Kansas City Star: Business
- Column: Video refereeing a boon and a bust at World Cup
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 04:13 AMAs must have been the case with the first glimmers of electric lights in the 19th century, video assistant referees benefited from an initial "Wow! The technology works!" buzz when … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Royal Caribbean invests $120M in ship to attract millennials
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 04:59 AMRoyal Caribbean has invested $120 million in a 15-year-old ship as part of a plan to attract younger travelers with shorter cruises. A company news release says the Mariner of … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gubernatorial races top Colorado's mid-term primaries
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 02:23 AMThe race to succeed Colorado's term-limited governor, Democrat John Hickenlooper, tops the state's mid-term primaries on Tuesday. Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, generally offer stands on schools, health care … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Passenger train derails in Austria, 2 seriously injured
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 03:11 AMA passenger train derailed on a local railway in Austria on Tuesday, leaving two carriages lying on their side and two people seriously injured, police said. Another 26 people sustained … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mississippi casino revenue rises in May on coastal results
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:28 AMCasino revenue rose strongly in Mississippi in May, driven by the second big month in a row at Gulf Coast casinos. State Revenue Department figures released last week show gamblers … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mississippi public schools list 2,100-plus job vacancies
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:38 AMMississippi public schools are looking for more than 2,100 employees before school starts in August. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that administrators across the state report trouble finding enough … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - $1B radar system to detect missile threats planned for Oahu
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 01:29 AMThe U.S. Missile Defense Agency is planning to build a $1 billion radar system on the far western or northern point of Oahu. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Murphy says he cannot sign legislators' $36.5B budget
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 09:38 PMNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday he cannot sign the Legislature's $36.5 billion budget because it relies on what he calls unsustainable revenue. It was the first time the … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Gov. Scott to allow budget bill to become law
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 11:04 PMThe Latest on the Vermont budget standoff (all times local): 11 p.m. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says he will allow the latest budget bill to become law without his signature.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- US report: Colombia coca production surges to record high
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 08:53 PMThe amount of land where peasants and drug traffickers harvest the plant used to make cocaine has surged to a record high in Colombia, a White House report said Monday, … Click to Continue »
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- President says Iran in economic fight with US
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 04:49 AMIran's president says his country is in an economic fight with the U.S. In a televised speech on Tuesday, Hassan Rouhani said the U.S. is trying to damage Iran's economy … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CMS Energy announces addition of 2 planned wind energy parks
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 05:32 AMCMS Energy has announced the addition of two planned wind energy parks in Michigan and Ohio to its portfolio. The Jackson, Michigan-based utility says Consumers Energy has agreed to own, … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Asian stocks mixed as trade tensions weigh on US tech sector
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 02:44 AMAsian markets were mixed on Tuesday, as moves by the U.S to gain an upper hand on trade with China weighed on the technology sector. Tech stocks have been the … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Do you really know what your kid's doing on that device?
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 03:11 AMThe 7th grader looks desperate as she approaches. She's just been to a cybersecurity talk at her school, where she raised her hand when asked if she has a social … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Developers buy former middle school with redevelopment plan
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:36 AMA former middle school in northeast Mississippi has a new owner. The Commercial Dispatch reports that a developer closed on the $450,000 purchase of the former Lee Middle School on … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Media fight access restrictions on child detention centers
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:49 AMThe children at the center of the national debate over President Donald Trump's immigration policy have been heard about but rarely seen. News organizations say they are pushing back every … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US Supreme Court to review Yakama gas tax exemption case
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 01:37 AMThe U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether Yakama tribal members are exempt from Washington state gas taxes on the reservation. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the U.S. Solicitor General … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Muslim worker says NC discriminating against him for beard
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 09:51 PMA supervisor used a racial slur to describe a Muslim worker and suggested he only converted to Islam to keep his beard, according to a discrimination complaint filed by a … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Correction: Basketball to Music Hall story
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 08:37 PMIn a story June 23 about the planned restoration of a Brooklyn theater, The Associated Press erroneously reported developer Bruce Ratner's involvement in the project. His company ceased to be … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 4 charged with defrauding insurers of more than $200M
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 08:54 PMFour Mississippi residents are accused of defrauding insurers of more than $200 million, the latest indictments in a still-unfolding investigation into pharmacies that prosecutors say bribed health care providers to … Click to Continue »
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- UK car industry investment down by half due to Brexit
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 04:48 AMBritain's leading car manufacturing trade association says investment in U.K. auto production has fallen by half in the last year due to worries over the country's upcoming exit from the … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Libya's oil firm says vital terminals hand over 'illegal'
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 05:48 AMLibya's national oil firm tied to the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli says the self-styled Libyan National Army has "no legal authority" to hand over management of vital oil terminals to … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Australia to buy 6 US-made Triton drones for $5.1 billion
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 02:38 AMAustralia has bought the first of six U.S.-manufactured long-range drones that will cost 6.9 billion Australian dollars ($5.1 billion) and significantly increase the nation's military surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, a … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Latest: US official: Fort Bliss to house detained families
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:26 AMThe Latest on the separation of immigrant children from their parents (all times local): 10 p.m. A federal official says the U.S. Army post Fort Bliss in El Paso will … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No deal for insurer and University of Mississippi hospital
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:30 AMMississippi's largest hospital and largest private insurer remain on track to split Saturday. Officials with the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi tell … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer developing TV show
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 01:08 AMFormer White House press secretary Sean Spicer is working on a television interview show in which he banters with guests about a variety of topics. A spokesman for TV syndication … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Company drops plans to build high-tech cold storage facility
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 01:31 AMA cold storage company has dropped plans to build a new high-tech refrigerated warehouse along the Portland waterfront. The Portland Press Herald reports Atlanta-based Americold announced Monday it will not … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Early voting, farm bills among 7 Cooper vetoes
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 10:19 PMThe Latest on expected action by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on the bills sitting on his desk (all times local): 10:05 p.m. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed seven bills … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple CEO intends to keep speaking out on social issues
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 11:16 PMApple CEO Tim Cook intends to continue lambasting U.S. immigration policies and other issues that trouble him to avoid falling into an "appalling silence." Cook outlined his views on when … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bredesen: Trump's tariffs are 'pure presidential politics'
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 08:56 PMU.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen said Monday that tariffs on steel and aluminum being imposed by President Donald Trump's administration are "pure presidential politics" but will hurt key Tennessee industries … Click to Continue »
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