December 7, 2020

China posts record month for trade thanks to Americans

Employees work in the workshop of a lithium battery manufacturing company in Huaibei, eastern China, on Nov. 14. China posted a record trade surplus in […]
December 7, 2020

Amid pandemic, grants keep Army veteran's business afloat

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Nicole Walcott’s lip started to quiver as she turned her misty gaze away from a reporter’s question. “I don’t want to cry […]
December 7, 2020

Did Thanksgiving gatherings add to Minnesota's rising COVID-19 numbers?

Minnesota has lately seen record-breaking numbers of new cases of COVID-19, as well as COVID-19-related deaths. What’s causing this uptick? Do recent Thanksgiving gatherings have […]
December 7, 2020

China trade surplus hits record $75B as Nov exports soar

BEIJING — China’s politically sensitive trade surplus with the U.S. soared to a record $75.4 billion November as exports surged 21.1% over a year earlier, […]
December 7, 2020

Senator says Trump, McConnell likely to back COVID-19 relief

WASHINGTON — A proposed COVID-19 relief bill is expected to get backing from President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell but it won’t […]
December 7, 2020

Mastercard, Visa investigate Pornhub business relationship

Credit card giants Visa and Mastercard said Sunday that they are investigating their business relationship with Pornhub after a prominent newspaper columnist alleged that the […]
December 7, 2020

Nursing home residents could get vaccine by end of year, official says

Trump administration officials Sunday laid out an ambitious timetable for the rollout of the first coronavirus vaccine in the United States, rebuking President-elect Joe Biden’s […]
December 6, 2020

2 out of hospital after Texas petroleum facility fire

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Two of the seven workers injured when a storage tank at a petroleum facility in Texas exploded after catching fire have […]
December 6, 2020

Biden picks Calif. AG Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act […]
December 6, 2020

Texas officer kills man suspected of hitting worker with car

MESQUITE, Texas — An off-duty police officer shot and killed a 30-year-old man who refused to stop after striking a highway construction worker with his […]