Business
Could solar panels be integrated into farms instead of taking acreage out of commission?
Some hope to overcome resistance in Midwest by saying solar fields and farm fields can co-exist.
Local
Destruction in southwest Florida hits home for many Minnesotans
Minnesota has deep ties to the region, and volunteers were poised to help.
Local
White House, Hennepin County promote internet discount program
Federal government partners with cities, counties to expand access to internet for low-income residents.
Inspired
Long-hidden synagogue mural gets rehabbed, relocated
The 1910 work by a Lithuanian sign-painter is rare in the U.S.
Inspired
How two strangers saved a life in Section 209 of Nationals Park
Two fans jumped into action when a man in their section went into cardiac arrest.
Politics
Gov. Tim Walz moves to keep Minnesota a destination for legal abortion
U.S. states began to grapple with fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to scrap Roe v. Wade.
Inspired
Commencements reflect wider access to college in prison
In years to come, there is likely to be a lot more pomp and circumstance in fortified compounds guarded by razor wire.
Variety
New chair of National Endowment for the Arts lands in Minnesota to talk 'artful lives'
Maria Rosario Jackson sees transformative power in the arts that could boost the nation.
Inspired
Four women on the Supreme Court would bring historic, near gender parity
If Biden's nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed, it would mean four women would simultaneously serve on the Supreme Court for the first time in its 233-year history.
St. Cloud
Boogaloo Bois member gets 2 years in plot to attack Minnesota Capitol
The St. Cloud man had among his high-powered arsenal several devices that convert a gun from semiautomatic to rapid-fire.
Local
Minn. man, dad plead guilty to being in Capitol mob on Jan. 6
The son told a friend that day he was "one of the first ones inside." The identical plea filings said that sentencing guidelines call for anywhere from no prison time to up to six months.
National
The Latest: Hong Kong re-imposes restaurant dining bans
Hong Kong is re-imposing a ban on in-restaurant dining after 6:00 p.m. and closing gyms, beauty parlors and other businesses and public venues as it tries to get a grip on the latest wave of coronavirus infections in the territory.
National
AP sources: Biden picks Fudge for housing, Vilsack for USDA
President-elect Joe Biden made two key domestic policy picks Tuesday, selecting Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration, according to five people familiar with the decisions.
National
Cybersecurity firm FireEye says was hacked by nation state
Prominent U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said Tuesday that foreign government hackers with "world-class capabilities" broke into its network and stole offensive tools it uses to probe the defenses of its thousands of customers, who include federal, state and local governments and top global corporations.
National
Judge dismisses Flynn case following pardon from Trump
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn but pointedly noted that a pardon Flynn received from the president last month does not mean that he is innocent.
National
Biden vows to reopen most schools after 1st 100 days on job
Joe Biden pledged Tuesday to bring the coronavirus pandemic under enough control to open most of the nation's schools during his first 100 days as president — going much further on the issue than he has in the past, even while warning that the U.S. is facing a "dark winter."
National
New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief
The Trump administration dove back into Capitol Hill's confusing COVID-19 negotiations on Tuesday, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600 direct payment to most Americans — but eliminate a $300 per week employment benefit favored by a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators.
National
'We messed up': Ex-state senator warns of virus before death
Before his death from COVID-19 former Alabama state senator Larry Dixon spoke to his wife of 53 years from his hospital bed and asked her to relay a warning.
National
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.
National
Hawaii certifies Biden's win of state's presidential vote
Hawaii on Tuesday certified the results of its presidential vote after the state Supreme Court dismissed an elections complaint challenging the entirety of the Nov. 3 general election in the islands.
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