November 23, 2020

Toy safety group releases annual list of top 10 'worst' toys

BOSTON — Cute plastic animals with tiny accessories that pose a choking hazard, Black Panther-inspired claws with the potential to cause facial or eye injuries, […]
November 23, 2020

Phenomenal Thai Take Out in the Twin Cities

Thai cuisine is a marriage of Eastern and Western influences, with sour, sweet, salty and bitter notes melding to create dishes that are distinctly Thai. […]
November 23, 2020

Employers start sending workers shopping for health coverage

Instead of offering one or more options, some companies are turning health insurance shopping over to employees. A federal rule change last year stoked this […]
November 23, 2020

Twin Ports restaurants get creative with Thanksgiving flavors

It’s called a bacon cheeseburger pizza, and the pickles are optional, but are they really? Pickles on pizza probably wasn’t invented here, but it feels […]
November 23, 2020

GM to recall 7M vehicles globally to replace Takata air bags

DETROIT — The U.S. is making General Motors recall and repair nearly 6 million big pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air […]
November 23, 2020

Pandemic has taken a bite out of seafood trade, consumption

PORTLAND, Maine — The coronavirus pandemic has hurt the U.S. seafood industry due to a precipitous fall in imports and exports and a drop in […]
November 23, 2020

Son, father farm to feed neighbors during lockdown in India

The garden that Sijo Zachariah and his father planted was a desperate measure in response to the pandemic. But it became so much more: sustenance […]
November 23, 2020

Tourists few, NY gift shops struggle but don't lose (heart)

NEW YORK — In souvenir shops from Times Square to the World Trade Center, shelves full of T-shirts and trinkets still (heart) New York. But […]
November 23, 2020

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approves key Line 3 permit

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday approved one of the last remaining permits for Enbridge Energy’s planned Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement […]
November 23, 2020

A medical safety set for Latino immigrants in MN

Ma Elena Gutierrez began getting calls last year from fellow community members who shared with her their health concerns. She would drive them to the […]