's public colleges and universities Friday. The new University System of Georgia Board of Regents members...
January 3, 2020
The bet Richard Sherman placed on himself when he personally negotiated a free-agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers that included significant incentive clauses is paying off in a big...
January 3, 2020
New vehicle sales in the U.S. fell 1.3% last year, but the numbers still passed the healthy 17 million mark for the fifth straight year. Automakers sold 17.05 million new...
January 3, 2020
About 300,000 hens died in a barn fire at a southwestern Michigan poultry farm. The blaze started about 11 a.m. Friday at the farm in Otsego Township, WWMT-TV reported. The...
January 3, 2020
The U.S. Senate candidate vying for the seat held by Republican Susan Collins has spoken out about the human-rights concerns he had while serving as an executive at Google. Ross...
January 3, 2020
A hotel that partially collapsed in New Orleans, killing three people, won't be totally demolished until the end of the year, city officials said Friday. City officials told local media...
January 3, 2020
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and the state's comptroller have reached a deal needed to move forward with a public-private partnership on to ease traffic congestion around the nation's capital. Hogan...
January 3, 2020
___ Deadly attack by US on Iranian general rattles energy market LONDON (AP) — Crude prices are having their biggest one-day spike since a September attack on the world's largest...
January 3, 2020
A fire early Friday destroyed the century-old post office in the tiny eastern Montana town of Ismay, which once unofficially changed its name to Joe, Montana as part of a...
January 3, 2020
Officials stepped up security at New York's airports, utilities, transit system and high-profile spots Friday, calling for extra vigilance for potential repercussions from the U.S. killing of Iran's top general....
January 3, 2020
Alabama has made little progress in meeting a court order to dramatically increase the number of corrections officers working in state prisons, attorneys for state inmates told a federal judge...
January 3, 2020
Attorneys for the state of Rhode Island are continuing efforts to challenge the state's truck toll program. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation requested on Thursday for the entire 1st...
January 3, 2020
Pennsylvania fined an energy company more than $30 million on Friday but will allow it to resume construction on its problem-plagued natural gas pipelines. The state Department of Environmental Protection...
January 3, 2020
Stocks fell broadly and oil prices surged Friday after a U.S. strike killed a top Iranian general in Iraq, raising tensions in the Middle East. Technology, financial and health care...
January 3, 2020
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Tesla Inc., up $12.75 to $443.01. The electric vehicle maker reported a 50% rise in deliveries for 2019. Incyte Corp., down...
January 3, 2020
A former University of Virginia football player convicted of engaging in a $10 million investment fraud scheme was sentenced Friday to 40 years in federal prison. Merrill Robertson Jr., 39,...
January 3, 2020
Idaho Gov. Brad Little said Friday he's already sent a message about making the state's ballot initiative process tougher by vetoing a bill last year, but fellow Republican and House...
January 3, 2020
Business tax cuts, changing the bail system and creating a new court are some of the top priorities for West Virginia's Republican leaders in the upcoming legislative session, lawmakers said...
January 3, 2020
A state appeals court wrote Friday that a police department's policy that differentiates between pregnant officers and others is unlawful, in a ruling it said was the first of its...
January 3, 2020
Iran's retaliation for the United States' targeted killing of its top general is likely to include cyberattacks, security experts warned Friday. Iran's state-backed hackers are already among the world's most...
January 3, 2020
The US is unprepared for the consequences of its assassination of Qassem Suleimani, if onlybecause it knows nothing about the reality of the man it murdered, and can't gauge the...
January 3, 2020
The Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal of Lewiston, Morning Sentinel in Waterville, and Kennebec Journal in Augusta plan to discontinue Monday print editions starting March 2, company officials announced Friday....
January 3, 2020
Four climate activists who tried to block a train carrying coal to a New Hampshire power plant were arrested early Friday in Massachusetts. The protesters were arrested in the town...
January 3, 2020
Maine's proposal for protecting endangered right whales from entanglements in lobster gear would maintain the status quo for inshore waters where most traps are located while reducing the number of...
January 3, 2020
New Mexico state government has a new arbiter to decide on ethical lapses and potential corruption involving public employees, contractors, lobbyists and political candidates. The state Ethics Commission opened Thursday...
January 3, 2020
Florida's largest medical marijuana company is being sued by investors, who claim the company overstated corporate profits and misled them about the company's plant-growing practices. The 20-page securities class-action complaint...
January 3, 2020
Carnival Corporation again has found itself in the spotlight for pollution, this time for discharging untreated gray water into the ocean while at Port Canaveral. On Thursday morning, while the...
January 3, 2020
A survivor of a Alaska crab boat sinking that left five fellow fishermen missing said the crew went from “sleeping to swimming" in minutes as rough seas and ice threatened...
January 3, 2020
The partisan situation in Washington DC has created a scenario where Donald Trump may be forced to do anything to hold on to power, even if that means setting the...
January 3, 2020
Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Phil Roe announced Friday that he will retire at the end of the 116th Congress. The 74-year-old called representing East Tennesseans in Congress for the past...
January 3, 2020
Flanked by cactus and juniper, a pristine trail snakes through the high desert just outside New Mexico's most populated area. Sandstone canyons carved into the northeastern side of the state...
January 3, 2020
Changes announced in corporate dividends Dec. 30-Jan. 3. SPECIAL DIVIDENDS Glacier Bancorp .20 SilverSun Technologies .50 g- Canadian funds OTHER CORPORATE NEWS AND LISTINGS: STOCK SPLITS THIS WEEK Neuro Bo...
January 3, 2020
In a story December 21, 2019, about retailer catalogs, The Associated Press erroneously reported the period of time in which catalog mailings dropped. The story should have said catalog numbers...
January 3, 2020
For many reasons, 2019 was historic. The U.S. House impeached the president for the third time in history. The most diverse slate of Democrats ever vied to be their party's...
January 3, 2020
The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings. I-Mab Biopharma - Shanghai, China, 7.4...
January 3, 2020
In a move that could put the Obama-era health law squarely in the middle of the 2020 election, Democratic-led states Friday asked the Supreme Court for a fast-track review of...
January 3, 2020
The Federal Reserve's policymaking committee saw much less risk of recession at its most recent meeting last month, when it kept interest rates steady after three straight cuts and signaled...
January 3, 2020
Arkansas' finance office on Friday said higher than expected sales and corporate income tax collections in December helped keep the state's revenue above forecast for the current fiscal year. The...
January 3, 2020
Hundreds of Delta Air Lines employees have filed a pair of class action lawsuits against Wisconsin-based clothing manufacturer Lands' End, claiming that uniforms they are required to wear are causing...
