December 29, 2020

Russia: Former energy exec convicted of spying for Moldova

MOSCOW — A court in Moscow convicted a former top executive of a Russian state-controlled energy company on espionage charges Tuesday and sentenced her to […]
December 29, 2020

State capitols face showdown over COVID powers and spending

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State lawmakers across the country will convene in 2021 with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic rippling through much of their work — […]
December 29, 2020

Minnesota's lowest wage workers to get a raise of 6 to 8 cents an hour

More than 200,000 of Minnesota’s lowest wage workers are getting a raise Friday when the state raises the minimum wage to account for inflation. Large […]
December 29, 2020

'Surge on top of a surge' to challenge California hospitals

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus hospitalizations are stabilizing in parts of California, but patients are still overwhelming hospitals in a large swath of the state, leading […]
December 29, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic revealed problems and pushed lasting changes in the food chain

Those changes meant more people in grocery stores and fewer in restaurants. It meant reduced quantities of some items on grocery store shelves and higher […]
December 29, 2020

Minnesota jobless to see new federal benefits this week

It turns out there won’t be a lapse in jobless benefits after all. State officials nationwide, including at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic […]
December 28, 2020

Protester on wooden tripod blocks Line 3 pipe yard in Backus

Protesters blocked access to the yard with a tall wooden tripod with a person dangling from a harness near the top. Cass County Sheriff Tom […]
December 28, 2020

House votes to override Trump's veto of defense bill

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House voted overwhelmingly Monday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, setting the stage for what would […]
December 28, 2020

Extended Minnesota jobless benefits kick in this week; federal ones delayed

Many out-of-work Minnesotans should not experience a lapse in unemployment benefits from a delay in the rollout of the federal stimulus bill thanks to the […]
December 28, 2020

Historic Virginia ferry operation ends amid property dispute

LEESBURG, Va. — Government officials in northern Virginia are bemoaning the closing of the last remaining ferry crossing on the Potomac River, at a site […]