White man accused of killing 2 blacks in Baton Rouge had Hitler speech at his home
A 23-year-old white man arrested Tuesday was accused of killing two black men and firing on a black family in a string of attacks that police say may have been racially motivated.
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Legislature warns of winter shutdown if no deal with Dayton
GOP report says Senate will run out of funds by December, House by February. The update may add urgency to court-ordered mediation the governor and lawmakers begin this week.
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Hurricane Maria upgraded to Category 5
Hurricane Maria pounded the small island of Dominica with catastrophic winds on Monday night. The storm is charging into the eastern Caribbean threatening islands wrecked by Irma. Maria's top sustained winds were 160 mph on Tuesday morning.
Hurricane Maria batters Dominica as a Category 5 storm
Hurricane Maria intensified into a dangerous Category 5 storm and pounded the small island of Dominica as it surged into the eastern Caribbean on Monday night, and forecasters warned it might become even stronger.
Trump calls for UN reform, but with more restrained tones
President Donald Trump used his United Nations debut on Monday to prod the international organization to cut its bloated bureaucracy and fulfill its mission. But he pledged U.S. support for the world body he had excoriated as a candidate, and his criticisms were more restrained than in years past.
Navy fires 2 commanders in connection with ship collisions
The U.S. Navy has fired two senior commanders in the Pacific region in connection with recent deadly collisions of Navy ships, as part of a sweeping purge of leadership in the Japan-based fleet.
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DOJ shift casts doubt on federal audit of St. Anthony police
St. Anthony was one of 16 cities nationwide enrolled in a program that sought to boost police reform and the federal changes make the status and future of the assessment unclear.
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Fast-growing Florida rethinks its evacuation strategy after Hurricane Irma
The state has population centers up and down the coast, and only a few roads out.
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Houston is at a crossroads
Hurricane Harvey launched a debate over the wisdom of the city's antipathy for planning
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Protests follow ex-St. Louis officer's acquittal in killing
A white former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, and hundreds of demonstrators streamed into the streets of downtown St. Louis and later an upscale neighborhood to protest the verdict that had stirred fears of civil unrest for weeks.
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Minnesotans living and working in Irma's path face rebuilding task
Minnesotans in Irma's path come to terms with what has been lost and count their blessings.
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Amtrak's Richard Anderson wants to remind you how bad flying is
That's the same Richard Anderson who once ran Delta Air Lines and Eagan-based Northwest. "The coach on Amtrak is better than the first-class product on any domestic airplane," he said.
Farewell, Cassini: Saturn spacecraft makes fiery, final dive
NASA's Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn on Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.
Here's the cover the New Yorker planned to use if Hillary Clinton had won
The image, by French artist Malika Favre, depicts a historic President Hillary Clinton gazing at the moonlight from the would-be viewpoint of the Oval Office.
Deal or no deal? 'Dreamers' wait as Trump, lawmakers joust
The fate of 800,000 young immigrants hung in the balance Thursday as top lawmakers, White House officials and President Donald Trump himself squabbled over whether an agreement had been struck to protect them — and if so, exactly what it was.
For Red Cross, hurricanes bring both donations and criticism
Confronted with back-to-back major hurricanes, the American Red Cross has received a huge outpouring of financial support — and a simultaneous barrage of criticism based on its struggles to respond to several past disasters.
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Mississippi River mayors eye wetlands and parks to reduce flooding and environmental damage
St. Paul's Chris Coleman says a project related to the Ford site could be among those packaged for investors.
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