December 16, 2020

US brands Vietnam, Switzerland as currency manipulators

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department has branded Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators while putting China and nine other countries on a watch list […]
December 16, 2020

Take advantage of student loan breaks before 2020 ends

Talk of student loan forgiveness has borrowers looking forward to 2021. But many already benefited from some unprecedented events in 2020: — An administrative forbearance […]
December 16, 2020

Tyson Foods fires 7 plant managers over betting ring on workers getting COVID-19

Tyson Foods has fired seven managers at its plant in Waterloo, Iowa, who were allegedly involved in a betting pool guessing how many workers there […]
December 16, 2020

Walz to extend in-person dining pause through holidays, allow gyms to reopen with restrictions

Gov. Tim Walz is expected to lay out the next steps in the state’s COVID-19 response Wednesday, with an eye toward mitigating what has become […]
December 16, 2020

Congressional leaders near deal on roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader McConnell have traded vastly different proposals over the past several months but had not been directly engaged […]
December 16, 2020

Scores of private charitable foundations got Paycheck Protection Program money

President Donald Trump speaks as Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; and Ivanka Trump, adviser to the president, listen […]
December 16, 2020

The Latest: Kansas mayor resigns over mask mandate threats

KANSAS — A western Kansas mayor announced Tuesday that she is resigning, effective immediately, because of threats she has received after she publicly supported a […]
December 16, 2020

Kraus-Anderson starts six White Bear Lake school-expansion projects

Kraus-Anderson Construction has begun building six school-expansion projects in White Bear Lake as part of that district’s $326 million school bond referendum that was passed […]
December 15, 2020

The Latest: US acting defense secretary gets virus vaccine

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller was among the first Cabinet members to get the vaccine. He traveled to Walter Reed National Military […]
December 15, 2020

The Latest: West Virginia coronavirus deaths pass 1,000

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in West Virginia pushed past 1,000 with the announcement Tuesday of a record 34 deaths. […]