September 4, 2020

Prairie Business magazine honors dozens from region in its first video award presentation

Each year the Grand Forks-based magazine, which circulates in the Dakotas and western Minnesota, honors accomplished business professionals in its Top 25 Women in Business, […]
September 4, 2020

AP Explains: 5 key takeaways from the August jobs report

WASHINGTON — By some measures, the shrunken U.S. job market continued a solid recovery last month, with many employers recalling workers who had been temporarily […]
September 4, 2020

Amazon expanding to 25,000 workers in Seattle suburb

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The Seattle suburb of Bellevue may soon be Amazon’s unofficial “HQ3.” The Seattle-based tech giant announced Friday that it was expanding its […]
September 4, 2020

Medical building project approved for St. Louis Park

Davis Healthcare Real Estate will construct a medical building just off I-394 in St. Louis Park, on a site currently occupied by vacant offices and […]
September 4, 2020

Jet-pack flight a mystery, as usual suspects deny culpability

It sounds like something out of a movie: An American Airlines pilot calls the control tower at Los Angeles International Airport to warn that his […]
September 4, 2020

Apple, Google make it easier for states to use virus-alert technology

Several state governments may soon send residents an alert asking them to turn on “exposure notifications.” Apple and Google said last week they would make […]
September 4, 2020

Will long Labor Day weekend mean another coronavirus spike?

HARTFORD, Conn. — Americans headed into Labor Day weekend — the unofficial end to the Lost Summer of 2020 — amid warnings from public health […]
September 4, 2020

Wildlife agency seeks to carve out areas from protections

BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. wildlife officials on Friday proposed making it easier to carve out exemptions from habitat protections meant to save imperiled species, by […]
September 4, 2020

Judge OKs extradition for men accused of aiding Ghosn escape

BOSTON — Two American men accused of smuggling Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct […]
September 4, 2020

63-month prison sentence for man in car ferry embezzlement

LUDINGTON, Mich. — A man who handled finances at a Lake Michigan ferry company has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison […]