November 26, 2020

GOP clashes as deadline to repeal tainted bailout law nears

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hopes of repealing an energy bailout law are in danger at the Ohio Statehouse as Republican lawmakers argue sharply different positions on […]
November 26, 2020

Greece: Turkey still risks EU sanctions over sea dispute

ATHENS, Greece — Greece said Thursday that neighbor Turkey has so far refused to take action requested by the European Union to avoid sanctions from […]
November 26, 2020

EU fines drug makers for keeping cheap medicine off market

The European Union has fined two pharmaceutical companies for colluding to keep a cheap alternative to a sleep disorder medicine off the market for their […]
November 26, 2020

Crowded closets? Time to take a hard look at how they got that way

I was hanging up the laundry in my closet and realized that I had run out of hangers. I started to go online to order […]
November 26, 2020

The Latest: Germany passes over 15,000 virus deaths

BERLIN — Germany has passed the grim milestone of more than 15,000 deaths from the coronavirus. The Robert Koch Institute, the country’s disease control center, […]
November 26, 2020

Travelers continue to fly at MSP Airport despite warnings

Traffic at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was occasionally brisk Wednesday as travelers hurried to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family — despite warnings from health […]
November 25, 2020

Gov. Tim Walz signals that bipartisan COVID relief deal could come next week

Gov. Tim Walz is hoping to reach a bipartisan pact on a new pandemic relief package next week, signaling Wednesday that there is fresh momentum […]
November 25, 2020

Cargill loses title of largest private company in U.S.

Koch Industries has supplanted Cargill Inc. as the largest private company in the U.S. for the first time in 13 years. It’s only the third […]
November 25, 2020

Home sales jump in rural Minnesota: 'COVID-19 has reshaped the housing market'

Low mortgage rates and a yearning for woods and water are driving double-digit gains in property sales — and record prices — in rural parts […]
November 25, 2020

Amazon cloud-service outage affected companies from Shipt to Roku

Grocery-delivery company Shipt along with several other tech companies experienced large-scale service issues Wednesday due to an outage of Amazon.com’s widely used cloud service, Amazon […]