November 1, 2020

Google ad costs, not its alleged monopoly, irks businesses

NEW YORK — When asked about Google, Bryan Clayton voices a familiar lament among small business owners. “You keep getting squeezed further and further down […]
November 1, 2020

Trump admin funds plasma company based in owner's condo

WASHINGTON — When the Trump administration gave a well-connected Republican donor seed money to test a possible COVID-19-fighting blood plasma technology, it noted the company’s […]
November 1, 2020

The Latest: Australia has no local case 1st time in months

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months. In Melbourne, the capital of Victoria […]
November 1, 2020

A woman died of coronavirus on a plane. Her fellow passengers were never notified.

When Spirit Airlines learned that a Texas woman had died of covid-19 on one of its flights in July, the airline said it alerted the […]
November 1, 2020

As pandemic raged and thousands died, government regulators cleared most nursing homes of infection-control violations

At the outset of a looming pandemic, just weeks after the first known coronavirus outbreak on U.S. soil, the woman responsible for helping to protect […]
October 31, 2020

Minnesota reports 20 COVID-19 deaths, 3021 new cases

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota health officials reported 20 COVID-19 deaths and over 3,000 new infections on Saturday. Both infections and deaths from the virus have been […]
October 31, 2020

England to enter new lockdown; UK virus cases pass 1 million

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new month-long lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent […]
October 31, 2020

In 'COVID paradox,' some employers with jobs to fill can't find workers

The topsy-turvy labor market is hitting some Minnesota employers with an unexpected twist: They’re having trouble finding workers. With unemployment still high and enhanced government […]
October 31, 2020

Judge orders Postal Service to take extraordinary measures

SALEM, Ore. — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots in time to be counted in […]
October 31, 2020

Minnesota couple find their JOI with growing almond milk business

Dave Korstad and Izzy Shu and several other graduate business and design students at the California College of the Arts found common cause around making […]