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Donald Trump faces 4 criminal cases. Here's where they stand.
Jury selection is set to begin Monday for the New York criminal case against former President Donald Trump involving hush-money payments made to a porn actor. Never before has a former or current U.S. president faced a criminal case. Trump faces four. Here is a look at those criminal cases, what they involve and their next steps.
Nation
Insurers reap hidden fees by slashing payments. You may get the bill.
A little-known data firm helps health insurers make more when less of an out-of-network claim gets paid.
Nation
Ohtani's former interpreter is said to be negotiating a guilty plea
A guilty plea from Ippei Mizuhara before a federal judge — likely to include an admission of a range of facts related to any illegal conduct — could confirm the account that the Dodgers star gave to reporters two weeks ago, in which he said he had no knowledge of what happened to his money.
Local
State says 10 water systems in the metro have unsafe levels of PFAS, under new EPA rule
It could cost $1 billion to remove PFAS or "forever chemicals" from Minnesota water supplies alone, but advocates say the costs are worth it to protect public health.
Celebrities
Angelina Jolie blames Brad Pitt's NDA for scuttling winery sale, alleges abuse before plane altercation
The actors, though legally unmarried since 2019, have not yet finalized their drawn-out divorce.
World
Dwindling ammunition stocks pose a grave threat to Ukraine
"Artillery decides battles," said Capt. Vladyslav Slominsky, the artillery commander along this section of the front. "Who has more wins." For now, that is Russia.
Local
Charges: Dilworth man reaped $146K in benefits by posing as decorated veteran, POW
He currently works as a behavioral intervention specialist at Moorhead schools, a district spokeswoman said.
Nation
COVID changed how we spend: More YOLO splurging but less saving
The pandemic has changed the way Americans think about money. They're saving less but vacationing more, splurging on concerts and sporting events.
Health
Heart pump is linked to 49 deaths, FDA warns
A series of studies suggested that the Impella heart devices heighten the risk of death in patients with unstable medical conditions. Meanwhile, the device-maker has spent millions of dollars promoting the device.
St. Cloud
Soldier in St. Cloud woman's smuggling ring admits role in trafficking drugs from El Chapo's cartel
The ringleader has also pleaded guilty. Her father also participated in the enterprise along with other Minnesotans.
Obituaries
Richard Serra, who recast sculpture on a massive scale, dies at 85
Many people in the art world urged Serra to stop making sculpture after a rigger was crushed to death in 1975 when one plate of a piece being installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis accidentally came loose.
Science
When the double brood of cicadas emerge, things might get a little wet
Despite their size, cicadas can eject an impressively powerful stream of urine.
Health
Four years on, the mysteries of COVID-19 are unraveling
When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, nearly everything about the novel coronavirus was an open question. Here's what we've learned.
Nation
Putting chaplains in public school is the latest battle in culture wars
The bills are mushrooming in an era when the U.S. Supreme Court has expanded the rights of religious people and groups in the public square and weakened historic protections meant to keep the government from endorsing religion.
Nation
The hotel guest who wouldn't leave
Mickey Barreto's five-year stay cost him only $200.57. Now it might cost him his freedom.
Science
Montana rancher illegally created giant hybrid sheep to sell for thousands
He cloned embryos made and sold them to people in Texas and Minnesota.
Politics
'Very, very troubling': Judges, lawyers flummoxed by Judge Cannon
The Trump nominee has given the sides two weeks to craft jury instructions around competing interpretations of the Presidential Records Act
Local
New U.S. ambassador to Haiti has kept his Minnesota roots through many far-flung postings
Dennis Hankins grew up and was educated in public schools in Bemidji, which he credits as building blocks for a career in the Foreign Service.
Nation
William & Mary will name building after former defense secretary Robert Gates
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will have an academic building named after him at William & Mary, the university in Virginia where he holds the honorary position of chancellor, the school announced Wednesday.
Nation
California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
California's Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year.
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