August 27, 2020

Oil industry shuts platforms, rigs, refineries as storm hits

NEW YORK — The energy industry braced for catastrophic storm surges and winds as Hurricane Laura cut a dangerous path across the coastlines of Texas […]
August 27, 2020

The Latest: India reports record 75,000 new virus infections

NEW DELHI — India has recorded another single-day record of new coronavirus cases, reporting 75,760 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours. The Health […]
August 27, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Pence presses a distorted case on economy

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence and fellow Republicans pressed a distorted case Wednesday that President Donald Trump took over a moribund economy from Barack […]
August 27, 2020

Industrial building going up in Eden Prairie north of I-494

The Opus Group has begun construction on a $15 million industrial building in Eden Prairie, its third such project in the metro region in two […]
August 27, 2020

In Duluth, economic recovery is stalled by uncertainty

DULUTH – On paper, the economic pain from the pandemic is clear here — jobless rates were the highest on record in the region this […]
August 27, 2020

Rapid $5 coronavirus test doesn't need specialty equipment

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the first rapid coronavirus test that doesn’t need any special computer equipment to get results. […]
August 27, 2020

Nursing homes juggle hurricane evacuations amid virus fears

Dozens of nursing homes evacuated their residents as Hurricane Laura bore down Wednesday, but many others with a choice just stayed put, concluding the risk […]
August 27, 2020

Google location-tracking tactics troubled its own engineers

Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a 2018 […]
August 26, 2020

Party disavows Kansas candidate who admitted to revenge porn

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Democratic Party on Wednesday declared that the 19-year-old nominee for a state House seat is “unfit” for office because of […]
August 26, 2020

White House is mulling options to prevent airline furloughs

The White House is considering whether it can take action to prevent thousands of job losses in the airline industry a month before the election […]