March 16, 2021

Australia gives COVID-19 shots to virus-hit Papua New Guinea

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia will send COVID-19 vaccines from its own supply to its near-neighbor Papua New Guinea and will ask AstraZeneca to send more […]
March 16, 2021

Uber to give UK drivers minimum wage, pension, holiday pay

LONDON — Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be […]
March 16, 2021

St. Cloud area boasts strong seller's market as housing stock plummets 60%

Houses in the St. Cloud area are selling faster and for more money than a year ago — creating a strong market for sellers, if […]
March 16, 2021

Black woman becomes face of Missouri following NAACP warning

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Black woman has become the face of Missouri’s tourism campaign, nearly four years after the NAACP warned travelers that their […]
March 16, 2021

Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities

WASHINGTON — A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the […]
March 16, 2021

Seagren's to open in former Two Harbors Shopko

“The minute we heard Shopko was closing, we started toying with the idea,” Jen Seagren said. They have owned Seagren’s True Value Hardware since 2016. […]
March 16, 2021

Spend, spend, spend on 2nd day of “legal tampering” in NFL

For people wondering where is all the free-agent quarterback movement as the NFL’s “legal tampering” period enters its second day, well, calm down. The biggest […]
March 16, 2021

Lawmakers fear turning 144 cities into “micropolitan” areas

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and congressmen is urging the federal government not to approve recommendations to remove 144 cities from the designation of […]
March 16, 2021

February cold snap could cost CenterPoint customers additional $354, plus interest

CenterPoint Energy is proposing to spread the cost of a colossal natural gas price spike — $354 per household on average — over two years […]
March 16, 2021

Feds: WVa man sold devices to anti-government supporters

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge after he was accused of selling machine gun conversion devices online […]