December 4, 2020

Google AI researcher's exit sparks ethics, bias concerns

Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google’s public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful uses of AI […]
December 4, 2020

Minneapolis-based Verata Health bought for $120M

Verata Health, a Minneapolis-based health care software company, has been acquired for $120 million by a pioneer in using artificial intelligence in the health care […]
December 4, 2020

Indigenous groups stage first protests as Enbridge pipeline construction begins

Two protesters climbed trees at a Mississippi River crossing Friday to stand in the way of Enbridge Line 3 pipeline construction, which began earlier this […]
December 4, 2020

San Francisco Bay Area issues new stay-at-home order

SAN FRANCISCO — The health officers in six San Francisco Bay Areas counties issued a new stay-at-home order Friday as the number of virus cases […]
December 4, 2020

Newtown board blocks proposed gun-carrying restrictions

HARTFORD, Conn. — The governing board in Newtown, Connecticut — where the country’s deadliest grade school shooting took place — has blocked proposed bans on […]
December 4, 2020

PagerDuty, Halliburton rise; Marvell Technology, Yext fall

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Friday: DocuSign Inc., up $12.21 to $243.22. The provider of electronic signature technology raised its […]
December 4, 2020

States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows

States faced a deadline on Friday to place orders for the coronavirus vaccine as many reported record infections, hospitalizations and deaths, while hospitals were pushed […]
December 4, 2020

Facing competition from big boxes, Amazon and dollar stores, Minnesota’s small town grocers adapt

In 2011, Corey and Ket Christianson relocated from Singapore to buy the grocery store in the northwest Minnesota town of Badger, on Highway 11 southwest […]
December 4, 2020

Minnesota utility regulators vote against a stay on Enbridge pipeline project

State regulators have declined a request to halt construction on the Line 3 pipeline while court appeals are ongoing. “Operation of the existing Line 3 […]
December 4, 2020

EXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the November jobs report

WASHINGTON — Evidence was abundant in the November jobs report that the U.S. economy’s tentative recovery is sputtering as coronavirus cases accelerate and federal aid […]