January 14, 2021

FAA cracks down on unruly airline passengers ahead of Biden inauguration

Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Stephen Dickson, seen testifying before a Senate committee last year, has ordered “zero tolerance” of passengers who disrupt airline flights. Graeme […]
January 14, 2021

China 2020 exports up despite virus; surplus surges to $535B

BEIJING — China’s exports rose in 2020 despite pressure from the coronavirus and a tariff war with Washington, boosting its politically volatile trade surplus to […]
January 14, 2021

Asia Today: China virus cases spike as WHO researchers visit

BEIJING — China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast as a World Health Organization team arrived to investigate the […]
January 14, 2021

Powerball jackpot hits $550M as Mega Millions grows to $750M

DES MOINES, Iowa — Another night, another chance to win a giant lottery jackpot. Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot was worth at least $550 million. Winning […]
January 14, 2021

Twin Cities residents in lowest price apartments continue to struggle most with rent, survey shows

Renters who live in the least-expensive apartments in the Twin Cities metro are paying their rent at a lower rate than those who live in […]
January 14, 2021

Asian shares mixed after lackluster day on Wall Street

Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a lackluster day on Wall Street, where major indexes spent the day drifting up and down […]
January 13, 2021

Neel Kashkari on track for another five years as leader of Minneapolis Fed

Neel Kashkari plans to stay on for a second term as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Kashkari, 47, in late 2015 was […]
January 13, 2021

GOP balks at Evers' special session on unemployment

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans balked Wednesday at Gov. Tony Evers’ call for a special legislative session next week to pass his plan for upgrading the […]
January 13, 2021

Proposed corporate tax hike in California would aid homeless

SAN FRANCISCO — A California coalition is proposing legislation to boost taxes on wealthy multinational corporations to raise more than $2 billion a year to […]
January 13, 2021

Environmentalists move toward lawsuit over fuel break plan

RENO, Nev. — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles (17,700 […]