Category Archives: Economy
Disappearances rise on Mexico’s ‘highway of death’ to border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As many as 50 people are missing after setting out on three-hour car trips this year between Mexico's industrial hub of Monterrey and the border city of Nuevo Laredo on a well-traveled stretch of road local
Turkey’s Erdogan takes first step in ‘crazy’ canal project
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday took the first step in the construction of a ship canal skirting Istanbul that the government says will ease marine traffic in the Bosporus Strait.
Biggest Northern Ireland unionist party endorses new leader
LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party formally endorsed Jeffrey Donaldson as its new leader on Saturday, a position that will likely see him become the country's first minister.
EXPLAINER: Dental, vision and hearing benefits for Medicare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many working-age people assume that Medicare covers just about every kind of health care that an older person may need.
The Latest: UK health secretary quits in wake of scandal
LONDON — U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned after breaking social distancing rules with an aide he was allegedly having an affair with.
Some donors sticking with Cuomo after harassment allegations
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political star was dimmed by allegations he sexually harassed women and misled the public about COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
Biden: Infrastructure vow was not intended to be veto threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to preserve a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure, President Joe Biden endorsed it “without hesitation” Saturday, walking back from a threat to veto it if Congress also didn't pass an even larger package to expand the
Changes to medical marijuana law approved by Legislature
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pandemic-era regulations that let medical marijuana dispensaries serve patients at curbside and dispense three months' worth of the drug at a time were memorialized into law by the Legislature Friday, and the governor's office sa...
15,000 plants seized in raid on illegal California pot farm
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities raided an illegal marijuana farm in northern San Diego County on Friday, seizing 15,000 plants and 9 1/2 pounds of pot products with an estimated street value of more than $7.5 million, authorities said.
California to extend eviction ban, pay back rent for tenants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will extend its ban on evictions and cover back rent and utility payments for people who fell behind during the pandemic under a $7.2 billion plan announced Friday that Gov. Gavin Newsom called the “largest
