Tag: Business
22 of 30 MLB teams relax COVID protocols, vaccine pace slows
NEW YORK — Two additional Major League Baseball teams have been able to relax coronavirus protocols after reaching the 85% vaccination threshold for players...
CFP expansion could increase annual revenue to $2 billion
A new College Football Playoff with triple the number of teams involved could bring in three times as much money to the conferences and...
Judge pauses loan forgiveness program for farmers of color
MILWAUKEE — A federal judge has halted a loan forgiveness program for farmers of color in response to a lawsuit alleging the program discriminates...
Dakota Access foes seek environmental review updates from US
BISMARCK, N.D. — Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents asked a judge Friday to require the pipeline company and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Top US regulators pledge to seek reforms for money markets
WASHINGTON — Top regulators pledged Friday to push reforms in a key corner of U.S. financial markets that the Federal Reserve and Treasury had...
Small Minneapolis event eyes Klobuchar to help stop Line 3
MINNEAPOLIS — About 100 people gathered at a Minneapolis park Thursday before marching to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office to promote shutting down reconstruction...
McDonald’s latest company to be hit by a data breach
McDonald's has become the latest company to be hit by a data breach after unauthorized activity on its network exposed the personal data of...
Southern Baptist board OKs probe into sex abuse controversy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee said Friday it is contracting an outside firm to investigate its actions...
Energy Secretary says US wants ‘responsible’ lithium mining
NORTH LAS VEGAS — Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Biden administration wants to see lithium needed for electric cars to be mined...
‘We mean it’: FBI takes on sexual misconduct in its ranks
WASHINGTON — Faced with a #MeToo reckoning, the FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks, starting a 24/7 tip...