LAS VEGAS — The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will be overhauled over the next several months following its purchase Friday by billionaire Richard Branson. The property with about 1,500 rooms and suites off the Las Vegas Strip and eventually become Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. It will continue to operate under the […]
MIAMI — More advertisers are dropping Fox News personality Laura Ingraham after she mocked a Florida school shooting survivor online. At least 11 companies had said by Friday afternoon that they would pull their ads from “The Ingraham Angle.” On Wednesday, Ingraham tweeted, “David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines […]
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire regulators have issued a written ruling denying a power project over concerns it would harm tourism and property values. The ruling Friday by the Site Evaluation Committee came two days after Massachusetts abandoned plans to get its clean energy from the $1.6 billion Northern Pass project, which would take hydropower […]
WASHINGTON — Five big U.S. airlines might add flights to Havana after some carriers dropped service to Cuba’s capital. The Transportation Department proposed Friday that routes go to American, Delta, United, Southwest and JetBlue. There could be 20 daily flights between the U.S. and Havana. The routes opened after Alaska Airlines, Spirit, Frontier and Delta […]
MONTREAL — Walmart Canada has confirmed it is ending its involvement with a Quebec program that provides job training to people with intellectual disabilities and those on the autism spectrum. Company spokesperson Anika Malik confirmed in an email Friday that the program, which was in place in several stores, will be phased out in the […]
WASHINGTON — The United States says it has the support of the U.N. Security Council for a new package of sanctions against North Korea. Ambassador Nikki Haley says the council’s North Korea Sanctions Committee has unanimously approved sanctions designations on 21 shipping companies, one individual and 27 ships. She says it is the largest-ever set […]
BISMARCK, N.D. — A natural gas company is seeking commitments to expand a pipeline that runs through North Dakota. Alliance Pipeline’s announcement this week comes as the state’s oil and gas regulators are encouraging new infrastructure investment to handle growing volumes of natural gas production, The Bismarck Tribune reported. “Strong customer demand is the driver […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — DraftKings says it has contacted potential casino partners in New Jersey with an eye to offering sports betting if the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes it. The Supreme Court is considering the state’s challenge to a law limiting sports betting to just four states. A ruling could come as early as next […]
MENLO PARK, Calif. — “We’ve made a bunch of mistakes.” “Everyone needs complete control over who they share with at all times.” “Not one day goes by when I don’t think about what it means for us to be the stewards of this community and their trust.” Sound familiar? It’s Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressing […]
Lorraine Guenther, 98, of Milwaukee, says she thought she had a deal with Minneapolis- based Thrivent Financial when a couple of insurance agents came to her Lutheran church when she was in her 60 s. The man who prepared it for us was a friend of my husband’s, “she tells Jim Stingl, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. So is her husband, who bought the policy, so Thrivent put…
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