WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden this week took fresh aim at ghost guns, the privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes, as he struggles to break past gun-control opposition to address firearm deaths. Speaking at the White House, Biden highlighted the Justice Department's work to finalize new regulations [...]
DALLAS — Barry Biffle is juggling his day job as CEO of Frontier Airlines while also working to save a proposed merger with Spirit Airlines that would create the nation's fifth-biggest carrier by some measures. This figures to be a bounce-back year for airlines such as Frontier that cater to leisure travelers. After two years [...]
AVENEL, N.J. (AP) — The familiar sights and sounds are still there: the scuffed and faded floor tiles, the relentless beige-on-beige color scheme, the toddlers' clothes and refrigerators and pretty much everything in between. There's even a canned recording that begins, "Attention, Kmart shoppers" — except it's to remind folks about COVID-19 precautions, not to [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is using the experiences of units pressed into service against the coronavirus pandemic to prepare for the next crisis threatening a large population, whatever its nature. Their experiences, said Gen. Glen VanHerck, will help shape the size and staffing of the military's medical response so the Pentagon can provide the [...]
RICHMOND, Va. — It's a crime that siphons untold billions from the economy — but many people have never heard of it. Business Email Compromise scams involve criminals hacking into email accounts, pretending to be someone they're not and fooling victims into sending money where it doesn't belong. Although they get far less attention than [...]
PHOENIX — Connor Dawson is a psychologist, gatekeeper, analyst and strategist. And a hitting coach, too. Tough job. "There's just so much out there for one guy to handle now that wasn't the case 20 years ago," Dawson said. The 28-year-old Dawson is one of two new hitting coaches for the Milwaukee Brewers, hired along [...]
A new study has determined that the meat industry need not worry about plant-based imitators horning into the marketplace for the time being. While sales and market share of plant-based alternatives have grown in recent years, researchers found that the gains have not translated into reduced consumer spending on meat products, the study detailed. “We [...]
PHOENIX (AP) — Karla Finocchio's slide into homelessness began when she split with her partner of 18 years and temporarily moved in with a cousin. The 55-year-old planned to use her $800-a-month disability check to get an apartment after back surgery, but she soon was sleeping in her old pickup protected by her German Shepherd [...]