Chinese doctor investigating virus outbreak says he was infected
People wearing masks walk along a street in Beijing, China January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese…
Asia shares feel a chill as China virus risks mount
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares took a sudden turn for the worse on Tuesday as mounting concerns about a new…
China confirms person-to-person spread of new virus as fourth death reported
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese official investigating a pneumonia outbreak stemming from a new coronavirus said the disease can spread…
CEO says Bank of America aims to ‘double’ its U.S. consumer market share: FT
FILE PHOTO: Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January…
Czech Republic reports first H5N8 bird flu case in three years
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic has its first case of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus in three…
China reports new virus cases, raising concern globally before key holiday
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing…
Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal in Obamacare contraception fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday took up an appeal by President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to…
Walmart U.S. Chief Merchandising Officer Bratspies departs
FILE PHOTO: Walmart’s logo is seen outside one of the stores ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.…
U.S. housing starts at 13-year high, factory output gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. homebuilding surged to a 13-year high in December as activity increased across the board, suggesting the…
U.S. job openings post biggest drop in more than four years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings recorded their biggest drop in more than four years in November, while hiring increased…
Toyota completes $1.3 billion modernization project at Indiana facility
FILE PHOTO: A Toyota logo is displayed at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland March 5, 2019.…
Toyota to move Tacoma truck production to Mexico from U.S.
FILE PHOTO: A Toyota logo is displayed at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland March 5, 2019.…
Boeing addresses new 737 MAX software issue that could keep plane grounded longer
FILE PHOTO: Boeing 737 Max fuselages are seen parked outside the company’s production facility in Renton, Washington, U.S. January 10,…
After India’s Amazon snub, Modi’s party slams Bezos-owned Washington Post
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party on Friday slammed editorial policies of billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned…
Oil steadies as Chinese economy offsets trade optimism
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices steadied on Friday as sluggish economic growth in China, the world’s biggest crude importer,…
Netflix opens Paris office, plans new French-language series
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. television streaming company Netflix has opened a new Paris office and plans to develop more than…
Shares set fresh records, lifted by U.S. housing data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Key world equity indexes scaled new highs on Friday, boosted by a surge in U.S. housing…
Wall Street hits new highs in strongest week since August
(Reuters) – Wall Street climbed to record highs on Friday, with major indexes turning in their strongest weekly gains since…
U.S. will look at sudden acceleration complaints involving 500,000 Tesla vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it will review a petition asking the agency…
Best Buy starts investigation into CEO’s personal conduct
FILE PHOTO: A sign marks a Best Buy store in Salem, New Hampshire, U.S., November 25, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (Reuters)…
Lawyers for Huawei CFO call Canada prosecutor’s arguments ‘circular’
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a case management conference in advance of her extradition…
Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman’s total 2019 pay falls 7% to $27 million
FILE PHOTO: James P. Gorman, chairman & CEO of Morgan Stanley, testifies before a House Financial Services Committeeon Capitol Hill…
Nokia October warning investigated by local FSA: newspaper report
FILE PHOTO: The logo and ticker for Nokia are displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York…
With market at record highs, eyes on reports from chipmakers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Reports from Netflix, Intel and Texas Instruments next week may hint at what is to come…
FBI official expresses ‘fair sense of worry’ over Monday’s pro-gun rally in Richmond
“A big reason why we disrupted it now was based on the timing of the rally on Monday and the…
Avalanche at California ski resort leaves 1 dead, 1 seriously injured
The avalanche occurred in the Alpine Meadows section of the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resort near Tahoe City, California,…
4 killed, 1 wounded in Utah shooting
Four people were shot to death in a residence in Grantsville, Utah, Friday night, according to police. Source link
Best signs at the Women’s March
While the reasons why people are participating vary, President Donald Trump has been a core source of frustration for many,…
Tashonna Ward left ER to find another hospital and died 2 hours later
After waiting more than two hours, the 25-year-old left and went to seek help at an urgent care, the Milwaukee…
Dramatic video shows pickup slam into delivery truck
Dashcam footage shows a pickup truck lose control and hit a delivery vehicle in western Iowa. There were no serious…
Man takes a selfie every day for 20 years
Noah Kalina started taking a photo of himself nearly every day in January 2000. He combined the photos to make…
Surveillance video shows cat taking on trio of coyotes
Maya Gurrin said she was shocked to see her cat Max taking on three coyotes on her surveillance camera, and…
Video captures moment storm destroys school gym wall
A microburst destroyed a gymnasium wall and sent students running during a gym class at a North Carolina middle school.…
California is giving camp trailers and modular tents to cities to help the homeless
• An unspecified number of modular tents from California’s Emergency Medical Services Authority. Health and social service providers would use…
A Yale grad and ex-banker ended up homeless in Los Angeles. Then a fellow alum made an unexpected offer
“I started reading it — and just tears,” said Kim Hershman, who’d studied a year ahead of Pleasants at Yale.…
Living in her car, she was afraid and harassed. Then she found an unexpected refuge
But keeping it tidy serves a dual purpose. The 36-year-old woman is homeless and has been sleeping in her car…
Officials want to clear a mile-long homeless camp on a Sonoma County bike trail. Some don’t want to go
Pest control workers were using the spread as bait as they installed rat traps — 340 of them — throughout…
Watch this soldier surprise his mom after two years apart
L.J. Williamson, a high school police officer in Atlanta, was being honored during a pep rally when she got a…
NBA: Tristan Thompson ejected for slapping opponent’s butt
The Cavaliers forward was ejected in the third quarter after slapping Grizzlies’ Jae Crowder on the butt. It was Thompson’s…
Kid creates portrait of John Cena with 750 Rubik's Cubes
9-year-old artist Benjamin Russo has dyslexia. He says it’s his superpower- and wrestler John Cena agrees. Source link
A dog gives birth to a green puppy, now named ‘Hulk.’ Here’s the science behind it
Gypsy, a white German Shepherd, gave birth to eight healthy pups last week. Just one donned an incredible coat of…
Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, former Drexel professor, accused of spending grant money on strippers
Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, 57, was charged this week with theft by unlawful taking and theft by deception, both felonies, according to…
Georgia held a contest for better highway safety signs. The winners are hilarious
But in the age of snark, those words are so last century. So the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will…
A second horse has died at Santa Anita Park since the beginning of the year
The horse named Harliss suffered a “fractured right front ankle,” Santa Anita Park officials posted on the track’s website. The…
A ‘ghost net’ in Hawaii is threatening marine life right now
Ghost nets are massive fishing nets that have been left or lost at sea by fisherman. Officials are asking people…
Snapchat helped police find a 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped in California
The girl met Albert Thomas Vasquez, 55, in Capitola on Tuesday, the San Jose Police Department said in statement. Vasquez…
A Michigan man found $43,000 in a second-hand couch. He returned it all
Howard Kirby bought the couch from a Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Owosso, Michigan, CNN affiliate WNEM reported. But the…
German cabin crew union plans further strikes at Lufthansa
FILE PHOTO: A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800 aircraft lands at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo…
China posts weakest growth in 29 years as trade war bites, but ends 2019 on firmer note
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade…
Health warning: How Fitbits can help predict flu outbreaks
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters – The Fitbit on your wrist not only counts your steps and minutes of sleep, it…
An orphaned teen is being forced out of his grandparent’s senior community because he’s too young
Collin Clabaugh moved from California to live with his grandparents in Prescott after his parents died within two weeks of…
Surveillance video captures rare video of mountain lions
Home surveillance video captured five mountain lions in what California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Peter Tira called an…
Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing fishermen after deadly Texas boat collision
Search and rescue crews have been attempting to locate the two men since Tuesday. Their 81-foot vessel, Pappy’s Pride, collided…
Odell Beckham Jr.: Arrest warrant issued after he appears to swat man in uniform at Superdome
The warrant stems from a Monday incident at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where the 27-year-old was on hand to see his…
U.S. Senate passes North America trade deal, Canada still to approve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that…
U.S., China reset trade relationship with Phase 1 agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China announced an initial trade deal on Wednesday that will roll back some…
Bank of America quarterly profit falls 4%
FILE PHOTO: A Bank of America building is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (Reuters)…