Nation
February 5, 2017
Lawmakers and officials boarded a V-22 Osprey to travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to meet with the family of William “Ryan” Ow

What happened the night a U.S. commando was killed in Yemen raid

Nation
February 3, 2017
In this photo provided by Shane Turpin, a "firehose" lava stream from Kilauea Volcano shoots out from a sea cliff on Hawaii's Big Island, Wednesday, F

Lava continues to pour into ocean off Hawaiian coast

February 3, 2017
Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, speaks on stage at the March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, Jan. 27, 2017.

Trump spokeswoman Conway says she misspoke on 'Bowling Green massacre'

February 2, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in Washington.

Trump pledges to end political limits on churches

Declaring that religious freedom is "under threat," President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status.
Nation
February 2, 2017
UC Berkeley: Small group behind protest violence

UC Berkeley: Small group behind protest violence

A University of California Berkeley spokesman says a small group turned protests violent, as Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos came to speak. The spokesman added that it's not a proud day for the Berkeley campus.
Nation
February 1, 2017
Gov. Greg Abbott, right, talks with Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, left, before a briefing on border security Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017 at th

Texas governor blocks funds to 'sanctuary city' Austin

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott blocked funding over so-called "sanctuary cities" for the first time Wednesday after Austin's sheriff said the city's jails would no longer honor most federal immigration detainers.
Nation
January 31, 2017
Millions of pages of once-classified CIA documents are now available for the first time on your home computer after the agency moved one of its databa

From UFOs to spy tricks, you can now read the CIA's once-secret files online

January 31, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., right, gave a strong defense of President Donald Trump's refugee and immigration ban to caucus members and said he ba

US official says 872 refugees to be allowed in

The Trump administration said 872 refugees will be allowed into the United States this week despite a presidential order suspending the U.S. refugees program.
Politics
January 31, 2017
PolyMet Mine in Hoyt Lakes, Minn.

Suit claims swap with PolyMet grossly undervalued public land

Environmental group says 6,650 National Forest acres were grossly undervalued.
Nation
January 30, 2017

Prison sentences served, but Illinois sex offenders stay locked up

Business
January 30, 2017
FILE -- Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google's parent company Alphabet, in the lobby at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue for a meeting with then President-elec

GE to Google face uneasy test of doing business under Trump

Business leaders face a crucial test trying to maintain the cross-border flows of people and goods that underpin commerce in the 21st century.
South Metro
January 30, 2017
Delta passengers sits on the floor while waiting in line at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after Delta Air Lines grounded all domestic fligh

Delta computer glitch cancels 150 flights across the country

Travelers delayed at MSP, across the nation.
Nation
January 27, 2017
Vice President Pence takes stage at March for Life

Vice President Pence takes stage at March for Life

Vice President Mike Pence took the stage at the anti-abortion March for Life rally in Washington, DC on Friday. He declared that "life is winning again" following the election of Donald Trump.
Nation
January 26, 2017
Police Chief Louis Dekmar, left, of LaGrange, Ga., and Ernest Ward, president of the Troup County NAACP, at the LaGrange Police Department, Jan. 26, 2

Georgia police chief apologizes for 1940 lynching

The extraordinary admission is believed to be among the first of its kind.
January 26, 2017
Professional dancer and waitress Rosalynd Harris said the experience “definitely reshaped my perspective. … It instills a lot of hope.&#

Trump supporter leaves D.C. waitress a $450 tip and a message of unity

January 26, 2017
This undated photo provided by the Salk Institute on Jan. 24, 2017 shows a 4-week-old pig embryo which had been injected with human stem cells. The ex

Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigs

It's a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs in animals to transplant into people.
Business
January 26, 2017
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2015 file photo, Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of the Oprah Winfrey Network's (OWN) documentary series "Belief", in New Y

Oprah Winfrey launches new venture: refrigerated meals

January 26, 2017
A member of Team Arctic Cat catches big air during a competition at the ERX Motor Park in Elk River in December 2014.

Textron is buying vehicle maker Arctic Cat in $247M deal

The defense contractor Textron is buying the snowmobile maker Arctic Cat in a deal valued at about $247 million.
Business
January 25, 2017
The agribusiness giant Cargill will be increasingly cost-conscious as it moves forward.

Minnesota ag companies sign on to letter touting NAFTA gains to Trump

Nation
January 25, 2017
The Badlands, viewed from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in South Dakota.

National Park Service staff step up campaign against Trump

The National Park Service employees' Twitter campaign against President Donald Trump spread to other parks Wednesday with more tweets on climate change on official social media accounts.

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