East Metro
Tulane University student from Forest Lake struck by semi tires and killed in Mississippi
School officials identified the student as Margaret Maurer, 21, a senior studying ecology and evolutionary biology, according to the New Orleans Advocate.
Nation
Video shows the moment tornado hit Alabama
A video shot by storm chaser Scott Peake that the Associated Press has obtained shows the moment the tornado hit the rural community of Beauregard in Alabama.
Celebrities
Oprah interviews men alleging abuse in 'Neverland': 'This moment transcends Michael Jackson'
Three takeaways from Oprah Winfrey's show after HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland."
'Happy thoughts' helped lost California girls survive ordeal
Two girls who were lost in a dense Northern California forest for nearly two days say they survived frigid nights by huddling under a tree branch and a huckleberry bush and by thinking "happy thoughts."
Nation
80 arrests at Sacramento police shooting protest
A protest over the shooting of an unarmed black man by Sacramento police has ended with at least 80 arrests, police said. Among those detained were clergy and a reporter.
Nation
California girls found safe: 'they saved each other'
Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots, 5- and 8-year-old sisters survived 44 hours in rugged Northern California wilderness before they were found dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said.
Nation
Trump: Nation mourns Alabama tornado deaths
President Donald Trump says the nation mourns the loss of those who died in a tornado that rampaged through southeast Alabama, killing at least 23 people.
23 dead, dozens missing in tornado-blasted Alabama community
Rescue crews using dogs and drones searched for victims amid splintered lumber and twisted metal Monday after the deadliest U.S. tornado in nearly six years ripped through a rural Alabama community. At least 23 people were killed, some of them children.
Nation
U.S. restores diplomatic status of E.U.
The announcement was made with some fanfare by the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, whom European diplomats credit with pushing hard for the fix.
Nation
Alabama tornado kills at least 23
A tornado roared into southeast Alabama and killed at least 23 people and injured several others Sunday, part of a severe storm system that caused catastrophic damage and unleashed other tornadoes around the Southeast.
Nation
As Chicago sinks, some Great Lakes rise, others fall
Long-term outlook sees Superior rising at Duluth.
St. Paul
Chicago mayoral contender got start in St. Paul
Toni Preckwinkle's passion for politics and public service was sparked while she was a top student at Washington High School.
Washington Gov. Inslee focuses on climate change in 2020 bid
Declaring climate change the nation's most pressing issue, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee launched his 2020 Democratic presidential bid on Friday with a promise to refocus American government and society.
Lady Gaga quashes Bradley Cooper romance rumors: 'That's what we wanted you to see'
It was acting, not love, when Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sang a duet Sunday at the 91st Academy Awards.
Nation
Ice castles turn N.H. farmland into winter wonderland
Thousands of people are flocking to a winter wonderland in New Hampshire constructed from ice.
Nation
911 calls reflect chaotic Wisconsin highway pileup
The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office has released video and still images as well as 911 recordings that reflect a chaotic scene during a 131-vehicle pileup on a Wisconsin highway. More than 70 people were hurt in the series of wrecks, and a 30-year-old middle and high school science teacher was killed.
Amid clouds of dust, border wall prototypes are demolished
A jackhammer reduced prototypes of President Donald Trump's prized border wall into piles of rubble Wednesday, a quick ending to an experiment that turned into a spectacle at times.
Nation
AP Explains: What everyone wants at the Trump-Kim summit
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will likely be all smiles as they shake hands in Hanoi at a meeting meant to put flesh on what many critics call their frustratingly vague first summit in Singapore. But behind the grins is a swirl of competing goals and fears.
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