January 29, 2021

The Latest: Vaccinated congressman tests positive for virus

BOSTON — A Massachusetts congressman who has received both doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has tested positive for the virus. The office of U.S. […]
January 29, 2021

New hotel will be Excelsior's first in 60 years

Excelsior, a one-time summer vacation mecca, is about to get its first hotel in 60 years — four luxury rooms on the second floor of […]
January 29, 2021

Greater Minnesota cities outline top legislative priorities

MINNEAPOLIS — Communities across Minnesota asked state lawmakers Friday for more support for child care, housing, water infrastructure and aid to local governments this legislative […]
January 29, 2021

Firm indefinitely delays plans to retrieve Titanic's radio

NORFOLK, Va. — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck has indefinitely delayed plans to retrieve and exhibit the vessel’s radio […]
January 29, 2021

The Latest: Florida sets vaccine site for remote Black area

FORT LAUNDERDALE, Fla. — The predominantly Black farming communities on the shore of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee will get a coronavirus vaccine station. That announcement Friday […]
January 29, 2021

Air travel at MSP plunges 62% in pandemic year, largest drop in history

Passenger travel at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport tumbled 62% last year as pandemic lockdowns kept businesses and leisure travelers home. The data, released Friday by […]
January 29, 2021

Toys R Us retrenches again, shutters its last 2 US stores

NEW YORK — Toys R Us is retrenching once again. The only two Toys R Us stores that opened in November 2019 as part of […]
January 29, 2021

Workers escaped deadly leak by going through nitrogen fog

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Workers at a northeast Georgia poultry plant said they escaped through a fog of vaporizing liquid nitrogen that killed six of their […]
January 29, 2021

WNBA's Layshia Clarendon has surgery to remove breasts

NEW YORK — Liberty guard Layshia Clarendon, who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, announced on social media Friday that they had surgery to remove breast […]
January 29, 2021

West Virginia newspaper publisher sues Google, Facebook

A West Virginia news publisher has filed an antitrust suit against Google and Facebook, who together receive roughly half of all digital ad dollars in […]