Life expectancy is going up everywhere except in the U.S.
Here's a rare bit of good news: People are living longer than ever.4 Months Ago7 Months Ago6 Months AgoAccording to a new Lancet study,...
Hazing reports, alcohol poisoning plague Lehigh University frats
The tradition of students pledging for fraternities appears to have spiraled out of control at several frat houses on...
Sanford cop arrested, accused of lying on time sheets
Sanford police on Thursday arrested one of their own, Jason Bunch, on charges he filled out false time sheets for the city and on...
Pittsburgh, developer call truce over East Liberty apartment complex
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 7 hours ago Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's administration and a Downtown developer who have battled...
Police dog grant raises eyebrows in Arnold — a city without a police dog
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 6 hours ago News that Arnold received a grant from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation for...
Lightning point streak ends with loss to Flames (w/ video)
TAMPA — The decision to start Andrei Vasilevskiy over red-hot Ben Bishop in goal Thursday night will understandably be questioned and debated in Lightning...
Food truck rules outnumber patrons in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — For the 23rd year running, Hong Kong is, in the opinion of the conservative Heritage Foundation, the freest economy in the...
Cosmos controversy: The universe is expanding, but how fast?
There is a crisis brewing in the cosmos, or perhaps in the community of cosmologists. The universe seems to be expanding too fast, some...
Old farmstead's history runs from John Brown to James Brown
DARGAN, Md. — From John Brown's raid to James Brown's wail, a stream of hot-blooded American history runs through a 19th century farmstead in...
Readers Write (Feb. 24): Congressional town halls, immigration policy, transgender policy, University of Minnesota...
My husband and I attended U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer’s town hall meeting Wednesday evening in Sartell, Minn., on the condition that we would behave...
Illegal immigrants: We may pay a steep price for this craziness
Now begins the latest chapter in our new president’s dissembling.Before cheering crowds in Florida last weekend, President Trump declared his resolve to deport “gang...
Plymouth meeting without U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen draws hundreds
Frustrated by a lack of town hall meetings on U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen’s calendar, some of his constituents set up a gathering of their...
As U.S. signals reversal on private prisons, Minnesota facility is back in play
Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled Thursday his strong support for the federal government’s continued use of private prisons — reversing a late-Obama-era directive to...
Challenges abound in Twins camp as first Grapefruit League game arrives
FORT MYERS, Fla. – In the past five years, Craig Breslow has twice come to a major league training camp with a minor league...
Resiliency is serving Gophers hockey team quite well
Despite the dire situation, Justin Kloos saw no hint of anxiety or resignation among his teammates. They reacted just as the Gophers captain expected...
Obituary: Warren Frost was ‘Twin Peaks’ doc, plus a mentor to Twin Cities actors
Best known for playing the small-town physician on “Twin Peaks” — a show co-created by his son — former Twin Cities actor and director...
Trickle of refugees fleeing the U.S. to Canada could become a deluge in the...
OTTAWA – As desperate asylum seekers continue to flee the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown by crossing into Canada, concern is growing here over whether...
Inside Uber: An aggressive, unrestrained workplace culture
SAN FRANCISCO – When new employees join Uber, they are asked to subscribe to 14 core company values, including making bold bets, being “obsessed”...
Many people keep taking prescription opioids during addiction treatment
The grip of opioid addiction is so strong that many people who undergo treatment relapse repeatedly. Now a study by Johns Hopkins University researchers...
13-year-old boy in scuffle with off-duty LAPD cop who discharged his gun set free...
ANAHEIM >> A 13-year-old boy arrested Tuesday after a confrontation with an off-duty Los Angeles police officer who discharged his gun —...
Shelters don’t cure homelessness. Here’s what can make a difference
Like many New Yorkers,...
A look at the legal path ahead for the Trump travel ban
President Donald Trump's travel ban has been frozen by the courts, but the White Residence has promised a new executive order that...
Trump list shows 746 travelers ‘detained or processed’ under travel ban, lawyer says
Nearly 750 men and women have been "detained or processed" through the 26-hour period following a Brooklyn judge issued an order blocking component...
DA to seek life sentence for teen convicted in New Stanton hotel shooting
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 30 minutes ago The Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office is seeking a life sentence without parole...
Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf's job approval rating rises to 38 percent
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 6 hours ago Voters don't appear to be placing all of the blame...
Spring flings or future starters? UF focuses on QBs Feleipe Franks, Kyle Trask
GAINESVILLE — Coach Jim McElwain is ready to promote all of the positives surrounding his Gators heading into Tuesday's first practice of the spring....
Hillsborough County, driven by 2004 storm season, finishes $36 million safety complex
TAMPA — Larry Gispert surveyed the cavernous space, taking in the huge video screens and rows of work stations, and thought back to an...
‘Finding Dory’ blows animation record out of the water
LOS ANGELES — The forgetful blue fish of "Finding Dory" is box office gold.The Pixar sequel far surpassed its already ocean-sized expectations to take...
Black Market Brass gives Afrobeat a prairie home
Last weekend’s packed First Avenue main-room set and the hipster-thronged Red Stag Block Party in northeast Minneapolis were among their favorite shows so far....
How to avoid dried-out grilled chicken
I love grilled chicken breasts, but they can turn out dry and somewhat flavorless. I have a couple of different techniques I like to...
Toby Keith’s restaurant in St. Louis Park shuts down unexpectedly
Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill in St. Louis Park shut down unexpectedly Wednesday, leaving about 80 people out of jobs and...
Fashion struts off the runway and into museum galleries
Designed for beautiful bodies and made for runway display, high-fashion clothing is increasingly at home in museums.Shows of individual designers really took off after...
Readers Write (Feb. 23): Immigration enforcement, Trump and the media, Southwest light rail and...
Wednesday’s headlines could not have been more striking. As we mourn the death of our immigrant musical hero Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who took the Minnesota...
Stand with JCCs against religion-based hate and anti-Semitic threats
On Monday, hundreds of people were forced to evacuate 11 Jewish Community Centers nationwide — all because of a series of hateful telephone threats....
Hormel profit squeezed by competition, lower prices in turkey
Hormel Foods Corp. sold more turkeys during the holidays but made less money due to low prices, its latest quarterly results showed Thursday.Turkey prices...
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...