Soul-searching and regret over unheeded warnings follow Helene's destruction
Before Hurricane Helene's landfall last week, the National Weather Service began an all-out blitz to alert emergency planners, first responders and residents across the Southeast that the storm's ...
Minnesota retail experts: No need for panic buying yet because of U.S. port strike
The Minnesota Retailers Association president and a U business professor said products should be in ready supply at least ...
Los Angeles prosecutors plan to review 1996 murder case of the Menendez brothers who killed their parents
Los Angeles prosecutors plan to review 1996 murder case of the Menendez brothers who killed their parents. LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors plan to review 1996 murder case of the Menendez ...
Summer warmth spills late into October
When I moved to Minnesota in 1983, the average first frost in the Twin Cities was Oct. 3. Ah, October. Pumpkin spice, scary costumes, jumping into piles of crunchy leaves, T-shirts, steamy 80s, fire ...
Two California dairy workers were infected with bird flu, latest human cases in US
Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected this year in an ongoing outbreak affecting the nation's dairy cows, health officials said Thursday.
3 ex-Memphis officers convicted of witness tampering in Tyre Nichols' beating, 1 guilty of civil rights violations
Memphis officers convicted of witness tampering in Tyre Nichols' beating, 1 guilty of civil rights violations.
Black man details alleged beating at the hands of a white supremacist group in Boston
A Black teacher and musician told a federal court Thursday that members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with metal shields during a march through downtown Boston two ...
Tolkkinen: A ladybug look-alike is ruining fall in greater Minnesota
The biting, stinking Asian beetle heads out of the soybean fields on the nicest fall days, heading to nearby homes and ...
Senators ask Justice Department to take tougher action against Boeing executives over safety issues
Two U.S. senators have asked the Department of Justice to take tougher action against Boeing executives by holding them criminally accountable for safety issues that have impacted its airplanes.
Hennepin County charges man with assault, riot in last month’s attack on family homeless shelter
Travin Williee Merritt faces seven felony charges in connection with an attack at St. Anne’s Place, a shelter for homeless ...
Photo shows U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler wearing blackface at college Halloween party in 2006
U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry Thursday after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as ...
UN peacekeepers stay on Lebanon's border despite Israeli ground incursion
U.N. peacekeepers are staying in their positions on Lebanon's southern border despite Israel's request to vacate some areas before it launched its ground operation against Hezbollah militants, the U.N ...