May 18, 2021

Minnesota legislators agree on first major energy bill in years

The Minnesota House and Senate agreed this week on expanding the state’s energy conservation program, the most significant energy legislation in recent years. The Energy […]
May 18, 2021

Webby Awards go to Fauci, Oprah, DuVernay and Pharrell

NEW YORK — Dr. Anthony Fauci, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Riz Ahmed, Dua Lipa, Andra Day and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson all won honors Tuesday […]
May 18, 2021

CBS' 'Mom' exits after 8 seasons with season ratings high

NEW YORK — The CBS comedy “Mom” signed off after eight seasons last week before 6.2 million viewers, the biggest audience of its final season. […]
May 18, 2021

US eases asylum restrictions at border amid legal challenges

MCALLEN, Texas — Domingo Antonio Zeledon traveled for nearly three weeks from his hometown in Nicaragua, leaving behind his wife and three youngest children to […]
May 18, 2021

Investor urges Canadian National to drop bid for US railroad

OMAHA, Neb. — A major Canadian National shareholder is urging the railroad to abandon its $33.6 billion bid to buy Kansas City Southern after regulators […]
May 18, 2021

Biden back behind the wheel, zooming away in electric truck

DEARBORN, Mich. — Joe Biden is back behind the wheel. And now he’s gone, bolting down the track. The self-described “car guy” took a spin […]
May 18, 2021

With I-40 bridge closed, backup route gets inspection

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An inspection of the Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas began Tuesday, a week after the span became the states’ primary […]
May 18, 2021

Amazon to extend pause on police use of facial recognition

NEW YORK — Amazon said Tuesday that it will extend its ban on police use of its face-recognition technology beyond the one-year pause it announced […]
May 18, 2021

US home construction falls a surprise 9.5% in April

WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction fell a surprisingly sharp 9.5% in April and economists attributed that partially to builders who delayed projects because of a […]
May 18, 2021

A late drop leaves Wall Street indexes lower, led by tech

An afternoon drop led by big technology stocks left major market indexes broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday. The S&P 500 lost 0.9%, with most […]