The former head of HBO, Richard Plepler, has signed an exclusive production deal with Apple to make TV shows and movies for the iPhone maker's new streaming service, Apple TV...
January 3, 2020
Lagging snowfall early in the season in Oregon could mean a tough, dry summer for farmers and ranchers around the state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Resources Conservation Service says...
January 3, 2020
An Arkansas judge on Friday temporarily blocked a state panel from issuing a license for a casino to operate in Pope County. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen issued a...
January 3, 2020
Classes start later this month for a nursing program state officials hope will help address New Hampshire's health care workforce shortage. With funding from the state budget, River Valley Community...
January 3, 2020
The unprecedented killing of Iran's top general in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq has sent shockwaves across the Middle East, with Iran and its allies vowing revenge amid fears of...
January 3, 2020
Prosecutors have decided a former Indiana state senator won't face criminal charges over possible violations of state lobbying laws involving his work with the state's Department of Veterans Affairs. A...
January 3, 2020
A lawyer says a prominent South Sudan activist and economist has not been freed from prison despite being pardoned in a presidential decree. Ajak Mayol Bior said Friday that the...
January 3, 2020
The Cleveland Browns are interviewing Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy in Kansas City to possibly be their next head coach. Bieniemy is the third candidate to interview with the Browns,...
January 3, 2020
The case of the vegan who sued the animal cruelty charity sounds like a joke set-up, but a low-level court's decision to grant the lifestyle the same protections as established...
January 3, 2020
A proposal aimed at banning private schools that discriminate against gay employees and students from receiving Indiana voucher program money is being back by the state's Republican school superintendent. The...
January 3, 2020
Connie Hildebrandt has long known she was Chippewa, but it wasn't until 2005, when her hometown newspaper published a small announcement about a meeting of Munsee descendants, that her mother...
January 3, 2020
A credit union manager has been accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a branch he managed in Ames. Henry Hill is charged with fraudulent practice and theft,...
January 3, 2020
States can get a substantial return on investment if they help single mothers in college access child care, support services and financial aid, according to a new study from the...
January 3, 2020
The wet weather that caused so many flooding problems around the Midwest in 2019 had one small silver lining: electric generation from the Missouri River's six upstream dams was up...
January 3, 2020
A southeast Kansas town has shut down its water plant while officials investigate possible contamination from a chemical spill in the Neosho River after a chemical spill possibly contaminated the...
January 3, 2020
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says a troubled unit within a state hospital for the mentally ill is “not a therapeutic environment" and promised changes. Kelly discussed the latest problems at...
January 3, 2020
Salt Lake City leaders have called for immediate pedestrian safety improvements after three men were fatally struck while trying to cross the street near a new homeless resource center. Four...
January 3, 2020
Crews hope to have track closed by derailed train in northern Idaho open by Saturday morning. The lead engine in Wednesday's derailment began leaking diesel fuel into the Kootenai River....
January 3, 2020
A salmon conservation group plans to remove an old hydropower station straddling the Dennys River in Maine so more alewives and Atlantic salmon can make their way upstream into Meddybemps...
January 3, 2020
The McClatchy Co., owner of 30 newspapers including the Miami Herald, disclosed Thursday that it will stop paying supplemental or non-qualified executive retirement benefits. In a press release, the company's...
January 3, 2020
Trump's ordered assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, head of the Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds force, not only means a dangerous escalation of tensions with Iran, but also ends fiction that...
January 3, 2020
Jimmy Butler is officially a free agent. According to ESPN's Nick Depaula, Butler and the Jordan Brand have “mutually agreed to part ways,” effectively making the Miami Heat forward the...
January 3, 2020
U.S. manufacturing activity fell to the lowest level in more than a decade, as the sector was hurt by weakening demand and last year's global economic slowdown. The Institute for...
January 3, 2020
Carnival Cruise Line passengers must now leave their offensive t-shirts on shore, or only wear them in their cruise cabins. The Miami-based cruise company has banned offensive clothing, adding a...
January 3, 2020
U-Haul International's New Year resolution is to have healthier employees — and it could spell bad news for job seekers who like to smoke. The truck and trailer rental company...
January 3, 2020
Spending on U.S. construction projects rose a solid 0.6% in November as gains in home building and government projects offset weakness in nonresidential construction. It was the fifth consecutive monthly...
January 3, 2020
County commissioners in Washington state have settled a legal battle with an oil refinery and environmental groups arguing against plans to produce xylenes for shipment overseas. The Skagit County Board...
January 3, 2020
A New Jersey Transit train collided Friday with a car at a railroad crossing in central New Jersey, killing two women who were in the car. The accident occurred around...
January 3, 2020
British workers who practice “ethical veganism” to protect animals secured a big win in an employment tribunal when a judge ruled Friday that they are entitled to legal protection from...
January 3, 2020
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Arizona Senate expect a short, ugly session when lawmakers return to the Capitol on Jan. 13. The short is driven by lawmakers who...
January 3, 2020
Oil prices are up sharply and major stock markets are falling after U.S. forces in Iraq killed a top Iranian general. The price of oil surged 3.5% and major indexes...
January 3, 2020
Residents in an Ohio village were being urged to keep their taps running to allow water from its system to go from pink to clear. The Doylestown Public Utilities Department...
January 3, 2020
The rise of so-called #MeTooBots, which can identify certain digital bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace, is a sinister threat to privacy and an attempt to harness science to...
January 3, 2020
German authorities said Friday they have arrested a suspected member of the banned Kurdish militant group PKK near Frankfurt Airport. Federal prosecutors said the man, a Turkish citizen identified only...
January 3, 2020
The cost of operating some businesses at the Port of Alaska is expected to increase following new tariffs on commodities that took effect with the onset of the new year....
January 3, 2020
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced a full-year closure of both commercial and personal fishing of two varieties of rockfish. The moratorium is the result of a...
January 3, 2020
Editorials from around New England: CONNECTICUT Effort to address to implicit bias in jury selection an important one The Day Jan. 2 A case that originated in New London could...
January 3, 2020
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to intervene in Libya on behalf of the Government of National Accord (GNA) is more than self-aggrandizement — it's about control of the development of energy...
January 3, 2020
At the heart of a sweeping plan to improve education in Maryland with billions in added funding is the goal of addressing inequities in schools that serve high numbers of...
January 3, 2020
Authorities in western Poland say they have ordered the culling of at least 65,000 hen at a farm affected by bird flu that seems to have spread from the east....
