Efforts to identify cuts that can be made to Illinois' budget will continue despite the postponement of the General Assembly's veto session, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday. Pritzker also said...
November 11, 2020
The XFC mixed martial arts promotion is returning to competition this week with a unique strategy to incentivize its fighters. Every competitor on the promotion's return show Wednesday night in...
November 11, 2020
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 12 South China Morning Post on a recent prison sentence in a ‘doxxing' case: The violence and chaos...
November 11, 2020
Illinois health officials urged residents Wednesday to stay home and strictly limit travel and social gatherings over the next three weeks, after the state recorded its sixth-deadliest day of the...
November 11, 2020
The Missouri House has approved a $1.2 billion coronavirus spending bill, including a $135 million federal grant for testing, contact tracing, lab equipment and data collection. The House voted 133-4...
November 11, 2020
Kansas set records again Wednesday for new coronavirus cases and COVID-19-related hospitalizations as some local officials reported having trouble getting people to cooperate in finding those who may have been...
November 11, 2020
Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman and San Francisco starter Kevin Gausman accepted $18.9 million qualifying offers Wednesday, receiving one-year deals to stay with their teams rather than test what they could...
November 11, 2020
The map showed an outlined area not far from Augusta National, only this isn't another neighborhood the club plans to purchase. It's the historic Harrisburg and Laney Walker area that...
November 11, 2020
After North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony DeFillipo cast the decisive vote Tuesday to seal the approval, 4-3, of a massive redevelopment of the Intracoastal Mall, some residents wondered: What changed?...
November 11, 2020
The New Yorker has parted ways with longtime staff writer Jeffrey Toobin after he reportedly exposed himself during a Zoom conference last month. He had already been on suspension and...
November 11, 2020
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose 9 cents to $41.45 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for January delivery rose 19 cents to $43.80 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...
November 11, 2020
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded just under $14 million for an attempt to build a hydrogen-energy production facility at a nuclear power plant in Minnesota with the help...
November 11, 2020
An appeals court has upheld the largest penalty for campaign finance violations ever assessed in Washington state. In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the court affirmed the $18 million fine imposed...
November 11, 2020
As President Donald Trump's chances of reelection dwindled last week, his campaign began blasting out a nonstop stream of emails and text messages that led to a website raising money...
November 11, 2020
Iran continues to increase its stockpile of low-enriched uranium far beyond the limits set in a landmark nuclear deal with world powers and to enrich it to a greater purity...
November 11, 2020
New Mexico's outdoor recreation economy is outpacing the industry's growth nationwide, but state officials said Wednesday that there's more work that could be done to help the industry as the...
November 11, 2020
San Francisco will ban natural gas in new buildings becoming the latest in a string of cities in California to impose such restrictions. The city's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously...
November 11, 2020
Right-hander Josh Tomlin has signed a $1 million contract to return for a third season with the Atlanta Braves. The deal announced by the NL East champions on Wednesday includes...
November 11, 2020
The Minnesota Vikings have given up on trying to host larger crowds and said Wednesday that the team will no longer seek permission to sell tickets to fans for their...
November 11, 2020
The Minnesota Vikings have given up on trying to host larger crowds and said Wednesday that the team will no longer seek permission to sell tickets to fans for their...
November 11, 2020
The nation's first regional hub for “flying cars" is being built in central Florida and once completed in five years, the vehicles will be able to take passengers from Orlando...
November 11, 2020
Florida coach Mike White's motto for this season: reduce the noise. It's White's way of trying to keep his players better focused and more grounded after a year in which...
November 11, 2020
Blacklisting anyone perceived as supportive of President Donald Trump has become a shockingly mainstream idea for liberals, who are proving day after day that they embrace the very authoritarian beliefs...
November 11, 2020
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: State, counties meet challenge of unique election The Citizens' Voice Nov. 9 Pennsylvania long has been considered a presidential “swing”...
November 11, 2020
A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days as intense heat from the blaze delayed inspections of the bridge...
November 11, 2020
Dust, dust and more dust. The parched Texas landscape of “Dreamland,” Miles Joris-Peyrafitte's Depression-era drama, is chock full of the toxic gray stuff, which billows across fields and coats everything...
November 11, 2020
The Charleston International Airport was evacuated Wednesday and passengers were told to deplane after a suspicious package was found on the property. Passengers were directed to the parking garage area...
November 11, 2020
With classic liberal intolerance for dissenting views, the social media mob has torn into an abstract tribute to 18th century feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. And why? Because it is nude and...
November 11, 2020
An alcoholic beverage company plans a new $400 million dollar brewery and production facility in South Carolina, according to a news release from Gov. Henry McMaster's office. Mark Anthony Brewing's...
November 11, 2020
'Trump derangement syndrome' didn't come from Trump. It came from abusive media trying to spin the evils of his presidency as somehow worse than any other US president's. The word...
November 11, 2020
'Trump derangement syndrome' didn't come from Trump. It came from abusive media trying to spin the evils of his presidency as somehow worse than any other US president's. The word...
November 11, 2020
A middle Georgia county is debating whether to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance that would govern businesses. Macon-Bibb County commissioners voted 5-3 to advance the proposal on Tuesday, setting it up...
November 11, 2020
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Nov. 10 The Greensboro News & Record on Veterans Day: On the 11th day of the 11th month we honor our veterans. This...
November 11, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Minnesota Vikings will not sell tickets for any of their remaining four home games....
November 11, 2020
Officially, Miami's David Coggins doesn't admit to the investor fraud the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in a complaint, including using investor money to pay his divorce lawyers and a...
November 11, 2020
Pitcher Marcus Stroman has indicated he will accept the New York Mets' $18.9 million qualifying offer to stay with the team for 2021. The 29-year-old right-hander did not play this...
November 11, 2020
As record numbers of patients with the coronavirus fill Missouri's hospitals, many are requiring specialized care in intensive care unit beds that are becoming increasingly scarce. Data released by the...
November 11, 2020
Georgia's secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said will trigger a full hand recount. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a...
November 11, 2020
The Kansas City Star plans to move its offices out of its prominent home in downtown Kansas City by the end of next year, the newspaper announced Tuesday. The Star...
November 11, 2020
Veteran journalist Gabriel Escobar, who has been second in command of The Philadelphia Inquirer since 2017, has been named the top editor of the newspaper. As senior vice president and...
