August 31, 2020

Changing your flight plans? No charge, the big airlines now say

The nation’s three largest airlines are dropping change fees on domestic travel, a sign of an industry desperate for customers as the pandemic lingers on. […]
August 31, 2020

Trump administration finalizes coal plant pollution rollback

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration on Monday finalized its weakening of an Obama-era rule aimed at reducing pollution from coal-burning power plants that has […]
August 31, 2020

Embattled Nebraska candidate vows to stay in Senate race

OMAHA, Neb. — Embattled Nebraska U.S. Senate hopeful Chris Janicek doubled down Monday on his refusal to bow out of the race, despite relentless pressure […]
August 31, 2020

Gannett sells Pine Bluff Commercial to Arkansas newspaper

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Gannett Media Corp. sold the Pine Bluff Commercial publication to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and its parent company, WEHCO Newspapers Inc. of […]
August 31, 2020

Zoom rides pandemic to another quarter of explosive growth

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Zoom’s videoconferencing service is deepening its integral role in life during the pandemic as tens of thousands more businesses and other […]
August 31, 2020

Yum China, Aimmune rise; Regis, Walmart fall

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Monday: KKR & Co., Inc., up 89 cents to $35.82. The investment firm is selling […]
August 31, 2020

Lawsuit seeks to block Tennessee abortion reversal law

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Abortion rights groups on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging a newly enacted Tennessee law that would require women undergoing drug-induced abortions be […]
August 31, 2020

Families of Odessa mass shooting victims file suit, seek $1M

ODESSA, Texas — Family members of two of the deceased Odessa mass shooting victims are suing the person who supplied the AR-style firearm to the […]
August 31, 2020

Liberty announces investigation into Falwell's tenure

RICHMOND, Va. — Liberty University is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell Jr.’s tenure as president, a wide-ranging inquiry that will include financial, real […]
August 31, 2020

20 new sexual assault counts for adult film actor Ron Jeremy

LOS ANGELES — Adult film star Ron Jeremy was charged Monday with 20 new counts of rape or sexual assault involving 12 women and a […]