All talk, no action: Wolves stand pat at NBA trade deadline
The NBA trading deadline came and went Thursday afternoon without the Timberwolves making a deal.There was talk, certainly. Wolves president of basketball operations and...
Alan Colmes, liberal voice on Fox, dead at 66
NEW YORK — Alan Colmes, the radio and television host and commentator best known as the amiable liberal foil to the hard-right Sean Hannity...
St. Paul artist may be out of options to save house
The old house on the hill on St. Paul’s East Side joined the city’s list of worst vacant properties back in 2012, but you...
State reports weed out medical pot growers’ ‘trade secrets’
Minnesota’s leap into the era of legal weed began with the selection last week of two companies that will grow, process and sell medical...
Iraq retakes Mosul airport amid cautious advances against IS
SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq — Closely supported by the U.S.-led international coalition, Iraqi forces secured a series of cautious advances on Thursday, pushing into...
US-born panda Bao Bao lands in China after leaving DC zoo
BEIJING — An American-born panda started settling into her new home Thursday in southwest China where she will eventually join a breeding program.Bao Bao...
Dakota Access oil pipeline camp cleared of protesters
CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities on Thursday cleared a protest camp where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline had gathered for the better...
7-year-old to senator at town hall: Don’t cut PBS Kids
Congress did not meet this week, with many politicians leaving Washington for their home states in what the Senate refers to as a “State...
The short, troubled life of Obama’s transgender student protections
Well-intended as they might have been, President Barack Obama's protections for transgender students were on shaky ground from the get-go.As quickly as the Obama...
Storm severity downgraded for Twin Cities, while blizzard conditions expected to south
The storm forecast for the Twin Cities was downgraded to a “winter weather advisory” Thursday afternoon, but folks to the immediate south of the...
Dayton names Blatz interim chair of U.S. Bank Stadium oversight panel
Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz will lead the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) as the interim chair of the beleaguered U.S....
Grant Cohn: Keeping Tom Rathman on 49ers staff would have been mistake
Deleting Tom Rathman from the 49ers’ coaching staff was the right move.You’re out, Tom.This has nothing to do with the type of person Rathman...
NCS basketball roundup: Healdsburg boys to face state champs
The No. 8 Healdsburg Greyhounds easily downed No. 9 Kelseyville in a North Coast Section Division 4 opening-round basketball game on Wednesday night. The...
Benefield: Montgomery boys rise to occasion in NCS semifinal win
When you get six chances, you ought to capitalize on at least one. This is, after all, the playoffs.The Montgomery Vikings won six corner...
Accident on SR-417 near Landstar Boulevard leaves one injured
A crash on State Road 417, near Landstar Boulevard, left a semi truck overturned and its operator entrapped Thursday afternoon. The driver was airlifted to Orlando...
Barricaded man surrenders to police after hours-long standoff
A man surrendered to police Thursday afternoon after an 8-hour-long standoff during which a SWAT team descended on his condo off South Semoran Boulevard,...
Orlando police officer involved in shooting at Wal-Mart where Lt. Debra Clayton was killed
An Orlando police officer shot a suspect who had a BB gun Thursday in the parking lot outside the Wal-Mart on Princeton Street near John...
Deer shot in neck with arrow; $1,500 reward offered
Neighbors noticed an arrow sticking out of the neck of a blacktail doe in Washington County and now a...
Oregon files to join Washington’s lawsuit against Trump immigration ban
SALEM -- They are employees of tech firms. They are doctors, practicing medicine in underserved areas of Oregon. They...
Record haul of nearly 100 pounds of meth in Portland, Gresham leads to 3...
Deputies seized nearly 100 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $2 million from two homes in Portland and Gresham...