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January 06, 2021

American idle: New Hampshire House holds drive-in session

Bumper-to-bumper parking replaced the usual shoulder-to-shoulder seating for the New Hampshire House of Representatives on ...

January 06, 2021

US sports bet revenue could hit $3B in 2021; NY backs mobile

On a day when New York's governor did an about-face and embraced mobile sports betting as a way to deal with financial losses ...

January 06, 2021

Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law

Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national ...

January 06, 2021

Kim opens North Korean congress by admitting policy failures

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that his economic development plans have failed as he opened the nation’s first full ...

January 06, 2021

Where is Jack Ma, China's e-commerce pioneer?

China’s best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, made his fortune by taking big risks. The former English ...

January 06, 2021

Vegas newspapers back in court in joint operations dispute

The rival daily newspapers in Nevada’s largest city are trading new broadsides in their years-long legal fight over one of ...

January 06, 2021

Regulators get plan for undoing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The developers of the now-canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline have laid out plans for how they want to go about unwinding the ...

January 06, 2021

Some taxpayers find relief payments sent to wrong account

A number of taxpayers who use tax preparation services, such as H&R Block and TurboTax, say their second relief payments were ...

January 05, 2021

EXPLAINER: Breaking down Biden’s Iran problem

Joe Biden has an Iran problem. And, it’s getting more complicated by the day. Thanks to provocative moves by Iran and ...

January 05, 2021

Brazilian city in Amazon declares virus state of emergency

The Brazilian city of Manaus in the heart of the Amazon has declared a 180-day state of emergency due to a surge of new cases ...

January 05, 2021

Indian farmers to continue highway protests after talks fail

Representatives of the Indian government and protesting farmers failed again Monday to reach agreement on the farmers' demand ...

January 03, 2021

Minority-owned companies waited months for loans, data shows

Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus relief program as ...

January 03, 2021

IRS says executors undervalued Prince's estate by 50%

The ongoing controversy over the money left behind by Prince when he died without a will is heating up again after Internal ...

January 02, 2021

New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes

Pedro Pierluisi vowed to achieve statehood for Puerto Rico and fight against poverty, corruption and COVID-19 after he was ...

January 02, 2021

Loeffler, Perdue run hard-line pitch in swing state Georgia

The merchandise featured in Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s online campaign store includes T-shirts and bumper stickers bearing Donald ...

January 01, 2021

Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split

A steady trickle of trucks rolled off ferries and trains on both sides of the English Channel on Friday, a quiet New Year’s ...

January 01, 2021

EU avoided chaos, explored new paths in turbulent 2020 year

Between the specter of Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic and a new leadership team facing a budget battle, the European Union ...

January 01, 2021

Brazil scrambles to approve virus vaccine as pressure mounts

Brazil, a nation proud of its role as a regional leader in science, technology and medicine, finds itself falling behind its ...