Casinos, airlines, seek return to normality

Casinos, airlines, seek return to normality

Jun 16, 2020 | Finance

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Tuesday related to the national and global response, the work place and the spread of the virus. ________________________ TRAVEL: The pandemic...
Dog-like robots now on sale for $75,000, with conditions

Dog-like robots now on sale for $75,000, with conditions

Jun 16, 2020 | Finance

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 use it to harm or intimidate anyone. Boston Dynamics on Tuesday started selling its four-legged Spot robots online for just under $75,000...
Judge’s Facebook friendship upends Wisconsin custody case

Judge’s Facebook friendship upends Wisconsin custody case

Jun 16, 2020 | Finance

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a judge’s decision to become Facebook friends with a woman whose child custody case he was hearing created at least the appearance of bias, the first case of its kind in the state and one that...
Armenian parliament sanctions opposition leader’s arrest

Armenian parliament sanctions opposition leader’s arrest

Jun 16, 2020 | Finance

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The Armenian parliament voted Tuesday to strip the leader of an opposition party of his immunity as a lawmaker and to allow his arrest on tax evasion charges. Gagik Tsarukyan, a tycoon who leads the Prosperous Armenia party, has denounced the...
Harvard professor pleads not guilty to hiding ties to China

Harvard professor pleads not guilty to hiding ties to China

Jun 16, 2020 | Finance

BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University professor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program. Charles Lieber appeared via videoconference before a federal court magistrate judge in Boston because of the coronavirus pandemic. He...