2/2 © Reuters. The United States Department of Labor is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S. 2/2 By Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday finalized a rule clarifying that pension fund
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Big Game Hunting: No ‘pain,’ no gain as Penn State tries to get over the top vs. Ohio State
Ohio State’s Chris Olave soars for a touchdown catch in last year’s win against Penn State. | Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Since 2015, the Nittany Lions are 26-2 at Beaver Stadium, a mark that includes a 24-21 win against the Buckeyes
Americans May Add Five Times More Plastic to the Oceans Than Thought
The United States contribution to coastal plastic pollution worldwide is significantly larger than previously thought, possibly by as much as five times, according to a study published Friday. The research, published in Science Advances, is the sequel to a 2015
U.S. Says Virus Can’t be Controlled. China Aims to Prove It Wrong.
The United States is hitting records in daily coronavirus cases. But China, the country first afflicted with the scourge, is having a different experience. Unlike the Trump administration, which has said it is prioritizing opening the economy while essentially giving
Kim Foxx needs a wave of anti-Donald Trump voters; Pat O’Brien needs Dem alderman’s help
Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan campaigns with Cook County State’s Attorney Bernard Carey at Maine West High School in Des Plaines in 1980. Neither won the county vote that year. It didn’t matter for Reagan, but it meant the ballgame
Races to Watch in California
ImageEarly voting, including voting by mail, in this election has shattered records in states across the country, including California, where more than 6.5 million ballots had been returned as of Monday. Credit…Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In some ways, California
U.S. Coronavirus Cases Approach 9 Million With No End in Sight
CHICAGO — The United States, which reported its first known coronavirus case in Washington State 282 days ago, surpassed nine million total infections on Thursday, including more than half a million in the past week, as Covid-19 spiraled out of
Foxx acknowledges ‘angst and fear’ triggered by homicides, looting, but denies her ‘social agenda’ is responsible
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx talks to reporters in February after an exoneration hearing in cases connected to corrupt former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts. | Sun-Times file What happened in Chicago also occurred in places “in which I
Surge in virus threatens to reverse global economic rebounds
WASHINGTON — The resurgence of coronavirus cases engulfing the United States and Europe is imperiling economic recoveries on both sides of the Atlantic as millions of individuals and businesses face the prospect of having to hunker down once again. Growing
Analysis: Money-printing slowdown leaves governments to take up stimulus slack
© Reuters. A sheet of United States one dollar bills is seen on a light table during production at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington By Tommy Wilkes and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – Money-printing at the world’s
Gilead’s Covid-19 Drug is Mediocre. It Will Be a Blockbuster Anyway.
The United States reached a milestone, of sorts, when last week the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for Covid-19. The drug is called Veklury, although most people know it by its scientific name, remdesivir. On Wednesday, its
‘There Are Tons of Brown Faces Missing’: Publishers Step Up Diversity Efforts
This summer, as people across the United States gathered to protest police brutality and racial injustice, Krishan Trotman, an executive editor at Hachette Books, approached the head of the company with a proposal. Ms. Trotman was worried that the conversation
Arrest made in 2008 kidnapping of journalists in Afghanistan
An Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times, an Afghan journalist and a driver in Afghanistan, federal authorities announced Wednesday. The charges
U.S. to Establish Embassy in the Maldives
WASHINGTON — The United States will establish an embassy in the Maldives for the first time since the countries opened diplomatic relations in 1966, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, signifying the archipelago’s growing role in the U.S.
Alderman backs Joe Biden, but not Kim Foxx — tosses support to Republican challenger Pat O’Brien
Republican challenger Pat O’Brien, left, in February; Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, right, in March. | Rich Hein; Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) voiced concerns about Foxx’s response to looting in his ward this summer, but he’s
Alderman backs Biden, but not State’s Attorney Kim Foxx — tossing support to Republican challenger O’Brien
Republican challenger Pat O’Brien, left, in February; Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, right, in March. | Rich Hein; Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) voiced concerns about Foxx’s response to looting in his ward this summer, but he’s
Judge: US can’t replace Trump in accuser’s defamation suit
President Donald Trump’s request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit, which alleges he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, was denied Tuesday by a federal judge. The decision
Judge: U.S. can’t replace Trump in accuser’s defamation suit
E. Jean Carroll, in red, arrives at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in New York. | AP The decision by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan came after the Justice Department argued that the
Why the Best G.D.P. Report Ever Won’t Mean the Economy Has Healed
The United States almost certainly just experienced its fastest three months of economic growth on record. That doesn’t mean the economy is strong. The Commerce Department on Thursday will release its preliminary estimate of economic growth for the third quarter.
Hall of Fame Jackson State football coach W.C. Gorden dies at 90
Jackson State’s Hall of Fame football coach W.C. Gorden has died at age 90. | Jackson State University Gorden led Jackson State to a 28-game Southwestern Athletic Conference winning streak while building a league power in the late 1980s. JACKSON,
Having kept virus away, UCLA hopes ‘Bruin Bubble’ won’t burst
All around them, the deadly virus continues to spread. Twenty-nine states reportedly have set records this month for increases in new COVID-19 cases. In Los Angeles County, schools and nonessential businesses remain closed as part of health officials’ top tier
California Fires Prompt Evacuation of Thousands
A new fire in Southern California forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate on Monday, and the state’s biggest utility cut off power for hundreds of thousands to try to prevent more fires in this year’s devastating season. A
Exports of Used Cars Are a Pollution Problem, U.N. Warns
WASHINGTON — In recent decades, the United States and Europe have gone to considerable lengths to mandate cleaner, more efficient cars at home. But at the same time, they are shipping millions of their oldest and worst-polluting vehicles to poorer countries
In hot spots around the country, hospitals are reaching their limits.
With the coronavirus spreading out of control in many parts of the United States and daily case counts once again setting records, health experts have warned that it is only a matter of time before the pressure on hospitals mounts
After making a comeback during the pandemic, pro sports face a tough second act.
In mid-March, as the pandemic forced extensive lockdowns throughout the United States, professional sports came to a halt, with the very real possibility that no champions would be crowned in basketball, hockey or baseball. Yet the N.B.A. somehow finished its
Fear and anxiety spike in virus hot spots across US
Preslie Paur breaks down in tears when she thinks of her state’s refusal to mandate face masks. The South Salt Lake City, Utah, woman can’t work at her special education job due to an autoimmune disease. Her husband, also a
Election could stoke US marijuana market, sway Congress
Voters in four states from different regions of the country could embrace broad legal marijuana sales on Election Day, and a sweep would highlight how public acceptance of cannabis is cutting across geography, demographics and the nation’s deep political divide.
Why Mayor Lightfoot tweeted for Kim Foxx
Mayor Lori Lightfoot bumps elbows with Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx at a press conference about the city’s plan to protect Chicago’s commercial corridors in the wake of looting this past summer. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times The mayor took a
Voting in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Wear a Mask and Bring Your Own Pen
Early voting has already generated long, long lines in many states, and with the November election just 11 days away, many states and cities have imposed safety measures to protect voters and poll workers from exposure to the coronavirus. But
The country is nearing a grisly record.
July 16 was arguably the worst of the pandemic in the United States to that point, setting records nationwide. By the end of that 24-hour period, a staggering 75,687 new cases had been reported around the country, the highest count