WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is proposing a requirement that applicants for business and tourist visas post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many. In a notice in the Federal Register this week, the department said it would start a [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Post is launching a California tabloid newspaper and news site next year, the company announced earlier this week, bringing an assertive and irreverent fixture of the Big Apple media landscape to the Golden State. In the process, it is creating a 21st-century rarity: a new American newspaper with [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit. Democrats in Texas’ House left the state to prevent the vote on a redistricting plan that would [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Several thousand workers at three Midwest manufacturing plants at which Boeing develops military aircraft and weapons went on strike early Monday, potentially complicating the aerospace company’s progress in regaining its financial footing. The strike started at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Mo.; and Mascoutah, Ill., after about 3,200 local [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — American and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the United States demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia. “China will always ensure its energy supply in ways [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past three months, the U.S. Department of Justice’s voting section has requested copies of voter registration lists from state election administrators in at least 15 states, according to an Associated Press tally. In Colorado, the department demanded “all records” relating to the 2024 election and any records the state [...]
The Cincinnati Bengals and Hamilton County finalized a new 11-year lease last week that includes $470 million in renovations to Paycor Stadium. The lease keeps the team at its downtown home through at least 2036. It also includes 10 additional option years that could extend it through June 2046. “The Bengals thank Hamilton County and [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Outerwear retailer Columbia Sportswear has sued Columbia University over alleged trademark infringement and a breach of contract, saying that the university’s merchandise looks too similar to its own offerings and can confuse shoppers. In a lawsuit filed July 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Columbia Sportswear, [...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip: For the first time in the union’s 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized. The union’s gains follow a change in ownership at the Venetian, which led to [...]