November 23, 2020

Retail trade group sees solid holiday sales despite pandemic

NEW YORK — The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed growth seen in prior seasons, […]
November 23, 2020

Millions stick to Thanksgiving travel plans despite warnings

More than 1 million Americans a day packed airports and planes over the weekend even as coronavirus deaths surged across the U.S. and public health […]
November 23, 2020

Conservative attorneys attack Dane County ban on gatherings

MADISON, Wis. — A conservative law firm asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to immediately block Dane County’s ban on indoor gatherings and indoor […]
November 23, 2020

Toy safety group releases annual list of top 10 'worst' toys

BOSTON — Cute plastic animals with tiny accessories that pose a choking hazard, Black Panther-inspired claws with the potential to cause facial or eye injuries, […]
November 23, 2020

Phenomenal Thai Take Out in the Twin Cities

Thai cuisine is a marriage of Eastern and Western influences, with sour, sweet, salty and bitter notes melding to create dishes that are distinctly Thai. […]
November 23, 2020

Employers start sending workers shopping for health coverage

Instead of offering one or more options, some companies are turning health insurance shopping over to employees. A federal rule change last year stoked this […]
November 23, 2020

Twin Ports restaurants get creative with Thanksgiving flavors

It’s called a bacon cheeseburger pizza, and the pickles are optional, but are they really? Pickles on pizza probably wasn’t invented here, but it feels […]
November 23, 2020

GM to recall 7M vehicles globally to replace Takata air bags

DETROIT — The U.S. is making General Motors recall and repair nearly 6 million big pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air […]
November 23, 2020

Pandemic has taken a bite out of seafood trade, consumption

PORTLAND, Maine — The coronavirus pandemic has hurt the U.S. seafood industry due to a precipitous fall in imports and exports and a drop in […]
November 23, 2020

Son, father farm to feed neighbors during lockdown in India

The garden that Sijo Zachariah and his father planted was a desperate measure in response to the pandemic. But it became so much more: sustenance […]