Nation
February 28, 2020
Trump: No deaths in U.S. 'at all' from coronavirus

Trump: No deaths in U.S. 'at all' from coronavirus

Trump says his decision to close borders to some countries as the virus outbreak spread is the reason why there are so few cases in the United States.
Nation
February 28, 2020
'Miller Strong' shirts support Milwaukee brewery workers

'Miller Strong' shirts support Milwaukee brewery workers

A Milwaukee company has created "Miller Strong" shirts for workers at a local brewery, where five people were killed along with the shooter.
Nation
February 27, 2020
Milwaukee police ID electrician as brewery shooter

Milwaukee police ID electrician as brewery shooter

a 51-year-old electrician whoThe 51-year-old had worked at the Milwaukee Molson Coors complex for 15 years, the chief said.
Nation
February 27, 2020
Trump advises to treat coronavirus 'like the flu'

Trump advises to treat coronavirus 'like the flu'

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn't inevitable even as top health authorities at his side warned Americans that more infections are coming.
Nation
February 27, 2020
Exterior of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters is seen in 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Northern Californian tests positive for coronavirus in first U.S. case with no link to foreign travel

It's the first sign that the disease may be spreading within a local community, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Nation
February 26, 2020
Trump sends condolences to Milwaukee after shooting

Trump sends condolences to Milwaukee after shooting

U.S. President Donald Trump has extended his "deepest condolences" to the victims and families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Nation
February 26, 2020
Police work outside the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus in Milwaukee on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, after reports of a possible shooting.

Gunman kills 5, self at Milwaukee brewery complex

Police identified the gunman as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who worked at the complex.
Nation
February 26, 2020
Trump picks Pence to head U.S. response to virus

Trump picks Pence to head U.S. response to virus

Mike Pence will be working with the government's top health authorities, and Trump's earlier-appointed coronavirus task force.
Nation
February 26, 2020
Trump: U.S. is 'very, very ready' for coronavirus

Trump: U.S. is 'very, very ready' for coronavirus

The president is pushing back against criticism that his administration isn't doing enough to meet the coronavirus threat.
Nation
February 26, 2020
Clinical trial to evaluate COVID-19 drug treatment

Clinical trial to evaluate COVID-19 drug treatment

The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha announced Tuesday it is enrolling adults diagnosed with the coronavirus for a new clinical drug trial to treat the disease.
Nation
February 21, 2020
Bear takes stroll through California neighborhood

Bear takes stroll through California neighborhood

A large black bear was seen strolling around a Monrovia, California neighborhood Friday morning, walking through residential lawns, driveways and resting in a nearby alley.
Duluth
February 20, 2020
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn.

Rep. McCollum calls federal report on Boundary Waters mining 'embarrassingly inadequate'

The Democrat said she hoped "Canada's elected leaders will call on the Trump administration to publicly release this confidential State Department report."
Nation
February 20, 2020
In this image taken from video provided by ABC10/KXTV, a paraglider is trapped in power lines before being rescued in Olivehurst, Calif., Wednesday ev

Paraglider rescued after crash into power lines

A paraglider spent three hours trapped in power lines before being rescued in northern California.
Nation
February 20, 2020
Former advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, Roger Stone departs the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse after being found guilty of obstr

Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison

The sentencing comes amid Trump's unrelenting defense of his longtime confidant and follows an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department's original recommendation for prison time.
Nation
February 19, 2020
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich dabs blood from his chin during a news conference outside his home Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Chicago.

Blagojevich thanks Trump for commuted sentence

"We want to express our most profound and everlasting gratitude to President Trump," Rod Blagojevich said from outside his house in Chicago. "He didn't have to do this .... this is an act of kindness."
Nation
February 18, 2020
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives to Denver International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Colorado.

Trump frees Ex-Gov. Blagojevich from prison

Rod Blagojevich walked out of prison Tuesday after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption.
Nation
February 18, 2020
Iconic Plymouth Rock vandalized with graffiti

Iconic Plymouth Rock vandalized with graffiti

The iconic Plymouth Rock and other sites were covered in red graffiti Monday by vandals discovered at the site marking the landing of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts 400 years ago.
Nation
February 18, 2020
An aide holds a copy of the President's Budget for 2021 at a hearing of the House Budget Committee, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

How Trump's budget could cut Medicaid and Medicare services

Changes to the way Medicare pays for services could affect the care people receive.
TV & Media
February 18, 2020
CCX Media News Director Shannon Slatton was on set during a live news broadcast on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. ] Shari L. Gross • shari.gross@startr

New FCC rule threatens funding for community TV programming

Bill in Congress would protect funding for vital local programs
Nation
February 15, 2020

A hunt for clues in Hawaii after a tourist couple fall ill with coronavirus

State health officials were working to find anyone who might have had contact with the Japanese couple, who had also visited the island of Maui.

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