February 24, 2021

Bakers, pet lovers lifted profits for Land O'Lakes in 2020

Spending on comforts lifted the financial performance last year for Land O’Lakes Inc., one of the nation’s largest farmer cooperatives, as it delivered more products […]
February 24, 2021

Deaf Costco worker with mumbling manager won't get award

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A deaf former employee of a South Florida Costco store won’t be collecting $775,000 a federal jury awarded her in a […]
February 24, 2021

Edina-based Evereve is opening shops, even as other retailers close stores

A record 12,200 retail stores closed in the U.S. in 2020, according to Fortune. The hardest-hit sector? Apparel. From Abercrombie & Fitch to Zara, specialty […]
February 24, 2021

Edina-based Evereve opening more brick-and-mortar stores

A record 12,200 retail stores closed in the U.S. in 2020, according to Fortune. The hardest hit sector? Apparel. From Abercrombie & Fitch to Zara, […]
February 24, 2021

Former SC utility executive to plead guilty in two courts

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The utility executive who spent billions of dollars on two South Carolina nuclear plants that never generated a single watt of power […]
February 24, 2021

Japanese officials punished in scandal linked to PM's son

TOKYO — Japan’s communications ministry punished 11 senior officials on Wednesday for accepting lavish dinners paid for by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s eldest son and […]
February 24, 2021

The Latest: Johnson & Johnson single shot awaits approval

WASHINGTON – An analysis by U.S. regulators say Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19. The report Wednesday confirmed the vaccine is about 66% […]
February 24, 2021

Germany finds huge cocaine shipment; 2nd seized in Belgium

BERLIN — German customs officials have found more than 16 metric tons (17.6 U.S. tons) of cocaine in containers that arrived in Hamburg from Paraguay, […]
February 23, 2021

Many Minnesotans will pay $300 more for electricity because of southern storm

Many Minnesotans will get $300 or more tacked onto their heating bills due to the spike in U.S. gas prices after a historic cold wave […]
February 23, 2021

Minnesotans' heating bills could be $400 higher because of Southern storm

Minnesotans will pay up to $400 more for their February heating bills because of the spike in U.S. gas prices after a historic cold wave […]