Fellow Sioux Falls residents speak out on alleged spy’s boyfriend

A man who had a close relationship with suspected Russian spy Maria Butina is a charming political operative who left a trail of aggrieved former business partners complaining that he owed them money, according to court records and interviews in his home state of South Dakota. The emerging profile of Paul Allen Erickson, Butina's alleged one-time boyfriend, comes from CNN interviews with a neighbor, a former friend, political acquaintances and his one-time lawyer --- along with details contained in half a dozen lawsuits filed in local courts near Sioux Falls.

Could Saudi plans for $100/ barrel oil hugely expand electric car market and save Tesla?

Nick Cunningham at Oilprice.com points to the dilemmas implicit in the rumored Saudi plan to engineer a return to $100 a barrel oil. That price level translates into an average gasoline price in the US of $3.57, though in California, with a population of about 40 million.

Watch a Tesla Model S assist one of the US’s most well-known…

The US's U2 spy plane, designed during the 1950s, has provided intelligence for more than a half-century by flying at high altitudes over sensitive and remote locations. But the same features that make the "Dragon Lady" so effective when it's 70,000 feet in the air create problems on the ground.

‘Made in America’ Strategy Isn’t Enough to Shield Toyota From Trump

When Trump administration appointee Wilbur Ross sat for a hearing on his commerce secretary nomination, one name kept coming up: Toyota. A senator from Vice President Mike Pence's home state asked to be reassured trade reforms wouldn't compromise Indiana jobs.

There’s a big contradiction in Trump’s plan to secure the…

Registration will allow you to post comments on ctpost.com and create a ctpost.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. There's a big contradiction in Trump's plan to secure the border and undermine the Mexican auto industry President-elect Donald Trump promised during the election to get tough on undocumented immigrants from Mexico by among other things building a massive wall.

Road to recovery could test patience of Matthew victims

Tiajuana Williams lives in a one-story apartment building in Princeville, North Carolina, that was flooded by a river bulging with rainwater from Hurricane Matthew. Before driving out of town in her Honda Civic ahead of the storm, she hurriedly packed a small bag with little more than a change of clothes.