MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Forest Service said Friday it’s downgrading an environmental review of a proposal to withdraw certain national forest land in Minnesota from minerals exploration for up to 20 years, possibly easing the path for eventual copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Continue Reading Below […]
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Bombardier CEO stands by Alabama production plan after trade win over Boeing
CEO Alain Bellemare said Bombardier still plans to move forward with an Alabama assembly line, after it escaped duties of nearly 300 percent when it won a bitter trade dispute with Boeing on Friday. In a surprise ruling, the U.S. International Trade Commission, a government agency, on Friday rejected Boeing’s […]
Trump: US “open for business,” and economists mostly agree
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump highlighted his tax cuts and deregulatory efforts with a salesman’s pitch to an elite economic forum in Switzerland on Friday: The United States, he said, is now a far more inviting place for foreign companies to spend, invest and build. Continue Reading Below While discounting […]
She boarded a plane to see her dying mother. Then her ticket was canceled.
In a hospital in Minnesota, Carrol Amrich’s mother was dying. In Pueblo, Colo., a thousand miles away, Ms. Amrich was frantically trying to get there in time to say goodbye. Holding a United Airlines ticket purchased for her by her landlord, she probably would have. But minutes before departure, already […]
Prominent businessmen reach settlements in Saudi corruption probe
Several prominent businessmen have reached financial settlements with Saudi Arabian authorities in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, an official source told Reuters on Friday. They include Waleed al-Ibrahim, owner of regional television network MBC; Fawaz Alhokair, a major shareholder in fashion retailer Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co; Khalid al-Tuwaijri, a […]
Complaints about Larry Nassar raise questions about MSU
There was more fallout Friday from the sex abuse scandal involving Larry Nassar. The former USA Gymnastics doctor was sentenced this week to decades in prison for molesting young girls. On Friday, that group’s directors agreed to resign, and Mark Hollis said he’s retiring as athletic director at Michigan State […]
USA Gymnastics says directors will resign in wake of sex abuse scandal
Last Updated Jan 26, 2018 5:47 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS –– USA Gymnastics says its entire board of directors will resign as requested by the U.S. Olympic Committee. The move came Friday in the fallout from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. The former USA Gymnastics sports doctor has been pleaded […]
Study: Men made up more than 90 percent of Grammy nominees
Despite the visuals of women such as Adele and Taylor Swift dominating the Grammys, 90.7 percent of Grammy nominees were male, according to a study released Friday by the University of Southern California. The real discrepancy is behind the scenes: Very few female producers, recording engineers, mixers, mastering engineers and […]
Democrats lash out at Trump for reported attempt to fire Mueller, but Republicans aren’t moved
–Democrats are slamming President Donald Trump after it was reported that he ordered his top lawyer to fire special counsel Robert Mueller last year. The New York Times on Thursday reported that Trump told White House lawyer Don McGahn to fire Mueller in June, shortly after Deputy Attorney General Rod […]
FBI joins search for 4-year-old who vanished barefoot
LAURINBURG, N.C. — A North Carolina family is passing out posters and offering up prayers as they await word on a 4-year-old boy who disappeared from his home earlier this week. The FBI announced on Friday that it is assisting in the search for Raul Johnson Gonzalez. Authorities in Scotland […]