In search of something good to read? USA TODAY’s Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this week’s hottest new book releases. All books are on sale March 23. 1. “Raft of Stars,” by Andrew J. Graff (Ecco, fiction) What it’s about: In the summer of 1994, two young Wisconsin boys, mistakenly believing they’ve committed a deadly crime, flee into […]

The claim: The accused Atlanta spa shooter authored a Facebook post on China being engaged in a ‘COVID coverup’ Following the deadly March 16 shootings in Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead, most of them women of Asian descent, a viral screenshot surfaced on social media claiming to come from Robert Aaron Long, the 21-year-old suspected gunman.  Long, of Woodstock, Georgia, was charged […]

It was the third time Erdogan has dismissed a central bank chief since July 2019. The Turkish President has repeatedly called for low interest rates. The country's Official Gazette said Erdogan replaced Naci Agbal with Sahap Kavcioglu, a former member of parliament for Erdogan's ruling AK Party and a critic of Turkey's high rates. Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan sacked Central […]

INDIANAPOLIS — One of the defining questions of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament was whether the Big Ten would flex the superiority that computers and metrics told us it possessed all season long.  Merely halfway through the first round, we have a resounding verdict: The Big Ten wasn’t as good as we were led to believe.  With Michigan State’s […]

INDIANAPOLIS — OK, Loyola-Chicago. Time to put your money where the muttering has been. The Ramblers will get the chance to prove they were under-seeded, and maybe a bit disrespected, with a second-round matchup Sunday against in-state neighbor and No. 1 seed Illinois. Loyola held off a surprisingly resilient Georgia Tech, which was playing without ACC player of the year […]

Stay up-to-date with The Insider, a weekly column featuring what’s happening behind the scenes in business. Mayoral ambitions The next local election is still around a year away, but incumbent mayor Phil Goff could face a challenge by a high-profile businessman. The Herald understands Perpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes is currently mulling a leap into the political sphere. Barnes has […]

(Reuters) – The Nasdaq ended higher on Friday, lifted by Facebook and energy shares, while the S&P 500 lost ground as U.S. Treasury yields took a break from a recent surge.FILE PHOTO: A nearly empty trading floor is seen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReversing a recent trend, so-called growth […]

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made no secret of her disdain for a program intended to forgive the federal student loans of borrowers who were ripped off by schools that defrauded their students. She called it a “free money” giveaway, let hundreds of thousands of claims languish for years and slashed the amount of relief granted to some successful applicants […]

“What pandemic?” Despite temporary long-term store closures and many Americans being housebound for a good part of last year, L.L. Bean reported robust sales Friday. As millions in the U.S. are increasingly heading outdoors after months of isolation, L.L. Bean is seeing record net revenue, thanks to those outdoor enthusiasts. Announcing its 2020 fiscal-year results, the company has racked up […]