A well-known truck and trailer rental company has announced plans to stop interviewing and hiring nicotine users, including people who use e-cigarettes and vaping products. U-Haul International approved the nicotine-free...
January 2, 2020
Iowa agriculture officials announced Thursday they are taking comments on proposed new rules that will regulate hemp production in the state. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said comments on...
January 2, 2020
Vanguard says it will no longer charge commissions on online trading of stocks and options. The move, which the company announced Thursday, is effective immediately for Vanguard Brokerage clients. The...
January 2, 2020
The director will leave a state agency that tries to create jobs in Mississippi. Glenn McCullough said in a statement Thursday that he will step down as head of Mississippi...
January 2, 2020
Amazon employees say the company is threatening to fire workers for publicly pushing the company to do more to combat climate change. Amazon Employees For Climate Justice, a climate change...
January 2, 2020
The co-creator of a video and voice calling app suspected of being a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates defended his work in an interview with The Associated Press...
January 2, 2020
The owners of a Billings custom home construction business have pleaded guilty to tax evasion connected with building a mansion for a businessman who has pleaded guilty to wire fraud...
January 2, 2020
Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in the director's chair. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular...
January 2, 2020
Federal inspectors plan to review how well a Nebraska utility handled a water service safety problem blamed on a silt buildup from the Missouri River, which overwhelmed or broke through...
January 2, 2020
A Washington state school board has asked the state Legislature to remove a cap on how much money school districts can collect through local fees and taxes. The Skagit Valley...
January 2, 2020
U.S. health officials will ban most flavored e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers, but with major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine-emitting devices. The Trump...
January 2, 2020
A predicted, $1 billion theatrical gross is a success for most franchises, but a lost opportunity for one-time cultural juggernaut Star Wars, which is leaning on fading nostalgia in the...
January 2, 2020
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January 2, 2020
Break out the Spice Girls CDs. That was one of the best years in decades for funds. Funds of all types made money through 2019, from risky ones full of...
January 2, 2020
Georgia waters are closing to shrimp fishing Jan. 15, but whelk season opens the next day. The annual shrimp fishery closure is to allow shrimp to reproduce in large enough...
January 2, 2020
A former financial director for a St. Louis company is accused in a federal indictment of embezzling more than $900,000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 36-year-old John Koeln has...
January 2, 2020
Residents in northwestern New Mexico will have an opportunity to weigh in on the future of a coal-fired power plant slated for closure in 2022. The Farmington Daily Times reports...
January 2, 2020
More companies could begin making an easy-to-use version of an opioid overdose antidote under a deal announced Thursday by New York's attorney general. Under the agreement, Emergent BioSolutions will no...
January 2, 2020
Small business owners have plenty of changes to deal with as 2020 begins — higher labor costs for many companies, and some owners will discover that they have to comply...
January 2, 2020
An investment group has purchased two of Wyoming's most recognizable structures. The Wells Fargo bank site in downtown Casper includes an onion-shaped building and a concrete spire almost 180 feet...
January 2, 2020
New laws that went into effect Wednesday in Nevada ban the use of vaping products and electronic cigarettes in most public places, and levy a new 30% wholesale tax on...
January 2, 2020
Operators of a Utah copper mine have announced plans to extend operations by using an experimental method of extraction they say is safe despite concerns about potential groundwater contamination. The...
January 2, 2020
An Idaho lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that will make hemp legal in the state. Republican Rep. Dorothy Moon tells the Idaho Press that will align Idaho with federal law....
January 2, 2020
U.S. long-term mortgage rates declined slightly this week, remaining close to the historically low levels where they have hovered for the past two months. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday...
January 2, 2020
Jan. 3 1920 — Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells pitcher-outfielder Babe Ruth's contract to the New York Yankees for $125,000 plus a $350,000 loan. 1931 — Nels Stewart...
January 2, 2020
Wyoming's population increased slightly in the second half of 2018 and first half of 2019 after three years of decline. Census figures released Monday show Wyoming's population grew by 1,158...
January 2, 2020
Tesla is anticipated to meet the low end of its 2019 deliveries forecast, with China in focus this year, according to some analysts. The electric vehicle maker previously announced that...
January 2, 2020
Casinos could be coming soon to Virginia, but a brawl over just how many, where they would go, and who would run them is on tap first. Gambling-related issues are...
January 2, 2020
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday tapped the director of a General Motors dealership to lead the state's Division of Motor Vehicles. Everett Frazier, who has worked in the...
January 2, 2020
Grain futures were higher Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery gained 10.80 cents at $5.6540 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 3.20 cents...
January 2, 2020
Two Atlanta Falcons defensive assistant coaches are not returning for the 2020 season. The team says secondary coach and defensive passing game coordinator Jerome Henderson and assistant defensive line coach...
January 2, 2020
Crews have started containment measures after a train derailed and its lead engine began leaking diesel fuel into a northern Idaho river. Crews have placed containment booms in multiple places...
January 2, 2020
Investing in job training programs, improving the state's educational system and balancing the budget are among the top priorities for Rhode Island's Democratic leaders in the upcoming legislative session. Gov....
January 2, 2020
US politicians are again using Black History Month as a chance to score points with their bases – a pattern we will see over and over during what is sure...
January 2, 2020
The state of North Carolina says it has secured an agreement with Duke Energy to excavate nearly 80 million tons (72.5 million metric tons) of coal ash at six facilities....
January 2, 2020
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street on the first trading day of the year following gains overseas. Traders are looking forward to an an initial trade deal between the...
January 2, 2020
A security guard at a Kentucky Kroger was charged with stabbing a customer in the back during an argument over the grocery store's Coinstar machine, Louisville police documents said. John...
January 2, 2020
A Kansas police department is apologizing after an officer admitted to making up a story that a McDonald's employee wrote an expletive and the word “pig” on a coffee cup....
January 2, 2020
The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology...
January 2, 2020
The leaders of Greece, Israel and Cyprus were set to meet in Athens Thursday to sign a deal for an undersea pipeline that would carry gas from new offshore deposits...
