Nation
September 10, 2018

Many deported parents refuse reunification, wanting kids to stay in U.S.

Most say they would opt for separation over return to violent homelands.
World
September 10, 2018
A truck driver poses for photographers in front of trucks carrying humanitarian aid destined for Idlib, Syria, by a Turkish pro-government aid group,

Turkey masses troops on Syrian border

Action came ahead of a Syrian offensive against rebels.
World
September 7, 2018
Researcher Line Bay, of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, surveys temperature-tolerant corals in the Far Northern Great Barrier Reef. Some c

Great Barrier Reef shows 'signs of recovery,' report says

It has "significant capacity to recover" from bleaching.
Minneapolis
September 7, 2018
FILE -- Richard Liu, the JD.com founder who was arrested in the United States on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct, in Shanghai, Jan. 4, 2015.

Mpls. police continue to investigate sex assault allegations against Chinese billionaire

They've declined to provide details and will send the case to the Hennepin County attorney.
World
September 5, 2018
Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu

Chinese billionaire arrested on rape allegation, Minneapolis police say

Local
September 3, 2018
Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu

Chinese billionaire arrested in Mpls. on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct

Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, the founder of e-commerce site JD.com, has since been released, and a company statement says he was falsely accused.
Inspired
August 31, 2018

National youth poet laureate explores a changing childhood landscape

World
August 29, 2018
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2012, file photo, U.S. and China's national flags flutter in winds at a hotel in Beijing. China has denied an accusation by U.

FBI pushes back on unfounded Trump claim that China hacked Clinton's e-mails

Writing on Twitter, Trump alleged that many of the e-mails that were purportedly hacked contained classified information and called it "a very big story."
August 29, 2018
In this image taken from France 3 video, French and British boats clash off France's northern coast, early Tuesday Aug. 28, 2018. French maritime auth

Water rage: A scallop skirmish erupts between French, British boats

It won't be remembered as one of the great naval encounters between France and England but, unlike at the Battle of Trafalgar, this time French mariners felt they won.
Local
August 28, 2018
FILE- In this June 5, 2018, file photo, a roll of steel is moved at the Borusan Mannesmann Pipe manufacturing facility in Baytown, Texas. The U.S. has

Minnesota's small businesses take big hit from China tariffs

Many Minnesota firms back a tougher stance with China but question Trump approach as bottom lines begin to suffer.
Nation
August 26, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto

U.S., Mexico reportedly near deal on NAFTA

Pact would clear way for Canada to return to talks.
Minneapolis
August 25, 2018
The families of Honduran refugee Nuria Arias, left, and Ry Siggelkow, a Mennonite pastor, third from right, who was hosting Arias and her three childr

Harrowing escape, uncertain future for Honduran family now in Minnesota

Hope drove Nuria Arias, 32, and her three children to the Minneapolis home of the Rev. Ry Siggelkow and family.
World
August 25, 2018
Pope shares outrage at 'repugnant crimes'

Pope shares outrage at 'repugnant crimes'

Pope Francis said he was committed to ridding the church of this "scourge" no matter the moral cost or amount of suffering.
August 23, 2018
This 2016 image provided by NASA shows Arctic sea ice. The winter maximum spread of Arctic sea ice shrank to the smallest on record, thanks to extraor

As sea ice melts, world's biggest shipping firm to test Russian Arctic route

Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said Thursday it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice.
Business
August 21, 2018
Tropical spectacles

Rising crime threatens Costa Rica's tourism-dependent economy

The reputation of the most-visited Central American country took a hit earlier in the month when two female foreign visitors were killed in the span of two days and a third was reportedly raped a week later.
World
August 20, 2018
South Korean Lee Keum-seom, 92, left, weeps with her North Korean son Ri Sang Chol, 71, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at the Diamond Mou

Koreans gets one last chance to see their long-lost relatives

Nearly 90 South Korean families crossed into the North for heart-wrenching reunions with relatives last seen decades ago
Variety
August 20, 2018
A young supporter of presidential candidate AndrÈs Manuel LÛpez Obrador during a campaign rally in Chimalhuac·n, on the outskirts of Me

Gen Z will outnumber millennials in 2019

Gen Zers have never known a nondigital world and have grown up amid events such as the "war on terror" and Global Recession.
World
August 20, 2018
FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, a child receives a measles vaccination in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Health Organization

Measles cases in Europe hit record high

Music
August 20, 2018
Concert in anti-apartheid Soweto church is an ode to joy — in many languages

Concert in anti-apartheid Soweto church is an ode to joy — in many languages

The performance brought the crowd packed into the historic Regina Mundi Catholic Church to its feet, singing, stepping and clapping.
Music
August 20, 2018
Cello player Richard Belcher plays for his 14-month-old son Finn before performing int he concert. ] LEILA NAVIDI ï leila.navidi@startribune.com

It's truly a family affair for some of the touring musicians: 'We've had about 50 babysitters'

For touring musicians who have kids under 2 years old, the orchestra pays for a caregiver to come along.

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