March 3, 2021

Majority of small businesses not requiring vaccines, tests

ORLANDO, Fla. — A majority of small businesses are not requiring their employees to get tested for the new coronavirus or get any COVID-19 vaccines, […]
March 3, 2021

US official: Border wall breach may be tied to fatal crash

HOLTVILLE, Calif. — Investigators are looking into the possibility that migrants had breached a wall with Mexico before an SUV carrying 25 people collided with […]
March 3, 2021

Rio Tinto chairman leaving over destruction of sacred sites

CANBERRA, Australia — Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson said Wednesday he was accountable for the mining giant destroying sacred Indigenous sites in Australia to access […]
March 3, 2021

Stocks move mostly lower as bond yields resume their climb

NEW YORK — Stocks were mostly lower in afternoon trading as another tick up in bond yields gave investors pause. Wall Street continues to look […]
March 3, 2021

After tough year, Minnesota farmers prepare for new direction from Washington

CANTON, Minn. – Bonnie and Vance Haugen’s small Fillmore County dairy farm weathered nearly three decades of relentless market forces, shifting government policies and the […]
March 3, 2021

Official: Dems OK tighter income limits for COVID-19 relief

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed Wednesday to tighten the upper income limits at which people could qualify for stimulus checks, a Democratic […]
March 3, 2021

Best Buy makes deal to provide its senior services on Apple Watch

Best Buy offers an array of services for seniors through its Lively brand, and under a new partnership, those will now be available on Apple […]
March 3, 2021

Health minister condemns blast at Dutch virus test center

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A blast caused by a “homemade device” smashed windows at a coronavirus testing center in a small Dutch town early Wednesday, […]
March 3, 2021

Stocks mostly lower as bond yields resume climb

Stocks were mostly lower in morning trading as another tick up in bond yields gave investors pause. Wall Street continues to look to Washington, where […]
March 3, 2021

Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee to honor civil rights icons

DETROIT — Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. was a young activist emerging from the 1961 sit-ins and Freedom Rides that fought for Black civil rights and […]