Minneapolis
August 13, 2017
People gather for a candlelight vigil in solidarity with Charlottesville counter protesters at Gold Medal Park, on Saturday night.

Dozens hold vigil in Minneapolis for Charlottesville victims

The crowd came together in a show of unity after a day of violence in Charlottesville, Va.
Nation
August 12, 2017
A white nationalist demonstrator with a helmet and shield walks into Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Hundreds of people cha

White nationalist rally, violence rock Virginia city

A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia, killing one person and sending many more to hospitals.
Nation
August 12, 2017
Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of protesters after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Satur

As protesters clash, Va. governor declares emergency

Virginia's governor has declared a state of emergency in response to a white nationalist rally that turned violent Saturday.
Nation
August 12, 2017
People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturd

Car strikes group at white nationalist rally

A vehicle plowed into a group of people marching through downtown Charlottesville, Va., Saturday.
Nation
August 12, 2017
Discarded shells from harvested conch pile up under a dock near Eleuthera last year. (Jenny Staletovich/Miami Herald/TNS)

Conchs' survival depends on the Bahamas

For the hundreds of slow-moving slugs that gather to mate, scientists fear a new, unexpected threat may doom the population: old age.
Nation
August 11, 2017
Car falls 7 stories from parking garage

Car falls 7 stories from parking garage

Police in Austin, Texas, have released surveillance video showing a car plunging seven stories from a downtown parking garage and striking another vehicle as it lands in an alley.
August 11, 2017
In this Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017 photo provided by NOAA Fisheries a North Pacific right whale swims in the Bering Sea west of Bristol Bay. Jessica Crance,

Scientists on research vessel spot two rare whales in Bering Sea

Federal researchers studying critically endangered North Pacific right whales sometimes go years without finding their subjects. Over the weekend they got lucky.
Nation
August 10, 2017
An old car passes in front of the U.S Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on March 17, 2016. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Mysterious health issues drove diplomats from Cuba

August 10, 2017

Freighter aground in river linking lakes Superior, Huron

The U.S. Coast Guard says a Great Lakes freighter has run aground in the St. Marys River, which runs between the U.S. and Canada along Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula.
August 10, 2017
Taylor Swift, pictured in 2016, testified that ex-DJ David Mueller reached under her skirt and grabbed her backside at a 2013 event in Denver. Mueller

Taylor Swift doesn't sugar-coat testimony in groping case

A defiant and occasionally exasperated Taylor Swift insisted during a whirlwind hour of testimony Thursday that a Denver disc jockey grabbed her bare backside and held on for a long time during a meet-and-greet before a concert.
Business
August 10, 2017
A 2015 Acura automated vehicle stops for a pedestrian during a test at the University on Michigan's North Campus Research Complex in Ann Arbor, Michig

As robots take the wheel, driving skills begin to hit the skids

Automakers worry that their driver-assist technology may be enabling the increase in distracted driving.
August 10, 2017
Federal agents who raided Paul Manafort's house as part of the Russian collusion investigation had a wide-ranging search warrant.

FBI raided ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's house

Federal agents appeared at Paul Manafort's home without advance warning in the predawn hours of July 26, the day after he met voluntarily with staff for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
August 9, 2017
The family of Carter Christensen released this Instagram selfie he had taken about an hour before he fell to his death while climbing in Colorado.

Maple Grove teen dies in fall while climbing without ropes in Colorado

Authorities have released the name of a Minnesota teen who died in a Colorado hiking accident.
Nation
August 9, 2017
FILE -- Then Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who is now White House chief of staff, appears before a Senate committee on Capitol Hill in Washi

Closest man to Trump is a stealth believer of climate change

Music
August 9, 2017
Glen Campbell performs with members of his family at the IP Casino in Biloxi, Miss., in 2011.

Glen Campbell, Grammy-winning singer and country music star, dies at 81

Campbell, who had been living in a long-term care facility in Tennessee, received a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in late 2010.
Nation
August 8, 2017
Artist/author Dick Locher, who has drawn the Dick Tracy comic strip since 1983, sits in his Naperville, Illinois home and studio, January 27, 2011. He

Dick Locher, Chicago Tribune and 'Dick Tracy' cartoonist, dies at 88

He won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
Local
August 8, 2017

Convicted pedophile on the run from Minnesota caught in Texas

The Level 3 sex offender was caught in southern Texas, near the Rio Grande.
Business
August 8, 2017

One-third of teens say they use devices to cheat in school

It's easy, students said, to take a cellphone photo of notes or test answers, and then peek at it while taking a test. At the same time, they note, vigilant teachers notice.
Nation
August 8, 2017
Lane Graves, 2, was snatched and killed by an alligator while his family was vacationing at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa near Orlando.

Disney World erects statue to honor boy killed by alligator at its resort

August 8, 2017
FILE - This is Oct. 5, 2014, file photo of Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs during the Italian State RAI TV program "Che Tempo che Fa", in Milan,

Sinead O'Connor pleads for help, says she's living in motel

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