Police, Victims Warn Against Firing Guns on New Year’s Eve December 31, 2019 By Mark Gillispie Kaitlyn Kong thought she had been punched hard in the abdomen as she stood among thousands of people in downtown...
Feds Review Hurricane Irma Invoices From 3 Florida Cities December 31, 2019 MIAMI — Three South Florida cities are being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General for...
California’s Gov. Newsom Had ‘Baptism by Fire’ in 1st Year December 31, 2019 By Kathleen Ronayne SACRAMENTO, Calif. — During his inaugural address last January, California Gov. Gavin Newsom made only a passing reference to wildfires...
Indiana’s Worst Environmental Disaster, 20 Years Later December 31, 2019 By Sarah Bowman ANDERSON, Ind. — Twenty years later, Jim Hensley still remembers that call. The longtime machinist was sitting in the shop...
Poor Condition of Wreckage Will Slow Plane Crash Probe December 31, 2019 The lack of a distress call and flight data recorder coupled with mangled and charred wreckage will make finding the...
Uber, Postmates Sue California to Block Gig-Worker Law December 31, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt and Ellen Huet Uber Technologies Inc. and Postmates Inc. sued the state of California, alleging that a labor rights law set to go...
Technology’s Promise and Drawbacks Among Top Claims Stories for 2019 December 31, 2019 By Jim Sams Technology — both its promise and its alleged abuse — was a key component of the most important news stories...
Court Finds Diet Dr Pepper Does Not Deceive Consumers December 31, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday said the maker of Diet Dr Pepper did not deceive consumers into thinking...
Another Kentucky Farmer Admits Crop Insurance Fraud December 30, 2019 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Another Central Kentucky farmer has pleaded guilty in a crop insurance fraud scheme that a federal prosecutor...
Wawa Facing Lawsuits Over Data Breach at All of its Stores December 30, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a data breach that affected its...