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Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador

Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 25 people on Friday including children, hospital workers said, as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel made his first public appearance in Jerusalem.
April 19, 2025

US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

The dispute over the wrongful deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia ''is not only about one man'' but about Donald Trump's disregard of the American judicial system as well, Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Friday as he returned from a three-day trip to El Salvador to press for the detained man's release.
April 19, 2025

10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order

About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday, including handwritten notes by the gunman, who said the Democratic presidential candidate ''must be disposed of'' and acknowledged an obsession with killing him.
April 18, 2025
FILE - In this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo, President John F. Kennedy slumps down in the back seat of the Presidential limousine as it speeds along Elm Street toward the Stemmons Freeway overpass after being fatally shot in Dallas. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy leans over the president as Secret Service agent Clinton Hill rides on the back of the car. (AP Photo/Ike Altgens, File) ORG XMIT: TXKJ307

Minnesota man faces charges of threatening to kill member of Congress

Michael Paul Lewis, 52, was indicted on a federal charge of threatening to murder a U.S. official.
April 18, 2025

JD Vance visits Italy for tariff talks and attends Good Friday service at the Vatican

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday for a second day of talks on tariffs and then attended Good Friday services at the Vatican amid speculation of a possible pope greeting this weekend.
April 18, 2025

Trump turns a COVID information website into a promotion page for the lab leak theory

A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak.
April 18, 2025

Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

The Wisconsin governor's creative use of his uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years may be ''attention grabbing,'' but it was constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
April 18, 2025

Want to celebrate 4/20? Here are dozens of weed-themed events across Minnesota.

A guide to cannabis-related celebrations, specials and discounts this weekend.
April 18, 2025
An attendee celebrates at 4:20 p.m. by lighting up marijuana during the Mile High 420 Festival Friday, April 20, 2018, in Denver. The annual celebration was projected to attract an estimated 50,000 people in Civic Center Park.

More Minnesota seniors may go hungry after tightening state dollars mean fewer meals

Nonprofits say state and federal funding has dried up and philanthropy is down, leaving senior nutrition programs faced with cutting back the number of meals they serve.
April 18, 2025

UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a 'very crucial' stage

Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program are ''in a very crucial'' stage, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Thursday while on a visit to the Islamic Republic.
April 18, 2025

Who’s running for Minneapolis mayor and City Council in 2025 elections?

Minneapolis’ 2025 city elections will include Mayor Jacob Frey defending his post and all 13 city council seats on the ballot. Here’s who’s announced so far.
April 17, 2025

Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.
April 17, 2025
FILE - This July 24, 2018, file photo shows a portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form. The Trump administration is working on plans to delay the April 15 federal tax deadline for most individual taxpayers as well as small businesses. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, that the administration is "looking at providing relief to certain taxpayers and small businesses who will be able to get extensions on their taxes."
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