December 6, 2020

The Latest: Oregon doc's anti-mask comment draws suspension

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the medical license of a doctor who said at a pro-Trump rally that he doesn’t wear […]
December 6, 2020

Study: Tipped service workers are more vulnerable amid pandemic harassment spike

Customers sit outside a restaurant offering outdoor service in New York in October. A new survey shows that tipped service workers are facing a marked […]
December 6, 2020

Most of California to enter sweeping new virus lockdown

SAN FRANCISCO — The vast region of Southern California, much of the San Francisco Bay area and a large swath of the Central Valley are […]
December 5, 2020

New index shows riskiest places for Minnesota's natural hazards

The Minnesota counties facing the greatest risks from a clobbering by nature’s hazards — from ice storms to straight-line winds — are Ramsey, Hennepin, Freeborn […]
December 5, 2020

Mexican president's cousin managed to get oil contracts

The Mexican government pledged Saturday to investigate how a cousin of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador managed to get two contracts with the state-owned oil […]
December 5, 2020

Midway Road will get series of left-turn lanes in 2023

The left-turn lanes will be constructed at Midway Road intersections with North Cloquet, Stark and Arrowhead roads. The county received $1 million in federal funding […]
December 5, 2020

Magellan storage tank explosion injures 7 in Corpus Christi

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Seven Magellan Midstream Partners employees were injured, four critically, when a storage tank at a Magellan plant in Corpus Christi exploded […]
December 5, 2020

A bleak outlook for millions facing cutoff of US jobless aid

INDIANAPOLIS — Tina Morton recently faced a choice: Pay bills — or buy a birthday gift for a child? Derrisa Green is falling further behind […]
December 5, 2020

Hartford Courant, oldest US newspaper, to close its offices

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Hartford Courant, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States, plans to close the newsroom and offices it has been […]
December 5, 2020

Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care

BOISE, Idaho — Soldiers triaging patients in parking lots in a capital city is normally the stuff of science fiction. Yet that’s the reality in […]