October 21, 2020

Pandemic relief talks inch ahead but McConnell is resistant

WASHINGTON — Negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill have taken a modest step forward, though time is running out and Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]
October 21, 2020

The Latest: Modi urges Indians to keep up masks, distancing

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says laxity could lead to a new surge in infections, as authorities reported 54,044 new coronavirus cases […]
October 21, 2020

Pandemic widens learning gap in education-obsessed S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — When South Korea began its delayed school year with remote learning in April, that spelled trouble for low-income students who rely […]
October 21, 2020

5 takeaways from the government's lawsuit against Google

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Google alleging antitrust violations marks the government’s most significant attempt to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against […]
October 21, 2020

U.S. antitrust case against Google mirrors Microsoft battle

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s legal assault on Google actually feels like a blast from the past. The U.S. Justice Department filed an equally high-profile […]
October 21, 2020

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of […]
October 21, 2020

Trump tends to his electoral map, Biden prepping for debate

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is hopping from one must-win stop on the electoral map to the next in the leadup to a final presidential […]
October 21, 2020

Report: Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging […]
October 21, 2020

Even the most successful women pay a big price in pandemic

Joyce Chen, an associate professor of development economics at Ohio State University, has had to put her research on hold this year to oversee her […]
October 21, 2020

An electric Hummer? Battery-powered trucks head to showrooms

DETROIT — Seven auto companies have plans to roll out new battery-powered pickup trucks over the next two years, aiming to cash in on a […]