Tag: Coronavirus
New auto sales, prices rise as chip shortage cuts US supply
U.S. consumers continued to spend wildly on new automobiles in the second quarter, pushing sales up 50.2% over last year despite tight dealer inventories...
Paris airport workers block terminal to protest pay cut
PARIS — Paris airport workers protesting pay cuts on Friday blocked a busy terminal at a Charles de Gaulle Airport and skirmished with police,...
Arkansas governor ponders future in GOP turned Trumpian
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Leading a state that went heavily for Donald Trump in the 2020 election and that has enacted some of the...
US plans to make airlines refund fees if bags are delayed
The Transportation Department will propose that airlines be required to refund fees on checked baggage if the bags aren't delivered to passengers quickly enough.
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Liberty: Lots of travelers expected on freer Fourth of July
NEWARK, N.J. — Americans enjoying newfound liberty are expected to travel and gather for cookouts, fireworks and family reunions over the Fourth of July...
Agreeable Supreme Court term ends with conservative wins
WASHINGTON — An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures that offered a glimpse of what...
Moisés Kaufman brings to NY whole new ‘Seven Deadly Sins’
NEW YORK — It started last fall in a series of vacant storefronts along an iconic Miami Beach thoroughfare as a safe way to...
Some fans. No fans. Tokyo undecided as games open in 3 weeks
TOKYO — Banning all fans from the Tokyo Olympics is still an option with the games opening during a pandemic in just three weeks,...
Syracuse to allow full capacity in Carrier Dome this fall
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University plans to allow full capacity in the Carrier Dome this fall with no social distancing.
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Man charged with ‘common assault’ of top UK medical officer
LONDON — Police in London said a man charged with common assault after England’s chief medical officer was harassed in a park in central...