Music
August 26, 2019
Kia Clark, of Oakland, Calif., took photos Paisley Park during its Celebration in April. She was visiting for her second time with a group of friends

Prince's estate to assume management of Paisley Park this fall

Graceland Holdings — which operates Elvis Presley's Graceland mega-tourist attraction in Memphis — will no longer oversee Paisley as of Oct. 1.
Minneapolis
August 26, 2019
Conservative activist Laura Loomer, who was part of a group that disrupted a 2016 campaign event for Ilhan Omar at Holy Land restaurant in Minneapolis

Conservative activist files $2M lawsuit over confrontation at Omar campaign event

Candidate sues Rep. Tlaib over confrontation at Omar event in Mpls.
Nation
August 26, 2019
Donald Trump hit a ceremonial tee shot off the first tee at Trump National Doral in 2014. Trump says his Florida golf resort could host next G-7 summi

Ethics outcry as Trump touts 'magnificent' Doral for next G7

President Donald Trump was in full sales mode Monday, doing everything but pass out brochures as he touted the features that would make the Doral golf resort the ideal place for the next G-7 Summit — close to the airport, plenty of hotel rooms, separate buildings for every delegation, even top facilities for the media.
August 26, 2019
House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis. questions Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen as she testified on Capitol Hill

GOP Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress

Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who was on the cast of MTV's "The Real World" before he went into politics, announced Monday that he is resigning from his Wisconsin congressional seat to spend more time with his family.
August 23, 2019
FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2013, file photo, Americans for Prosperity Foundation Chairman David Koch speaks in Orlando, Fla.

Billionaire conservative donor David Koch dies at 79

Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles poured a fortune into right-wing causes, transforming the American political landscape and shaping U.S. policies on such issues as climate change and government regulation, died Friday at 79.
Business
August 19, 2019
Exelon, the nation's largest nuclear power generator, says it will shut down Unit 1 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant complex in September

Three Mile Island shutdown renews nuclear power debate

August 19, 2019
FILE - In this May 13, 2019, file photo, New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house in the Staten Island borough of New York. An ad

NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner's chokehold death

After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying gasps of "I can't breathe" gave voice to a national debate over race and police use of force.
August 19, 2019
FILE - In this July 1, 2015 file photo, Marvin Hernandez, right, and Kelly Vera sit in the shade of a palm tree, in Key Biscayne, Fla. Florida's iconi

Florida's iconic palm trees threatened by invasive disease

Florida's iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill.
Local
August 18, 2019
U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib will host a news conference Monday, Aug. 19, in St. Paul to address travel restrictions to Palestine and Israe

Omar, Tlaib will speak in St. Paul on Israel travel restrictions

Congresswomen barred from visit will speak at State Capitol.
Nation
August 18, 2019

Plague infects Colorado prairie dogs

Nation
August 18, 2019
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II lifts off during testing at Edwards Air Force Base on March 19, 2013. The Air Force has begun to look at whether

U.S. Navy and Air Force pilots push for earlier cancer screenings

"We are dropping like flies in our 50s from aggressive cancers," a retired Air Force pilot warned. He cited prostate and esophageal cancers, lymphoma and glioblastomas that have struck fellow pilots he knew, commanded or flew with.
Nation
August 18, 2019
At least 13 people arrested at Portland protest

At least 13 people arrested at Portland protest

More than a dozen people were arrested for things like disorderly conduct and unlawful use of a weapon in Portland, Oregon, during what the police chief described as a "long and arduous day" of competing protests.
Local
August 18, 2019
A crowd on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol listened to a speaker as they gathered for a rally against gun violence earlier in August where Go

Pressure builds for new Minn. laws to deal with gun violence

Other states have passed "red flag" and background-check bills, part of a national movement for tougher gun laws now stirring again in Minnesota.
Nation
August 17, 2019
Thousands gather to mourn a stranger who died in El Paso massacre

Thousands gather to mourn a stranger who died in El Paso massacre

Margie Reckard, 63, was killed by a gunman who opened fire at an El Paso Walmart this month.
Business
August 15, 2019
Southwest Airlines, the largest customer of the 737 MAX and long an all-Boeing airline, insists it has "current plans" to fly any jets other tha

FAA is undecided on 737 Max training

Sullenberger, others push for work on simulators.
Nation
August 15, 2019
Philadelphia gunman in custody after standoff

Philadelphia gunman in custody after standoff

A gunman who opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in Philadelphia, wounding six officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the night, is in police custody, authorities said.
August 14, 2019
This file photo from Aug. 1, 2018 shows the scale of the cliffs along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, along the south shore of Lake Sup

Lake Superior cliff collapses near kayakers, caught on drone video

Kayakers on a tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in northern Michigan narrowly escaped injury when a large section of cliff collapsed near them into Lake Superior.
August 13, 2019
The logo for the CBS Corporation appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. CBS and Viacom said

CBS, Viacom to reunite as media giants bulk up for streaming

The newly combined ViacomCBS will invest in more movies and TV shows and try to sell more advertising as it seeks to become a bigger player in the growing business of streaming video.
August 12, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein

Questions swirl around Epstein's monitoring before suicide

One of Jeffrey Epstein's two guards the night he hanged himself in his federal jail cell wasn't a regular correctional officer, according to people familiar with the detention center, which is now under scrutiny for what Attorney General William Barr on Monday called "serious irregularities."
Nation
August 12, 2019
Erie Bureau of Fire Inspector Mark Polanski helps investigate a fatal fire at 1248 West 11th St. in Erie, Pa, on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Authorities sa

Firefighter was dad to 3 of 5 kids killed in day-care blaze

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