August 25, 2020

Rap at auction: Biggie's crown and Tupac Shakur letters

NEW YORK — Rivals in life, the rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are being united for an auction at Sotheby’s, the first-ever dedicated hip-hop […]
August 25, 2020

African Americans fight discrimination to own farmland

Daryl Minton, 45, throws chicken feed into a yard where the chickens roam at the Triple J Farm in Windsor, N.Y. Minton lives and works […]
August 25, 2020

Scrambling to survive after $600 benefits end

The expanded federal unemployment benefits are gone with no extension from Congress in sight. Eviction moratoriums are expiring even as large numbers of people continue […]
August 25, 2020

Millennial Money: 6 Great Recession lessons that still apply

The Great Recession demolished jobs across the U.S., and it eventually came for mine, too. After graduating in 2009, I worked four months as an […]
August 25, 2020

Alibaba's Ant Group files for IPO in Hong Kong, Shanghai

HONG KONG — Ant Group, the financial technology arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, on Tuesday filed for a dual-listing in Hong Kong and […]
August 25, 2020

Lake St. businesses slow to return, if at all

On the second night of the civil unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd, Maya Santamaria lost her Spanish-language radio station, La Raza. […]
August 25, 2020

Best Buy’s 2Q online sales surge but challenges remain

Best Buy Co. reported that online sales more than tripled in the fiscal second quarter, as shoppers bought computers, tablets and large appliances to help […]
August 25, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP distort on health care, vote fraud

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made a dizzying array of misleading claims about voting fraud and health care as fellow Republicans opened their convention with […]
August 25, 2020

UN: Global tourism lost $320 billion in 5 months from virus

UNITED NATIONS — The tourism global industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with $320 billion lost in exports in the first five months […]
August 25, 2020

The Latest: UN says tourism impact of pandemic devastating

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief says the tourist industry has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with $320 billion lost in exports in […]