When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was…
In the middle of the 20th century, the world entered the age of information, the shift of industry to information technology. The era began with the miniaturization of computers and…
âOne-armed beggars selling pencils, but we cannot spare a dime,â goes Bobby Goldboroâs song, âDoes anyone know itâs Christmas?â âSave it for the parking meter or weâll have to pay…
There used to be two types of layoffs: Those that investors cheered, and those that they panned. The first categoryâwhich involved the announcement of some sort of strategic restructuringâhave long…
Telluride, one of the best-known ski resorts in the Western U.S., plans to close in the coming days due to a labor dispute between its owner and the ski patrol…
A prominent California farmer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife in a remote mountain community in Arizona, the Navajo County Sheriffâs…
After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs broker Amy Magnus thought sheâd seen it all, navigating mountains of regulations and all sorts of logistical hurdles to import…
Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from…
Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a Pennsylvania facility, killing a resident…
A thunderous explosion Tuesday at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia killed at least two people, collapsed part of the building, sent fire shooting out and left people trapped inside,…