October 1, 2020

Police departments seeing modest cuts, but not 'defunding'

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd earlier this year prompted calls to “defund the police” in cities across […]
October 1, 2020

Biden, Trump snipe from road and rails after debate chaos

PITTSBURGH — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden kept up their debate-stage sniping from the road and the rails, fighting for working-class voters in […]
October 1, 2020

Check's in the mail? Trump doling out aid ahead of election

CHICAGO — It’s almost as if he’s writing a personal check. In recent days, President Donald Trump has promised millions of Medicare recipients that — […]
October 1, 2020

Russian man sentenced for LinkedIn, Dropbox data breaches

SAN FRANCISCO — A Russian man convicted of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring and stealing the personal information of more than 100 million customers was […]
October 1, 2020

Why bigger companies are faring fairly well in this downturn

The strong stock market in 2020 has been one of the biggest surprises in a year full of them, and we’ve heard the explanations, from […]
October 1, 2020

California legislation bans toxic chemicals in cosmetics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed legislation banning two dozen toxic chemicals from being used in cosmetics, making the state the […]
October 1, 2020

California governor signs corporate boardroom diversity law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of California-based corporations must have directors from racial or sexual minorities on their boards under a first-in-the-nation bill signed Wednesday by […]
October 1, 2020

American to furlough 19,000 as clock runs out on airlines

American Airlines will begin furloughing 19,000 employees on Thursday after lawmakers and the White House failed to agree on a broad pandemic-relief package that includes […]
October 1, 2020

Health insurance cutoffs loom

Jeremy Fritz stopped working as an assistant manager for a fitness center in Carlsbad, Calif., during the pandemic lockdown in the spring when gyms were […]
October 1, 2020

Omni opens Nordic-theme hotel in Vikings Eagan development despite pandemic challenges

A pandemic and global downturn in travel didn’t stop the opening of the new Nordic-themed Omni Viking Lakes Hotel, a key component of the NFL […]