World TeamTennis players testing positive for coronavirus lose pay

A World TeamTennis player or coach who tests positive for COVID-19 when arriving for the three-week 2020 season will be dropped from the league withoutRead More

Trump signs executive order on police reform

WASHINGTON (AP) — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday that heRead More

FCC calls hours-long T-Mobile service outage ‘unacceptable’

NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the U.S. communications regulator said T-Mobile’s nationwide, hours-long outage Monday was “unacceptable” and that the Federal Communications Commission will investigate.Read More

Boston Dynamics selling dog-like robots for $75,000, with conditions

You can now buy one of those unnerving animal-like robots you might have seen on YouTube — so long as you don’t plan to useRead More

Harvard professor pleads not guilty to hiding ties to China

BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University professor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program. Charles Lieber appeared viaRead More

US retail sales up a record 17.7% in a partial rebound

BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales jumped by a record 17.7% from April to May, with spending partially rebounding after the coronavirus had shut downRead More

Burlington, Vermont mayor proposes cut to police department

The mayor of Vermont’s largest city has proposed cutting $1.1 million from the police department amid calls by activists in Burlington and nationwide to defundRead More

US casinos push for cashless gambling payments, citing virus

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The American casino industry wants gambling regulators to make it easier to adopt cashless payment transactions on the casino floor,Read More

Atlanta mayor vows changes in how police officers use force

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor is vowing to change police use-of-force policies and require that officers receive continuous training in how to deescalate situations beforeRead More

Businesses, colleges plead with Trump to preserve work visas

BOSTON (AP) — Gregory Minott came to the U.S. from his native Jamaica more than two decades ago on a student visa and was ableRead More