Trump stumps, Biden preps as debate nears
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump headed for another of his big rallies Tuesday, two days ahead of the final presidential debate, while former Vice President Joe Biden holed up for debate preparati...
October 21, 2020
Stimulus talks still ongoing, see gains
WASHINGTON -- Washington negotiations on a covid-19 relief bill took a modest step forward Tuesday, though time is running out, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump's mos...
October 21, 2020
U.S. sues Google, alleges search, ads monopoly
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google, accusing it of abusing its dominance in online search and advertising. It is the government's most significant attempt to protect competiti...
October 21, 2020
U.K. virus study to infect young
LONDON -- U.K. researchers are preparing to infect healthy young volunteers with the virus that causes covid-19, becoming the first to announce plans to use the controversial technique to study the di...
October 21, 2020
Names and faces
• Rush Limbaugh,the nationally syndicated conservative talk radio giant, has told listeners that the advanced lung cancer he announced this year is terminal. Limbaugh, 69, said Monday that he re...
October 21, 2020
The Nation in Brief
Police officer dies in Houston shootout
HOUSTON -- A Houston police officer was killed, and a teenager and another officer were wounded Tuesday when a man opened fire on law enforcement officers resp...
October 21, 2020
Landlords argue ban on evictions is causing harm
ATLANTA -- A federal judge in Atlanta is weighing a challenge to a Trump administration directive that halts the eviction of certain renters through the end of the year in an effort to prevent the fur...
October 21, 2020
The World in Brief
Greece, Albania taking dispute to court
TIRANA, Albania -- Balkan neighbors Albania and Greece said Tuesday that they have agreed to refer a dispute over their maritime borders in the Ionian Sea to t...
October 21, 2020
In the news
• Joseph Abitabile, 78, was pulled to safety by bystanders as rescue workers freed his unconscious 76-year-old wife, Delores, after their car, struck by another vehicle, careened into a Long Isl...
October 21, 2020
September new-home starts climb
WASHINGTON -- U.S. new-home starts increased 1.9% in September on a sharp gain in single-family construction while building permits climbed, indicating residential building had plenty of momentum at t...
October 21, 2020
GM aims to update plants for electric
General Motors Co. is investing more than $2 billion in six U.S. plants, including a makeover of a former Saturn plant in Tennessee into its third factory to produce electric models.
The automaker sa...
October 21, 2020
Fauci, 'these idiots' tiring, Trump says
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump dismissed precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and attacked the nation's top infectious-disease expert as a "disaster" Monday, saying people are ge...
October 20, 2020
Covid-19 cases top 40 million; U.S., India lead world count
LONDON -- The number of confirmed covid-19 cases across the planet has surpassed 40 million, but experts say that is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the true impact of a pandemic that has...
October 20, 2020
Covid relief deal looking distant as Pelosi's deadline nears
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats and the Trump administration remained far apart in economic relief negotiations Monday, and a resolution looked unlikely ahead of tonight's deadline set by House Speaker ...
October 20, 2020
In the news
• Meredith Dowty, 59, of Wichita, Kan., a retired firefighter accused of sending a graphic, specific threat to kidnap and kill Mayor Brandon Whipple over the city's mandate requiring people to w...
October 20, 2020