Desperate for workers, US restaurants and stores raise pay
<p>WASHINGTON — U.S. restaurants and stores are rapidly raising pay in an urgent effort to attract more applicants and keep up with a flood...
Johnson ‘anxious’ over rise of Indian virus variant in UK
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday he was “anxious” about a rise in the U.K. of the coronavirus variant first identified...
Colleges pushed anew for reparations for slavery, racism
<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery...
Canada’s largest province keeps ban on outdoor recreation
TORONTO — Ontario’s premier is keeping outdoor recreational activities like golf courses closed for at least two more weeks despite calls by health officials...
Fire officials aim to squelch blazes fast, avoid megafires
<p>BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials said Thursday that they will try to stamp out wildfires as quickly as possible this year as severe drought...
State Street Corporation to pay $115M criminal penalty
BOSTON — State Street Corporation has agreed to pay a $115 million criminal penalty to resolve charges that it schemed to defraud clients by...
Judge: Deputies fired over school massacre to get jobs back
<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida judge ruled Thursday that two deputies who were fired for inaction during a high school mass shooting in...
Pandemic-hit oyster farmers turn to conservation to survive
DURHAM, N.H. — When the pandemic struck last year, oyster farmer Chris Bertis soon realized the restaurants that bought his oysters had mostly closed....
Syrian family reunited, against the odds, in Greece
<p>THESSALONIKI, Greece — Torn apart in the deadly chaos of an air raid, a Syrian family of seven has been reunited, against the odds,...
Attorney: Explosion that killed 3 may be linked to demo work
NORTH UTICA, Ill. — An explosion that killed three Chicago men last week near a state park in northern Illinois may have been...