May 18, 2021

CBS' 'Mom' exits after 8 seasons with season ratings high

NEW YORK — The CBS comedy “Mom” signed off after eight seasons last week before 6.2 million viewers, the biggest audience of its final season. […]
May 18, 2021

US eases asylum restrictions at border amid legal challenges

MCALLEN, Texas — Domingo Antonio Zeledon traveled for nearly three weeks from his hometown in Nicaragua, leaving behind his wife and three youngest children to […]
May 18, 2021

Investor urges Canadian National to drop bid for US railroad

OMAHA, Neb. — A major Canadian National shareholder is urging the railroad to abandon its $33.6 billion bid to buy Kansas City Southern after regulators […]
May 18, 2021

Biden back behind the wheel, zooming away in electric truck

DEARBORN, Mich. — Joe Biden is back behind the wheel. And now he’s gone, bolting down the track. The self-described “car guy” took a spin […]
May 18, 2021

With I-40 bridge closed, backup route gets inspection

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An inspection of the Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas began Tuesday, a week after the span became the states’ primary […]
May 18, 2021

Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

NEW YORK — Amazon said Tuesday that it will extend its ban on police use of its face-recognition technology beyond the one-year pause it announced […]
May 18, 2021

US home construction falls a surprise 9.5% in April

WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction fell a surprisingly sharp 9.5% in April and economists attributed that partially to builders who delayed projects because of a […]
May 18, 2021

A late drop leaves Wall Street indexes lower, led by tech

An afternoon drop led by big technology stocks left major market indexes broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday. The S&P 500 lost 0.9%, with most […]
May 18, 2021

Changed by pandemic, many workers won't return to old jobs

There’s a wild card in the push to return to pre-pandemic life: Many workers don’t want to go back to the jobs they once had. […]
May 18, 2021

Stillwater startup delivers 'leasing intelligence' to U.S. real estate industry

Tony Lesicka has worked in almost every aspect of real estate appraisal and valuation over a near two-decade career. In that time, he noticed how […]