October 29, 2020

Asteroid samples tucked into capsule for return to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft more than 200 million miles away has tucked asteroid samples into a capsule for return to Earth, after […]
October 29, 2020

Wall Street soared under Trump, but it's been a rocky ride

NEW YORK — The last four years have been good for stocks, with the S&P 500 climbing more than 50% and many 401(k) balances looking […]
October 29, 2020

Minnesota study: Home, community more risky for health care providers than patients with COVID-19

Nurses and other bedside caregivers are far less likely to catch COVID-19 after risky exposures to patients, compared to interactions at home or in the […]
October 29, 2020

Train derails in southeast Texas, forcing evacuations

MAURICEVILLE, Texas — A freight train derailed Thursday in southeast Texas, prompting authorities to urge nearby residents to evacuate their homes as hazmat crews assessed […]
October 29, 2020

NAACP files suit against Trump's diversity training order

New York — Three civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that restricts federal agencies, as well as contractors […]
October 29, 2020

NYC mayor mum on review of proposed Mets sale to Steve Cohen

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio deflected questions Thursday about whether he wants to block the sale of the New York […]
October 29, 2020

Alliant Energy to close Iowa coal-fired plant by end of 2022

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Wisconsin-based Alliant Energy announced Thursday it will close its coal-fired power plant in the northeast Iowa city of Lansing over the […]
October 29, 2020

Exxon to cut 1,900 US jobs as oil industry struggles

NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil is slashing 1,900 jobs from its U.S. workforce as the pandemic saps demand for fuel. The Irving, Texas, oil giant […]
October 29, 2020

8 years later, Sandy still costing transit systems billions

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Once a gleaming symbol of early 20th-century ambition and prosperity, Hoboken’s grand rail terminal now sits as a somber reminder of the […]
October 29, 2020

Defendant pleads guilty in Rudy Giuliani associates' case

NEW YORK — Prosecutors secured a guilty plea Thursday from a Florida businessman who hired one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers, Rudy Giuliani, to lend […]