U.S. employers may have slowed their hiring in October for a fourth straight month with confirmed viral cases reaching record levels and the loss of government aid deepening the hardships...
U.S. employers may have slowed their hiring in October for a fourth straight month with confirmed viral cases reaching record levels and the loss of government aid deepening the hardships...
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose amid protracted vote-counting following this week's U.S. elections. Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Markets...
The National Basketball Players Association voted Thursday to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks...
Alabama has reached a $60 million settlement with Terminix International for systematically overcharging customers for termite services and failing to honor service contracts, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Thursday. The...
Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has won a sixth term in Washington's 3rd Congressional District. Herrera Beutler fended off a challenge from Democratic political science professor Carolyn Long in a...
A debut novel about a young Black woman in publishing who has an affair with a married white man has won a $50,000 award. Raven Leilani's “Luster” is this year's...
When Henry Brown got his ballot in the mail last month, the 74-year-old California musician didn't agonize over his decision. He filled it out and mailed it back on the...
Aiming to open player agents to more scrutiny, FIFA said Thursday it wants to publish lists of their clients and how they earn fees that were worth $650 million last...
An outgoing Miami-Dade commission may instruct the incoming county mayor to continue pursuing a commuter-rail deal with a track access fee of $12 million a year. The non-binding Brightline resolution...
A state panel of medical experts are asking Idaho's governor for a statewide mask mandate, hospitals are running out of space for COVID-19 patients and the week has been marked...
Virgin Galactic said Thursday that it expects to launch its first manned test flight into space from New Mexico this month. The company's spacecraft, VSS Unity, conducted two previous test...
Presidential elections can be revealing moments that convey the wishes of the American people to the next wave of elected officials. So far, the big reveal in the contest between...
Shell announced Thursday that it is closing one of its refineries between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, after failed attempts to sell the facility. The refinery in Convent can process...
The mayor of Kansas' largest city is warning the public to take the coronavirus “seriously" as case numbers soar statewide and rural hospitals struggle to find larger facilities with room...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday said that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should step down as chairman of the state Democratic Party, agreeing with the state's senior U.S. senator that...
When the Washington state Legislature convenes in January, the Capitol building will remain closed to the public and lobbyists due to the pandemic, and lawmakers will do their work through...
Stocks closed solidly higher Thursday, adding to the market's gains this week as Wall Street's post-election wave of buying continued. Technology stocks helped lead the broad gains, which had the...
Uber's food delivery business brought in more money during the third quarter than its signature rides business , showing just how much consumer behavior has changed — and how far...
With the lawsuits and recounts that are going on, the current election certainly isn't over. However, if Joe Biden wins legitimately and Republicans don't accept it they will become a...
Short of real world targets, the social justice mob has weighed the new Anne Hathaway film, ‘The Witches', against a woke duck and found it guilty of demonsing the bald...
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery fell 36 cents to $38.79 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for January delivery fell 30 cents to $40.93 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...
In a story Wednesday about Match Group Inc.'s quarterly earnings — generated by Automated Insights using data from Zacks Investment Research — The Associated Press reported erroneously that the company's...
A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week. The 5-4 ruling Thursday...
After several months in pandemic-altered theaters, Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” will head to home release on Dec. 15, Warner Bros. said Thursday. “Tenet” will be available digitally as well as on...
More than 800 mail ballots were found in Texas mail processing facilities and delivered to county election officials between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the U.S. Postal Service. A U.S....
Ex-Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is pushing for an inquiry to be set up into the massive influence the Australian-born tycoon has over politics there. It's the same across Britain...
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low near zero Thursday and signaled its readiness to do more if needed to support an economy under threat...
The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 2 p.m. The Arizona Democratic Party has asked a court to let it participate in a lawsuit that alleges vote tabulation...
Idaho's unemployment claims climbed slightly, with 3,919 people filing for new unemployment benefits during the last week of October — about 57 more than the previous week, officials said Thursday....
Joe Biden has called for “unity” in a divided America awaiting election results, but celebrity supporters like Michael Moore continue the extreme rhetoric against those they disagree with, showing “unity”...
The Department of Justice sued payment processing giant Visa Inc. on Thursday to block the company's purchase of financial technology startup Plaid, calling it a monopolistic takeover of a potential...
Missouri lawmakers returned to work Thursday to debate spending more than $1.1 billion in federal coronavirus aid. Republican Gov. Mike Parson called lawmakers back to the Capitol to give his...
The reaction to the US presidential election and others shows how bad we've become at accepting defeat. There are always ‘dark forces' to blame, when in fact it's our fault...
Is it safe to stay in hotels during the pandemic? In a recent travel update, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes it clear: Staying home is the...
Four years of Trump slugging it out with the permanent political class he calls the “Deep State” has proven that president is at best a ceremonial post. Why are we...
Zak Stern didn't flinch when he saw Floridians vote for a $15 minimum wage. Stern, who launched South Florida's artisanal bread craze at Wynwood's Zak the Baker, has been raising...
Vote counting continued in several Georgia counties on Thursday as Americans watched to see whether the state gives Democrat Joe Biden the electoral votes he needs to become president. The...
The American silly season of presidential electoral politics has reached its final phase, where both sides posture as if they have won, all the while deploying legions of lawyers in...
ESPN announced Thursday it is laying off about 300 employees and cutting about 500 jobs from its global workforce. The cuts amount to about 10% of the employees at the...
Grain futures were higher on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. gained .23 cent at $6.2340 a bushel; Dec. corn rose .176 cent...