Authorities: 2 dead after school bus fire in western Iowa
A fire erupted on a school bus after it backed into a ditch in western Iowa early Tuesday, killing a student and the bus driver, investigators said.
Late-night host Kimmel holds son, pleads for health care
Jimmy Kimmel held his baby son as he returned to his late-night show after a week off for the boy's heart surgery.
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Can Minnesota's government go green, and save big like others?
Gov. Dayton ordered all state agencies to hit aggressive and specific environmental goals in the next decade and a half.
Surrounded by scandal, Globes turn to old favs & fresh faces
Guillermo del Toro's Cold War-era fairytale "The Shape of Water" swam away with a leading seven Golden Globes nominations on Monday and the HBO drama "Big Little Lies" came away with six nods. But nobody made landing a Globe nomination look easier than Christopher Plummer.
Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military
Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, the Pentagon said Monday, as President Donald Trump's ordered ban suffered more legal setbacks.
'One of my nightmares': Pipe bomb attack hits in NYC subway
A would-be suicide bomber inspired by Islamic State extremists strapped on a crude pipe bomb, slipped unnoticed into the nation's busiest subway system and set the device off at rush hour Monday in a scenario that New York has dreaded for years, authorities said.
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North Carolina sees success with comprehensive maternal care program
Comprehensive approach helps with health, nonmedical issues.
Priest who used to be KKK member apologizes 40 years later
A former Ku Klux Klan member who burned a cross on a black couple's lawn 40 years ago, before becoming a Roman Catholic priest, has finally written his victims an apology.
Nation
Raw: South Texas, Houston area get rare snowfall
Frigid temperatures behind a cold front combined with moisture off the Gulf of Mexico have yielded a rare snowfall in many parts of South and Southeast Texas. Snow continued falling in the Houston area on Friday morning.
Nation
Fat squirrel caught on video stealing goodies
An obese squirrel was caught on video stealing gourmet chocolate and lip balm that a family leaves outside as a holiday treat for delivery people.
Nation
First Lady wishes for holiday on deserted island
If she could spend the holidays anywhere in the world, Melania Trump says she'd take her family to a deserted island. Her comments came during a Christmastime visit at children's hospital in Washington.
'Not a drill': Students hid in classrooms as shooter kills 2
Students hid in their classrooms, some behind locked doors or in closets, as a gunman opened fire Thursday inside a New Mexico high school, killing two classmates before he died.
Keillor: Radio station fired me without full investigation
Garrison Keillor says Minnesota Public Radio was wrong to fire him last week without fully investigating what a senior executive has described as "multiple allegations" spanning an extended period against the former "A Prairie Home Companion" host.
Nation
Powerful winds boost California fire danger
Southern California officials are warning of unprecedented dangerous winds on Thursday, with gusts possibly reaching 80 mph. The region is dealing with several massive wildfires that have around 200,000 under evacuation orders.
Jones seeking support of women in Alabama Senate race
Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones drew a line between himself and Republican nominee Roy Moore on Wednesday as he sided with women making sexual misconduct allegations against men of both parties.
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