The U.S. trade deficit widened for the second straight month in July, reaching the highest level since February, as imports hit an all-time high. The deficit in goods with China and the European Union set records. The Commerce Department said ...
Read More »Warnings over pollution met with a shrug in coal country
It’s coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country. So it was no surprise that President Donald Trump picked the state recently to announce his plan rolling back Obama-era pollution controls on coal-fired power plants. ...
Read More »Lawyer for homeless man: $400K in donations is all gone
The lawyer for a homeless man in Philadelphia whose selflessness led to donations of more than $400,000 through an online fundraising page said Tuesday that all the money is gone. Johnny Bobbitt’s attorney, Chris Fallon, said he learned the cash ...
Read More »Humans still heft groceries on-demand, for now
A self-driving car that delivers your groceries seems to be a great idea: a robot vehicle that uses artificial intelligence to replicate the service of yesteryear’s milkman and grocery store delivery kid. There are companies now working on the technology ...
Read More »Woman who lost family on duck boat files lawsuit
An Indiana woman whose husband and three children drowned when a duck boat sank in Table Rock Lake during a July storm is asking in a federal lawsuit that the owners of the amphibious vehicles stop manufacturing or operating them ...
Read More »Sex-abuse reports raise pressure to reunite migrant families
The Trump administration is under increasing pressure to speed up the reunification of immigrant families it separated at the Mexican border, following allegations three youngsters were sexually abused while in U.S. custody. The government of El Salvador said the three, ...
Read More »Factories grew at faster pace in August
U.S. factories grew at a faster pace in August as American industry continues to show robust health. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Tuesday that its manufacturing index jumped last month to 61.3 from ...
Read More »Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor out with 2 new books
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor got some unsolicited health advice the last time she wrote a book. The justice was diagnosed with diabetes as a child and discussed it in her 2013 autobiography. That prompted a grandmother to write. The ...
Read More »Construction spending rose 0.1 percent in July
Spending on U.S. construction projects ticked up 0.1 percent in July, led by an increase in homebuilding and the publicly funded building of schools and highways. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that the slight July increase brought total construction spending ...
Read More »Report: Economic conditions in Midwest take leap forward
Economic conditions in nine Midwest and Plains states took a leap forward last month, according to a survey report issued Tuesday. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index jumped to 61.1 in August, compared with 57.0 in July, the report said. It’s ...
Read More »2-state effort aimed at freeing mentally challenged woman
Supporters of a mentally challenged woman convicted in two states in the 1994 kidnapping and killing of two elderly women say she was actually a victim of the men involved in the crime and are pushing for her release. They’ve ...
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