
Minnesota has a Capitol emergency alert system. Could it have warned lawmakers an assassin was at large?
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota purchased a mass notification system several years ago to alert legislators about emergencies, ... Read More
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Tsunami surprised California's Crescent City, caused $1 million in damage to harbor, officials say
Poor H Dock.
When 4-foot tsunami waves crashed into the Crescent City Harbor in rural Northern California last week, the dock nearest the harbor’s entrance — which was designed to absorb the brunt of the surge energy ...Read more
Israel weighs full Gaza takeover despite concerns of armed forces
JERUSALEM — Israel is weighing an expansion of its armed presence in Gaza, despite concern by military chiefs and a majority of the country’s public that the move risks jeopardizing the prospect of freeing the ...Read more
Karen Read wrongful death dispute: Criminal defense attorneys join civil fight
BOSTON — Defense attorney Alan Jackson says the “band … is getting back together” as he and colleague Elizabeth Little will be defending Karen Read in a civil suit by the family of John O’Keefe.
Jackson also ...Read more
Sir Paul McCartney's ex-wife tells of confrontation on train over her false leg 'taking up too much room'
Sir Paul McCartney's ex-wife had a confrontation with a man who told her she was taking up too much room with her false leg.
Heather Mills, 57, shared the incident in a video posted to social media, filmed from her seat ...Read more
Sean 'Diddy' Combs hints he is determined to relaunch his showbiz career
Sean 'Diddy' Combs has hinted he is determined to relaunch his showbiz career.
The 55-year-old Bad Boy Records founder rapper is languishing in a a New York jail as he faces sentencing for prostitution-related offences ...Read more
Finn Wolfhard gushes Pope Leo XIV is 'cool'
Finn Wolfhard thinks Pope Leo XIV is "cool".
The Stranger Things actor, 22, has been a familiar face on screen since his early teens and while navigating international fame continued to attend a local Catholic school ...Read more
California fires are burning, incoming heat wave could make things worse
LOS ANGELES — Authorities in California are bracing themselves for a prolonged heat wave this week that could amplify the risks of a wildfire and intensify fires already burning in the southern and central portions of ...Read more
Minneapolis may strip segregationist's name from street, rename it after civil rights pioneer
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis street named for a segregationist developer may soon be renamed after the state’s first Black woman attorney.
More than 40 people signed up to speak at a Planning Commission hearing on a ...Read more
Faith and nonprofit leaders fear IRS change could inject politics into churches, charities
MINNEAPOLIS — For nearly 70 years, a little-known tax code provision has served as a firewall between U.S. politics and its nonprofit sector.
Now, Minnesota nonprofit leaders say that wall is showing cracks — and if ...Read more
Minnesota farmers caught between shifting guest-worker policies
Chiara and Travis Bolton needed to grow their Minnesota bee farm. They just couldn’t find U.S. workers.
Instead, they sought and won a $200,000 federal grant last year that helped them build worker housing and hire two ...Read more
GOP committee subpoenas Bill and Hillary Clinton over Jeffrey Epstein ties
A Republican-led congressional committee on Tuesday issued subpoenas for Bill and Hillary Clinton over their alleged ties to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, along with several other officials including former ...Read more
'They decided to cheat': National Democrats, Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker vow to do whatever it takes to win redistricting battle
As Texas House Democrats hunker down in Illinois and other blue states to try to stop a Republican-led redistricting plan in their state, national Democrats and one of their hosts, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, ratcheted up ...Read more
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe says he'll 'see if there's a path' to gerrymander KC
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday expressed interest in President Donald Trump’s push to gerrymander the congressional district that encompasses most of Kansas City and ensure Republicans maintain a majority in the U.S...Read more
LA agrees to pay $500,000 to reporters arrested at 2021 protest in Echo Park
The city of Los Angeles has tentatively agreed to pay $500,000 to two Knock LA journalists who claim their constitutional rights were violated when police arrested them while covering a protest four years ago in Echo Park....Read more
Justice Department releases a new list of sanctuary jurisdictions. LA County is not on it
The U.S. Department of Justice published a new list Tuesday of "sanctuary" jurisdictions that it claims have policies, laws or regulations that obstruct enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Although the list includes ...Read more
Maryland Democrats ready for gerrymandering fight, may target GOP Rep. Andy Harris' district
BALTIMORE — With the balance of power at stake in Congress, some Maryland Democrats are eager to jump into a growing national fight that could lead to an unusual and heavily partisan redrawing of congressional districts ...Read more
Whitmer visits White House again to plead case on tariffs, Medicaid and more
WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the impact of tariffs on Michigan's automotive-heavy economy, recovery efforts from a devastating ...Read more
Appreciation: Terry Reid, who turned down Led Zeppelin, has died. Here is his final in-depth interview
SAN DIEGO — Terry Reid, who died from cancer-related causes this week at the age of 75, will most be remembered for having turned down guitarist Jimmy Page’s 1968 invitation to join the fledgling Led Zeppelin. A year ...Read more
Elon Musk voted least liked public figure in new Gallup poll
A Gallup poll ranking more than a dozen public figures in terms of popularity found that Elon Musk has the highest unfavorable rating while Pope Leo XIV is loved by many.
The survey was based on telephone interviews with ...Read more
DOJ declares Nevada a 'sanctuary' for undocumented immigrants
LAS VEGAS — Nevada is one of about a dozen states considered by the Trump administration as a so-called “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants, according to a list unveiled Tuesday by the Department of Justice.
The...Read more
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