World
November 8, 2019
Mexico farm town buries 3 of 9 slain Americans

Mexico farm town buries 3 of 9 slain Americans

A mother and two sons were laid to rest in hand-hewn pine coffins in a single grave dug out of the rocky soil on Thursday at the first funeral for the victims of a drug cartel ambush that left nine American women and children dead.
Local
November 6, 2019
Austin Cloes points to a photo of relatives Rhonita Miller and her family, who were killed in Mexico, on a computer screen Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in H

Family with North Dakota ties ambushed and slain in Mexico

Some of those shot and burned were from Williston, N.D., and visiting Mexico to attend a wedding.
World
November 5, 2019

Mormons have a long history in Mexico

World
November 5, 2019
Family reacts to killing of 9 U.S. citizens in Mexico

Family reacts to killing of 9 U.S. citizens in Mexico

At least three women and six children, all apparently U.S. citizens, were slaughtered by drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico, officials said Tuesday. Six children were found alive, one child had a bullet wound and one child was still missing.
World
November 4, 2019
Volunteers and policemen wear pollution masks and stand at a busy crossing with the banner saying obey odd and even, remove pollution, in New Delhi, I

Air pollution in Delhi spikes as deadly smog envelops city

Business
October 31, 2019
In this March 25, 2014 photo, a machine mixes sand and water, left, before it is pumped underground during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Enca

'Canada' is becoming a dirty word in the oil patch

Encana will move headquarters to U.S., following its Denver-based CEO.
World
October 31, 2019
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, arrives Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, to speak with House impeachment i

White House lawyer moved Trump call transcript to classified server after aide's alarms

It's the first link from a witness in the impeachment inquiry to the decision to move the problematic transcript to a highly classified server.
Local
October 26, 2019
Sisters Kauther Tmr, from right, 7, and Fatima Tmr, 3, played a game with Demeen Gelway, 10, a Kurdish American friend in the evening after dinner.

Kurds in Moorhead follow conflict in Syria, feel betrayed after U.S. troop removal

The community of about 1,500 refugees and their children is following the chaos in Syria with a grim sense of familiarity.
Nation
October 24, 2019
Word of the aid freeze had gotten to high-level Ukrainian officials by the first week in August, contradicting President Donald Trump's timeline. Abov

Ukraine knew of aid freeze in August, before it became public

The timing of the communications about the issue shows that Ukraine was aware the White House was holding up the funds weeks earlier than U.S. and Ukrainian officials had acknowledged.
Celebrities
October 21, 2019
The lives of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are arranged in detail by bureaucrats, their statements carefully vetted to ensure they do not overst

As Japan's emperor is formally enthroned, public gets a glimpse of his strict life

Stifling bureaucracy and ritual are making Naruhito irrelevant to his subjects
Nation
October 19, 2019

Trump scraps plans to hold Group of Seven summit at his Florida golf resort next year after facing intense criticism

Trump scraps plans to hold Group of Seven summit at his Florida golf resort next year after facing intense criticism.
World
October 19, 2019
Several thousand Kurds protested Saturday in Frankfurt, Germany, against the Turkish army's incursion into northern Syria.

Turkey wants Assad's forces to leave border area

Erdogan says he wants to resettle up to 2 million Syrian refugees there.
World
October 19, 2019

Latest poll predicts a historically close race for Canadian prime minister

World
October 18, 2019
Trump hails Syria cease-fire after he played role in crisis

Trump hails Syria cease-fire after he played role in crisis

President Donald Trump toured a new Louis Vuitton leather workshop in Texas on Thursday before headlining a campaign rally in Dallas.
World
October 17, 2019
President Donald Trump at a news conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Oct. 16, 2019.

US picks Trump resort for G-7; critics call choice 'brazen'

President Donald Trump's suggestion that his Miami golf resort host next year's Group of Seven summit became a reality Thursday, sparking an outcry from critics who called it the most blatant example yet of him using the power of his office to boost his business empire.
World
October 16, 2019
Trump says Syria 'very nicely under control'

Trump says Syria 'very nicely under control'

President Donald Trump says things are "very nicely under control" in northern Syria where Turkish forces are fighting Syrian Kurds who were aligned with the U.S. against the Islamic State group.
Local
October 16, 2019
Lawyers are accusing Customs and Border Protection of holding migrant children in custody longer than allowed to in San Diego.

Roseau hobbled by earlier closing time at border crossing with Canada

U.S. Customs and Border Protection last year changed the operating hours, closing it at 8 p.m. each night instead of midnight.
East Metro
October 11, 2019
Photos from the WVUS Choosing Party event in Tongi AP, Tongi, Bangladesh. With Woodbury Lutheran Church. Fahin Parvej, 4, chose his sponsor from Woodb

Minnesota church is model for new way to help kids in need

The Rev. Tom Pfotenhauer, pastor at Woodbury Lutheran Church, said letting the children pick the person was "empowering" for them.
World
October 11, 2019

Origin of oil spill tainting Brazil's shores is a mystery

Origins of crude oil killing sea turtles is a mystery.
Nation
October 11, 2019

Trump urged former secretary of state to help Giuliani client facing criminal charges

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