December 23, 2020

Asian stocks gain after Trump criticizes economic aid bill

BEIJING — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested he may veto a $900 billion economic aid package. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong […]
December 23, 2020

How the plus sign won the streaming wars

Last summer, mobile wireless company Mint Mobile briefly joined the streaming wars. The company ran a commercial introducing Mint Mobile+, offering users a single movie, […]
December 23, 2020

California's new virus message: 'Don't share your air'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s health care system is in the throes of a coronavirus crisis stemming from ill-advised Thanksgiving gatherings, top executives from the state’s […]
December 23, 2020

Trump assails COVID relief bill, suggests he may not sign

Updated: 7:40 p.m. President Donald Trump is assailing the bipartisan $900 billion pandemic relief package that Congress just passed and is suggesting that he may […]
December 23, 2020

As federal stimulus rolls out, Minnesota businesses learning specifics on state aid

Two COVID relief packages — one from the state and now one from the federal government — are sending hundreds of millions of dollars to […]
December 23, 2020

Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire, sending a large black plume of smoke into the sky […]
December 22, 2020

Judge finds Winona County Board of Adjustment was biased in denial of dairy farm expansion

A Winona County board acted with bias in denying a dairy farm’s request to expand, a state judge ruled, renewing the prospect for a family […]
December 22, 2020

Oregon case reflects extremists' need of online presence

SALEM, Ore. — A man supported the Islamic State group for years from a Portland, Oregon, suburb by helping the extremists maintain an online presence […]
December 22, 2020

Writing off more of that 3-martini lunch is causing a stir

WASHINGTON — Stuffed into the new emergency relief package is a morsel that President Donald Trump has long had on the buffet of his economic […]
December 22, 2020

More than 4K Minnesota health care workers get vaccine

MINNEAPOLIS — More than 4,000 frontline health care workers in Minnesota have already received their first coronavirus vaccinations, and the state expects to have received […]