World
September 23, 2016

U.N. restarts aid convoys in Syria three days after attack

Nation
September 22, 2016
Department of Education employees fill a generator with diesel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, after a massive blackout hit Puerto

Most Puerto Ricans face a second night without electricity

Most Puerto Ricans faced another night of darkness Thursday as crews slowly restored electricity a day after a fire at a power plant caused the aging utility grid to fail and blacked out the entire island of 3.5 million people.
World
September 22, 2016
Anti abortion activists led by priests pray during a demonstration in front of the Polish parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Pol

Poland debates a total abortion ban

Nation's leader backs a return to Catholic roots.
September 22, 2016
This photo taken July 9, 2016 shows a thumb drive delivered to the home of French software engineer Julien Ascoet outside the French port city of Nant

Hand-delivered hacking: Malicious USBs placed in your mailbox

Julien Ascoet was already suspicious when he pulled the plain white envelope from his mailbox this past July.
Local
September 22, 2016
Hamse Warfa.

BanQu software aims to give refugees a financial imprint

World
September 20, 2016

Vladimir Putin addresses the United Nations on Friday

World
September 20, 2016
Somali young girl cooks food outside their makeshift home inside a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. A new U.N. report says

Allegations of abuse, corruption cloud election in Somalia

Group of leaders will pick Parliament and president.
September 20, 2016
An exterior view shows at left, the house for sale that starred onscreen as Harry Potter's childhood home in the town of Bracknell, England, just over

Harry Potter's home on Privet Drive is really for sale

A suburban house that starred onscreen as Harry Potter's childhood home is on the market — complete with a cupboard under the stairs.
World
September 19, 2016

Wreckage in Syria as cease-fire fails

Images Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, show the city of Homs in ruins.
World
September 19, 2016
In this image provided by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, the Chinese carrier Shen Neng 1 is hard aground on the Great Barrier Reef near Gre

Damage to Great Barrier Reef costs ship owner $30 million

The Australian government reached a 39.3 million Australian dollar ($29.6 million) settlement with the owners of a Chinese coal carrier to pay for environmental damage caused when the ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef six years ago, the environment minister said Monday.
Business
September 16, 2016
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, right, joined by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, left, and White House press secretary Josh Earnest, speaks during the daily news bri

Obama tries to shore up support for struggling trade deal

He met with bipartisan group to discuss TPP.
Local
September 16, 2016
Neighbors from the Micronesian community and the mostly Scandinavian community of Milan, Minn., gathered for their monthly community potluck at the to

In tiny Milan, Minn., a town full of Micronesians weighs the future

The western Pacific natives transformed the western Minnesota town, but they worry they might not be able to stay.
World
September 14, 2016
To the bafflement and irritation of many in St. Petersburg, Russia, their city has recently honored three people -- two with plaques and one with the

St. Petersburg commemorations spark ire, but remarkably Kim Jong Il's is least controversial

Business
September 14, 2016

Minnesota solar incentive program part of WTO dispute with India

The "Made in Minnesota" program is included in India's complaint.
September 14, 2016
FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, a general view of buildings ravaged by fighting in Sirte, Libya. From east and west, the forces of

How U.S., European allies raced to keep ISIL from chemical weapons material

West Metro
September 14, 2016
Wesley So, a grandmaster from Minnetonka, won an individual gold medal at the Chess Olympiad to go along with a team gold medal for the United States.

Minnetonka grandmaster helps USA strike blow against Russia in chess

September 9, 2016

Seoul: North Korea's 5th nuke test 'fanatic recklessness'

North Korea said it conducted a "higher level" nuclear test explosion on Friday that will allow it to finally build an array of stronger, smaller and lighter nuclear weapons, a move strongly condemned by the U.N. Security Council which promised new measures against Pyongyang.
World
September 9, 2016
North Korea conducts nuclear test

North Korea conducts nuclear test

North Korea says it has successfully conducted a nuclear explosion test. The country says the test will lead to it developing improved nuclear weapons. Nations around the world quickly condemned the test.
World
September 4, 2016
Four of the six great ape species are one step from extinction, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature reports.

Eastern gorilla listed as critically endangered

Eastern gorilla saw a 70% decline in 20 years, mostly because of illegal hunting.
September 4, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on Air Force One at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province, Satu

Bumpy beginning for Obama in China, starting on the tarmac

If President Barack Obama was hoping for a graceful start to his final trip to Asia as commander in chief, this wasn't it.

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