COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As lawmakers debate if South Carolina’s publicly owned utility should continue to exist, the board that runs the company voted Tuesday to hire a new leader and pay him double the salary of its last...
Read MoreLA GRITA, Venezuela (AP) — Growing potatoes and carrots high in the wind-swept mountains of western Venezuela had always proven a challenge for Luis Villamizar. But as oil production in the South American country has collapsed...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Uber is letting passengers tell their driver in advance that they’d like a little less conversation, and more legroom, if they’re willing to pay. The ride-hailing giant launched “comfort”...
Read MoreFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on developments related to the sex trafficking case against financier Jeffrey Epstein (all times local): 12:55 p.m. President Donald Trump says he’ll look “very closely”...
Read MoreCHICAGO (AP) — Deliveries of Boeing’s 737 aircraft tumbled in the second quarter, as the company continues to deal with repercussions following two deadly crashes. Boeing said Tuesday that it delivered 24 737s in the...
Read MoreNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee family’s lawsuit against online retailer Amazon over a hoverboard fire that destroyed their home can move forward. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a Friday ruling said Amazon...
Read MoreDALLAS (AP) — Reaction to the death of Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot , who died Tuesday at the age of 89: “Texas and America have lost a strong patriot. Ross Perot epitomized the entrepreneurial spirit and the American...
Read MoreDALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty to become a self-made billionaire who twice ran for president with a mixture of folksy sayings and simple solutions to America’s problems. His 19%...
Read MoreLAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — The family of a high school student who was killed during a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts last year has reached a settlement with the utility involved in the disaster, a lawyer for the...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious groups using dehumanizing language. The social network already bars hateful language directed at individual religious adherents. Tuesday’s...
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