September 9, 2020

The Latest: India records another 89,000 new virus cases

NEW DELHI — India has added another 89,706 coronavirus cases to the second-highest reported tally in the world, and the government is saying schools will […]
September 9, 2020

Tech chills spill into Asia, as shares sink across region

Asian shares slid further Wednesday after a sell-off of big technology stocks on Wall Street pulled U.S. benchmarks lower. Crude oil prices and Treasury yields […]
September 9, 2020

Coming up: Is more economic relief from Congress on the way?

Job seekers exercise social distancing as they wait to be called into the Heartland Workforce Solutions office in Omaha, Neb., on July 15. The extra […]
September 9, 2020

Wall Street's 3-day skid a reality check for runaway market

Wall Street’s summer-long party fueled by investors’ appetite for some of the world’s best-known technology companies has come to an abrupt, if not entirely unexpected, […]
September 9, 2020

7 killed at large-scale California marijuana operation

AGUANGA, Calif. — An illegal marijuana growing operation where seven people were fatally shot in a small, rural Southern California town had the markings of […]
September 9, 2020

HealthPartners' COVID-19 vaccine recruiting suspended after adverse effect in U.K.

HealthPartners has suspended its wildly successful recruiting of participants into a COVID-19 vaccine trial while the maker of the experimental vaccine reviews a potential adverse […]
September 8, 2020

Minnesota chipmaker SkyWater finishes addition construction, equipment going in sooner than planned

SkyWater Technology Inc., the biggest maker of computer chips in Minnesota, said Tuesday the addition of a third clean room to its factory in Bloomington […]
September 8, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Clean air, dirty ballot claims not so clear

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is muddying up claims about clean air and dirty election ballots in the U.S., falsely taking credit for lower gasoline […]
September 8, 2020

U.S. mall operators buying up their own tenants out of bankruptcy

It has been a prolonged period of retail carnage: Storied names declaring bankruptcy, mass-market brands closing thousands of stores, tens of thousands of shop employees […]
September 8, 2020

Air Force awards $13.3 billion contract for nuclear missiles

WASHINGTON — The Air Force on Tuesday awarded a $13.3 billion contract for engineering and development work on a replacement for the Minuteman 3 missile, […]