July 8, 2021

Stocks pull back from record highs as bond yields sink again

Stocks pulled back from the record highs they’ve been setting as bond yields continued to fall and investors turned cautious. The S&P 500 fell 0.9%. […]
July 8, 2021

Billionaire Blastoff: Rich riding own rockets into space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space. It’s intended to be […]
July 8, 2021

Major detour near McGregor starts Monday

Construction of a box culvert on Minnesota Highway 210 near McGregor will begin Monday, rerouting traffic for two weeks. The $500,000 project requires a complete […]
July 8, 2021

New co-op in western Minnesota aims to capitalize on Kernza

Anne Schwagerl, her husband and his parents farm rye, oats and barley on 780 acres near Browns Valley in western Minnesota. This year they’ll harvest […]
July 8, 2021

North Dakota sues feds over oil, gas lease sale suspension

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota has sued the Biden administration over its suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water, saying […]
July 8, 2021

State agencies blast CenturyLink for landline service shortcomings

CenturyLink has asked Minnesota regulators to eliminate or modify what it calls archaic telephone rules — at the same time two state agencies say the […]
July 8, 2021

Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

TOKYO — Fans will be banned from Tokyo-area stadiums and arenas when the Olympics begin in two weeks, the city’s governor said Thursday after meeting […]
July 8, 2021

US, French ambassadors to Beirut in rare joint Saudi visit

BEIRUT — The French and U.S. ambassadors to Beirut held talks Thursday with Saudi officials in Riyadh, a rare joint visit aimed at finding a […]
July 8, 2021

GM pickups recalled 2nd time for engine block heater problem

DETROIT — General Motors is recalling more than 331,000 diesel pickup trucks in the U.S. for a second time because the engine block heater cords […]
July 8, 2021

Stellantis: 98% of models to be electric or hybrid by 2025

DETROIT — Stellantis is a little late to the global electric vehicle party, but on Thursday it pledged to catch up and pass its competitors. […]