May 5, 2021

Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Native victims

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the nation’s capitol to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, family members and advocates are gathering Wednesday as […]
May 5, 2021

Hotels and restaurants that survived pandemic face new challenge: Staffing shortages

Jason Brissett, a kitchen worker who came to the U.S. last month from Jamaica through an H-2B visa, is bracing for 80-hour work weeks this […]
May 5, 2021

Wind, rain pound South amid flood fears and water rescues

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Relentless winds and rain pummeled large swaths of the South on Tuesday, causing tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in Alabama and […]
May 5, 2021

GOP lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee Republican falsely declared Tuesday that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person was adopted for […]
May 5, 2021

Montana ends unemployment pay boost amid worker shortage

HELENA, Mont. — Montana is ending its participation in the federal unemployment program that gives people extra weekly unemployment benefit payments as the state struggles […]
May 5, 2021

Actor indicted in $227M Ponzi scheme involving film rights

LOS ANGELES — An aspiring actor was indicted Tuesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of running a massive Ponzi scheme that solicited hundreds of millions […]
May 4, 2021

Wind, rain continue to pound South; flood fears in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Relentless wind and rain continued to pummel large swaths of the South on Tuesday, causing tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in […]
May 4, 2021

San Francisco Fed chief Mary Daly sees a 'long way' to go before Fed raises rates

The economy still has a “long way” to go before the Federal Reserve will begin pulling back on near-zero interest rates and its $120 billion-a-month […]
May 4, 2021

Pfizer's posts $4.9B 1Q profit as vaccine strategy pays off

Selling vaccines during a pandemic has boosted Pfizer’s bottom line and proven that a strategy it embarked upon over a decade ago is now paying […]
May 4, 2021

Pfizer's long range vaccine pursuits pay off

Pfizer, buoyed by a huge jump in sales for its COVID-19 vaccine and solid first-quarter performance across most of the company, hiked its 2021 financial […]