December 14, 2020

First coronavirus vaccines administered in United States

The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history got underway Monday as health workers in select hospitals rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them […]
December 14, 2020

US begins COVID-19 vaccinations: 'Relieved,' says nurse

The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history got underway Monday as health workers in select hospitals rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them […]
December 14, 2020

Maple Plain-based Proto Labs CEO Vicki Holt will retire March 1

Proto Labs CEO Vicki Holt will retire on March 1 and will be succeeded by Robert Bodor, the company’s general manager of the Americas, the […]
December 14, 2020

Gmail, YouTube down briefly as Google suffers brief outage

NEW YORK — Google users in the U.S., Europe, India and other parts of the world were briefly unable to access their Gmail accounts, watch […]
December 14, 2020

US set for first COVID-19 shots as shipments begin arriving

Hospital workers begin unloading precious frozen vials of COVID-19 vaccine Monday, with the first vaccinations against a scourge that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans expected […]
December 14, 2020

India arrests senior TV executive over alleged ratings fraud

SRINAGAR, India — Indian police have arrested the chief executive officer of a media group that owns a polarizing television news channel on charges of […]
December 14, 2020

Russia test-launches Angara A5 heavy lift space rocket

MOSCOW — Russia on Monday successfully test-launched its heavy lift Angara A5 space rocket for the second time, the country’s military and space officials said. […]
December 14, 2020

Report: Cleveland's baseball team changing nickname after 105 years

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years. Citing three people familiar with the decision, The New York Times reported Sunday […]
December 14, 2020

EU's chief negotiator still hopes to clinch EU-UK trade deal

BRUSSELS — European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier said Monday he still firmly believes that a post-Brexit trade agreement is possible, and whittled down the […]
December 14, 2020

TCF name to disappear in $22 billion merger with Ohio bank

Two big bank holding companies with huge name recognition throughout the Midwest — Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington Bancshares and Detroit-based TCF Financial Corp. — are announcing […]