December 29, 2020

Scramble is back on to become Amazon of home sales

When Opendoor, Zillow Offers and other “iBuyers” popped up in the Twin Cities and around the country a few years ago, they hoped to upend […]
December 29, 2020

Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight

MIAMI — A Boeing 737 Max departed Miami International Airport with 100 passengers aboard Tuesday for the aircraft’s first U.S. commercial flight since faulty sensor […]
December 29, 2020

Asia Today: US begins vaccinating its troops in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States has started vaccinating its troops based in South Korea, as its Asian ally reported its highest daily COVID-19 […]
December 29, 2020

Appeals court upholds conviction of Hong Kong businessman

NEW YORK — The conviction of a prominent Hong Kong businessman for paying bribes to the presidents of Chad and Uganda in a United Nations-linked […]
December 29, 2020

Russia: Former energy exec convicted of spying for Moldova

MOSCOW — A court in Moscow convicted a former top executive of a Russian state-controlled energy company on espionage charges Tuesday and sentenced her to […]
December 29, 2020

State capitols face showdown over COVID powers and spending

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State lawmakers across the country will convene in 2021 with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic rippling through much of their work — […]
December 29, 2020

Minnesota's lowest wage workers to get a raise of 6 to 8 cents an hour

More than 200,000 of Minnesota’s lowest wage workers are getting a raise Friday when the state raises the minimum wage to account for inflation. Large […]
December 29, 2020

'Surge on top of a surge' to challenge California hospitals

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus hospitalizations are stabilizing in parts of California, but patients are still overwhelming hospitals in a large swath of the state, leading […]
December 29, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic revealed problems and pushed lasting changes in the food chain

Those changes meant more people in grocery stores and fewer in restaurants. It meant reduced quantities of some items on grocery store shelves and higher […]
December 29, 2020

Looking Back at 2020 with Our Most Popular Food News Stories of the Year

This past year has been one of remarkable change for the Twin Cities dining world. In January and February, we could have no idea what […]