Amazon says its carbon footprint grew 19% last year
NEW YORK — Amazon said Wednesday that its carbon footprint grew 19% last year as it rushed to deliver a surge of online orders...
Warren Buffett says pandemic’s impact still hard to predict
OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett says the one constant throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been that it has been difficult to predict how...
2nd man arrested in death of guard during Indiana bank heist
HAMMOND, Ind. — Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday a second man believed involved in a Gary, Indiana, bank robbery that resulted in the fatal shooting...
Stories of survival keep hope alive as rescuers race clock
For 17 days, Reshma Begum survived under heaps of rubble after an eight-story garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh eight years ago. A few years...
ATF: Man illegally making fireworks led to Kansas City blast
RAYTOWN, Mo. — Federal investigators believe a man illegally making fireworks in his basement caused an explosion that leveled part of a suburban Kansas...
Latest reopenings mark return to business in mainland US
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon and Washington on Wednesday lifted most of their COVID-19 restrictions to become two of the last states to broadly ease...
Buttigieg doles out transport grants with eye toward climate
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg doled out $905 million in infrastructure grants Wednesday, including to repair a cracking bridge in Seattle during a crippling heat...
Nats’ Schwarber hits 12th homer in 10 games, 25th of season
WASHINGTON — Washington's Kyle Schwarber led off the first inning against Tampa Bay on Tuesday night with his 12th home run in 10 games,...
New Jersey gamblers can light up Sunday as smoking ban ends
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey's yearlong coronavirus-inspired ban on smoking in Atlantic City casinos will end Sunday, just in time for the Fourth...
76ers, Devils CEO O’Neil resigns after 8 years leading HBSE
PHILADELPHIA — Scott O’Neil, the CEO of the parent company that owns the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, has resigned after an eight-year...