Nation
February 12, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks at her election night party, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in Concord, N.H.

Klobuchar surges past Warren, Biden into third place in New Hampshire

Nation
February 9, 2020
A police officer injured in a shooting the previous evening is released at Lincoln Hospital, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. (

Man shoots 2 NYC cops in 12 hrs

Nation
February 8, 2020
Mother, six children die in Mississippi house fire

Mother, six children die in Mississippi house fire

The father was the lone survivor. The children ranged in age from 1 to 15.
West Metro
February 8, 2020
Pastor Joel Wight Hoogheem was photographed inside Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Maple Grove, Minn. as he held a copy of one of the letters of debt

Erasing medical debt is new mission of Twin Cities church

The congregation of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Maple Grove donated $15,000 to pay off more than $1 million in debts, said the Rev. Joel Wight Hoogheem.
Nation
February 7, 2020
Rain and heavy snowfall bring flooding to Oregon

Rain and heavy snowfall bring flooding to Oregon

Heavy snowfall in the mountains combined with two days of steady rain and warming temperatures to unleash floodwaters around the city of Pendleton, Oregon and rural, mountain foothill communities.
Local
February 7, 2020
U.S. Census Bureau Associate Director of Field Operation Tim Olson speaks at an event to unveil the national advertising and outreach campaign for the

Minnesotan helping to run 2020 census says it is ready for its national online debut

Tim Olson, who was raised in South St. Paul and Lindstrom, Minn., also spoke about promoting turnout in a difficult political climate and what it takes to send mail to every household in the country.
Business
February 6, 2020
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig Craig's bill, approved by the House in a voice vote Wednesday, is the first by any of Minnesota's four freshman representatives

Rep. Angie Craig's bill on payment reforms lands on Trump's desk

Plan to rein in improper government payments is likely to become law.
Nation
February 6, 2020
Man charged with deadly California bus shooting

Man charged with deadly California bus shooting

A Maryland man was charged with murder and attempted murder Wednesday in an apparently random shooting aboard a Greyhound bus in California that killed a woman and injured five other people.
Nation
February 5, 2020
More evacuees arrive at US bases from China

More evacuees arrive at US bases from China

Two jets carrying about 350 Americans fleeing the virus zone in China landed Wednesday morning at an Air Force base in Northern California.
National
February 3, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., spoke during an appearance in Mason City, Iowa on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020.

Klobuchar makes final sprint through Iowa before caucuses

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar crisscrossed Iowa in a nine-seat chartered plane, looking to make up for lost time after two weeks largely spent in Washington for the Senate impeachment trial.
Nation
February 2, 2020
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) speaks to reporters before the Senate impeachment trial resumes at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.

Joe Biden could be impeached by GOP over Ukraine if he wins, Iowa senator says

East Metro
January 30, 2020
Adam Nickelson

Bicyclist from North St. Paul dies in California crash

Adam Nickelson died Jan. 23, four days after the crash in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Nation
January 30, 2020
Human-to-human transmission of coronavirus found in Illinois

Human-to-human transmission of coronavirus found in Illinois

Health officials Thursday reported the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China, the husband of a woman who became ill after returning from Wuhan.
Nation
January 30, 2020
Gusty winds in California topple under-construction border wall

Gusty winds in California topple under-construction border wall

Strong winds gusting across Southern California have toppled several panels of a new barrier being installed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Nation
January 29, 2020
Helicopters rescue residents from burning building in L.A.

Helicopters rescue residents from burning building in L.A.

Los Angeles firefighters rescued terrified residents from the rooftop of a 25-story apartment building where a fire broke out on a sixth-floor balcony and sent choking smoke billowing through the upper levels.
Minneapolis
January 28, 2020

Advocates prepare for new wave of confusion over 'public charge' rule for immigrants

High court OKs Trump law on those who use public assistance programs.
Nation
January 28, 2020
Attendees at a campaign event for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a Democratic presidential candidate, in Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 26, 2020. As the liberal

Iowa dreads thought of no clear winner

A state used to picking the Democratic nominee dreads such an outcome.
Nation
January 28, 2020
Witnesses describe Bryant helicopter crash

Witnesses describe Bryant helicopter crash

A witness says the helicopter crash that killed nine people including former NBA star Kobe Bryant in Calabasas, California on Sunday sounded like "a big thud."
Nation
January 27, 2020
Fog grounded choppers at time of Bryant crash

Fog grounded choppers at time of Bryant crash

The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others that crashed into a rugged hillside outside Los Angeles was flying in foggy conditions considered dangerous enough that local police agencies grounded their choppers.
Nation
January 24, 2020
Rosie Perez arrives at court for Weinstein trial

Rosie Perez arrives at court for Weinstein trial

Actress Rosie Perez arrived at Manhattan court Friday where she testified that fellow screen star Annabella Sciorri told her in the mid-1990s that Harvey Weinstein had raped her but that she couldn't go to the police because "he'd destroy me."

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