World
November 5, 2021

Former security aide to Macron sentenced to 1 year in prison

A former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who triggered controversy by assaulting a protester at a 2018 May Day march was convicted Friday of illegal violence and other offenses and sentenced to a year's imprisonment.
Local
November 3, 2021
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Minnesotans join push for change at U.N. climate summit

Panels broadcast from Glasgow highlight Minnesota climate efforts.
World
November 1, 2021

Berlin police chief sorry for Holocaust memorial push-ups

Berlin's police chief apologized on Monday for an incident in which officers were pictured practicing push-ups on a part of the German capital's memorial to the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust.
World
October 30, 2021

Kuwait, UAE join Saudi Arabia with measures against Lebanon

Lebanese politicians scrambled to resolve a diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations on Saturday, after comments by a Cabinet minister about the war in Yemen stoked their ire.
Nation
October 30, 2021

Ex-al-Qaida soldier tells of CIA torture

He is first terror prisoner to openly describe black sites.
World
October 23, 2021
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Chinese astronaut breaks glass ceilings in space but faces sexism on Earth

Mao may have said "women hold up half the sky," but sexism is alive and well in China.
Nation
October 21, 2021
Icebergs that calved from Portage Glacier float in Portage Lake, about 55 miles from Anchorage, April 1, 2019.

Climate change threatens national security, U.S. agencies warn

U.S. intelligence and defense agencies warned that the warming planet will increase strife between countries and spur migration.
Business
October 20, 2021

Spanish court rules to extradite Venezuela spy chief to US

A Spanish court on Wednesday ordered the extradition of a former Venezuelan spy chief to the United States where he is wanted on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to a terror organization.
Science
October 19, 2021
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Diver discovers 900-year-old sword dating to the Crusades

900-year-old blade from the Third Crusade recovered off Israeli coast.
Local
October 19, 2021
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Retired U.N. official ID'd as Twin Cities man who died after being run over by driver in Alexandria

Mauno Silpala worked for the United Nations until his retirement in 2005.
World
October 17, 2021

House fire in eastern Pakistan kills 7 family members

Police were investigating after a fire overnight in eastern Pakistan killed seven family members, a rescue official said Sunday.
October 16, 2021

American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti, officials say

As many as 17 Christian missionaries from the U.S. and their family members, including children, were kidnapped Saturday by a gang in Port-au-Prince as they were leaving an orphanage, according to Haitian security officials.
Local
October 16, 2021

Minnesota Guard commander details mission to evacuate Afghan refugees

Twelve days at the Kabul airport were a sleepless time of never knowing if, or when, their security mission could turn deadly.
World
October 15, 2021
Trevelers await ground transport on arrival at Los Angeles International Airport on May 27, 2021.

U.S. will open borders to vaccinated foreign travelers on Nov. 8

The date also applies to the opening along land borders with Canada and Mexico.
Local
October 13, 2021
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Minnesota border communities celebrate impending return of Canadian visitors

With nonessential travel closed off since March 2020, it will be the end of a 20-month separation.
Nation
October 13, 2021
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Honduran sisters in Rochester allege mistreatment at southern border

Now in Minnesota with mom, they detail being held in cage and kicked.
World
October 13, 2021

UN says Sudanese migrant beaten, shot and killed in Libya

A Sudanese migrant was beaten, shot and killed in Libya after escaping from a government-run detention center in the North African country, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday.
World
October 12, 2021
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows a Tropical Storm Pamela in the Pacific as it approac

Pamela down to tropical storm, but strengthening expected

Hurricane Pamela weakened to a tropical storm Tuesday off Mexico's Pacific coast, though forecasters said it was expected to regain strength overnight and make landfall as a hurricane near the port of Mazatlan on Wednesday.
World
October 12, 2021
FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2021, file photo, Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa gestures during an interview at a restaurant in Taguig city, Phi

Nobels nearly shut out women

Critics say decisionmakers require more scrutiny.
Politics
October 11, 2021
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White tiger and cheetah furs: A mess of Trump gift exchanges

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