November 12, 2020

Dollar General coming to Nicollet Mall in 2021 with urban format

Dollar General has leased much of the long-vacant first floor of a historic building on Nicollet Mall at Fifth Street with plans to open a […]
November 12, 2020

Rosedale offering augmented reality ride instead of in-person Santa because of COVID-19

Rosedale Center will not offer an in-person Santa this year. Instead, it is installing an augmented reality ride that lets kids help the Jolly St. […]
November 12, 2020

Major Republican donors test positive for COVID-19

MILWAUKEE — Republican megadonors Liz and Dick Uihlein have tested positive for COVID-19, a newspaper reported Thursday. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that it obtained […]
November 12, 2020

US piles up record October budget deficit of $284.1 billion

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is starting the 2021 budget year the way the old year ended, with soaring deficits. The Treasury Department reported Thursday that […]
November 12, 2020

Feds announce COVID-19 vaccine agreement with drug stores

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials have reached an agreement with pharmacies across the U.S. to distribute free coronavirus vaccines after they are approved and become […]
November 12, 2020

Cyprus, Israel, Greece agree to boost defense cooperation

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The defense ministers of Greece, Israel and Cyprus agreed Thursday to step up military cooperation they said will keep their armed forces […]
November 12, 2020

States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in US history

With a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history — a […]
November 12, 2020

Mutual of Omaha replaces Indian chief logo with African lion

OMAHA, Neb. — Mutual of Omaha on Thursday unveiled a new corporate logo depicting an African lion, replacing the Indian chief head that had been […]
November 12, 2020

US long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year at 2.84%

WASHINGTON — U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week. They remain at historically low levels, now around a percentage point below a year ago. Mortgage […]
November 12, 2020

Russia imposes sanctions on European officials over Navalny

MOSCOW — Moscow has adopted sanctions against a number of German and French officials in response to the European Union’s sanctions over the poisoning of […]