Minnesota's abortion doulas provide logistical and emotional support
A network of volunteer companions offers abortion patients information, rides and a listening ear.
Parts of Minnesota under fire weather watch, air quality alert Sunday
If you are headed out for the holiday weekend, you should be aware of these alerts.
Suicide deaths on the rise again in Minnesota
After declining in 2020, the suicide rate has risen for two years to near its previous high. Rates generally have been increasing in the state and across the country for 20 years.
World
Pope Francis resumes regular appointments after canceling schedule with a fever
Pope Francis resumed regular appointments on Saturday, one day after canceling his schedule due to a fever.
Business
New York City outlaws discrimination on the basis of weight, height
New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation Friday that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion.
Sports
Rockies RHP Feltner slowly recovering from fractured skull, hopes to pitch again this year
Colorado Rockies right-hander Ryan Feltner is slowly recovering from a concussion and fractured skull. He doesn't know if he can pitch again this year, but he hasn't ruled it out.
Nation
Court monitor warned of medical care issues at Border Patrol stations before girl's death
A court-appointed monitor said in January that child migrants held in medical isolation may be overlooked when Border Patrol stations get too crowded, a warning issued five months before an 8-year-old girl with a heart condition died in custody during an unusually busy period in the same Texas region he inspected.
Nation
Oregon, awash in treatment funds after decriminalizing drugs, now must follow the money
Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the state's pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer monitoring of where the money goes.
Nation
Judge halts South Carolina's new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review
A judge put South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold Friday until the state Supreme Court can review the measure, giving providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has enacted strict limits on the procedure.
Minneapolis
Hennepin County must plan to close incinerator or risk $26 million for organics recycling facility
A condition slipped into the state's infrastructure borrowing bill is a boon to activists.
Business
After yearslong delay, DEA revokes license of drug distributor over opioid crisis failures
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stripped one of the nation's largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers Friday after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious orders at the height of the opioid crisis.
World
Parents described as 'monsters' in horrific abuse that killed 10-month-old in England
An English couple who fought to get their baby son back from child services and then abused him so severely the 10-month-old was dead just over a month later were sentenced to life in prison for murder Friday in what a judge described as a case of ''unimaginable cruelty."
Nation
Oregon man died waiting for an ambulance, highlighting lack of emergency responders
A man died while waiting over a half-hour for an ambulance after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last month, according to emergency dispatch logs, an incident that Portland firefighters say highlights their frustration at a lack of available ambulances to respond to emergency calls.
Nation
Doctor's supporters, hospital at odds with Indiana penalty for talking about 10-year-old's abortion
Supporters of an Indianapolis doctor voiced frustration Friday with the Indiana medical board's decision that she violated patient privacy laws when she talked with a newspaper reporter about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim.
Business
Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink says it has US approval to begin trials in people
Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink says it's gotten permission from U.S. regulators to begin testing its device in people.
Nation
Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries
Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from school libraries, under a bill Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Friday.
Nation
Céline Dion cancels European concerts 'until I'm really ready to be back on stage'
Céline Dion has canceled all her scheduled tour dates through April 2024 as she continues treatment for a rare neurological disorder.
Business
Maine governor suggests making paid leave proposal easier on businesses
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is pumping the brakes on a paid family and medical leave proposal promoted by her fellow Democrats, seeking compromises to reduce the burden on businesses in an effort to win broader support.
Nation
Indiana doctor reprimanded, fined $3,000 for talking publicly about Ohio 10-year-old's abortion
An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio.
World
Scarred by war, Ukrainian children carry on after losing parents, homes and innocence
The two children squinted to see through the thick smoke that hung in the air after a deafening blast shook their small home in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
Nation
US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms
About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans that aims to help unravel the mysterious condition.
Business
Minnesota governor signs paid family and medical leave act to give workers up to 20 weeks off
Minnesota workers will be entitled to paid time off when they're seriously ill or to care for newborns and loved ones starting in 2026 under a bill that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed Thursday, making his state the 12th to require those benefits.
Nation
Pennsylvania doctor sentenced in West Virginia to 6 months in pain pill scheme
A Pennsylvania doctor was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for his role in a pain pill prescription scheme.
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