April 13, 2021

Consumer prices jump 0.6% in March, biggest gain since 2012

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices increased a sharp 0.6% in March, the biggest increase since 2012, while inflation over the past year rose a sizable […]
April 13, 2021

US investigating possible air bag failures in GM vehicles

DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that the air bags may not inflate in a crash on thousands of General […]
April 13, 2021

Minnesota family upholds farm's rich history, while writing new chapters

“I have friends from college that say, ‘Geez, isn’t that a lot?’ But I don’t know what else I would rather be doing,” Paul Syverson […]
April 13, 2021

Global shares mostly gain as China exports rise

TOKYO — Global shares were mostly higher on Tuesday with hopes growing for a global economic rebound despite surging coronavirus cases in many places. France’s […]
April 13, 2021

Fed leaders agree: Economics has a racial-disparity problem

Top Federal Reserve policymakers on Tuesday underscored their concern that Black and Hispanic people are sharply underrepresented in the economics field, which lessens the perspectives […]
April 13, 2021

Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic

While most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the U.S. […]
April 13, 2021

Asian shares gain despite virus worries; China exports rise

TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday with hopes growing for a global economic rebound despite surging coronavirus cases in many places. China […]
April 13, 2021

Consumer prices jumped. Should you worry? That's sparking a heated debate

Consumer prices jumped in March, marking a return of inflation, but the Federal Reserve insists any uptick will be temporary. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Prices for […]
April 13, 2021

Twin Cities business owners jolted, prepare again for unrest

Matthew Lerner came to East Lake Liquor on Monday morning to find that vandals had broken the glass on the doors. He had prepared for […]
April 12, 2021

No cap crunch for Capitals, who land Mantha at deadline

Flat cap or not, the Washington Capitals refused to stand by and watch their division foes improve their rosters without making a move at the […]