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More than 60 people have died in mass shootings in Minnesota over the last decade.... Read more »

Shooter died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the attack “horrific violence.”... Read more »

Two children were killed and the shooter is also dead, according to law enforcement sources.... Read more »

Republican Michael Holmstrom Jr. and DFLer Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger cruised to victories Tuesday.... Read more »

Annunciation Church has served south Minneapolis for over 100 years. Its school enrolls kids in preschool through eighth grade.... Read more »

No arrests have been made in what Mayor Jacob Frey called “horrific violence.” At least five people have died and several others injured.... Read more »

Environmental groups had planned a protest outside the Minneapolis mayor’s home, but changed course amid heightened concerns over violence toward politicians.... Read more »

The 30 rounds fired from a high-velocity gun likened to “a weapon of war” erupted near Lake Street on the city’s South Side.... Read more »

The shooting unfolded about 1:30 p.m. on a sidewalk across the street from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.... Read more »

Minneapolis Police said they are investigating a shooting that damaged a city snowplow Sunday night.... Read more »

The omicron variant has halted plans to bring more workers back to the Twin Cities' downtowns.... Read more »

Minnesota is known as the state of hockey.... Read more »

In response to a historic spike in carjackings around the Twin Cities in the last two years, federal agents and prosecutors are stepping into an area of violent crime that had mostly been left up to local authorities to solve in the past.... Read more »

Prosecutors have charged a man suspected of fatally shooting the mother of his child this past weekend in St. Paul's North End neighborhood.... Read more »

The DFL-controlled Minnesota House made history last May when it passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana. However, don't look for history to repeat itself in the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate this year.... Read more »

Crime prevention and public safety have moved to the top of the 2022 agenda of the Minnesota Legislature along with COVID response and the projected budget surplus.... Read more »

A crowd full of family members, fans and local elementary students held signs and American flags outside the Super Rink, as the bus full of Olympians headed out Monday afternoon.... Read more »

St. Paul Police are investigating an incident where a liquor store employee was reportedly shot during a confrontation with a shoplifter.... Read more »

Every Meal in Roseville has already served more than one million meals this school year.... Read more »

A woman is charged with second-degree murder in Scott County after she admitted to strangling her mother.... Read more »

The federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd officially began Monday morning.... Read more »

Opening statements began Monday morning in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd.... Read more »

Arvid Harry Johnson, 65, faces one count of second-degree murder in his wife's death. He is being held at the Ramsey County Jail with a bail of $1 million.... Read more »

He’ll be a perfect foil for Trump.... Read more »

They’ll make Americans sicker, poorer, and less innovative.... Read more »

It’s proximate cause for a shotgun wedding.... Read more »

A soap opera skeleton key to black Democrat fealty.... Read more »

If colleges and universities want the American taxpayer’s support, they should be forced to focus on merit alone.... Read more »

Can Trump fire her? The question does not admit of an easy answer.... Read more »

Typically, presidents who push the constitutional envelope like to insist that they are doing no such thing. Here, that instinct has been reversed.... Read more »

Nate Silver seems somehow unfamiliar with the decade of remorseless political warfare waged by Democrats. Here’s a refresher.... Read more »

He is technically adhering to Congress’s rules for the Federal Reserve, regardless of whether his motives are pure.... Read more »

The Democratic Party’s problems run even deeper than its operational headaches.... Read more »

The week of August 18, 2025: The economics of GLP-1s, Bolivia, the economy, tariffs, and much, much more.... Read more »

The Trump administration looks as if it is targeting a critic.... Read more »

If nothing else, the president is putting Democrats in the position of defending the indefensible.... Read more »

Relief through cash transfers that do nothing but engender idleness and subsidize misery isn’t the answer.... Read more »

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that the federal government will wrest control of Washington’s Union Station from Amtrak as part of President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the city. The move comes a week after Vice President JD Vance, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, and Defense... Read more »

President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to deal with a so-called crime emergency in Washington, D.C—so why are troops wandering around picking up trash? A full busload of National Guard servicemembers were spotted TK collecting garbage across the street from the White House in Lafayette Park on Tuesday. National... Read more »

President Trump’s Justice Department has failed to charge the D.C. Sandwich Guy with a felony.  On August 13, former DOJ paralegal Sean Dunn went viral for chucking a Subway sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol agent in D.C.’s popular U Street corridor. Dunn reportedly called the heavily armed officers “fucking fascists,”... Read more »

President Donald Trump’s obsession with Greenland is tearing at America’s strategic alliances.Denmark’s foreign minister summoned its U.S. diplomat for talks Wednesday after news broke that several individuals with ties to Trump had been conducting an influence campaign in Greenland.At least three Americans connected to the White House are involved in... Read more »

Amid escalations in Donald Trump’s use of lawfare against his political opponents, the president on Wednesday threatened to hit George Soros with charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO—citing long-running MAGA conspiracy theories about the Democratic megadonor.On Truth Social Wednesday, Trump said George Soros and his... Read more »

A group of Federal Emergency Management Administration staff who wrote a letter to Congress criticizing President Donald Trump—and who asked to be protected from “politically motivated firings”—have been suspended, likely for political reasons.Thirty-six FEMA employees, including two who were involved in the federal response to deadly flooding in Texas earlier... Read more »

President Trump is threatening a Republican-led “comprehensive crime bill” to, of course, “Make America Great Again.” “Speaker Mike Johnson, and Leader John Thune, are working with me, and other Republicans, on a Comprehensive Crime Bill,” Trump posted on Truth Social just after midnight on Wednesday. “It’s what our Country need,... Read more »

In 2024, Donald Trump won Iowa’s first state Senate District handily, by 11 points. In a Tuesday special election, Democratic candidate Catelin Drey won an upset 10-point victory, as the district swung blue by 21 points since the presidential election.Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch, filling a vacancy left by late... Read more »

Republican Senator Susan Collins’s ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday turned into a public shaming as more than 200 protestors gathered to jeer the centrist from Maine. This was Collins’s first public, press conference-style event in her home state in nearly a decade. Video shows the room erupting in boos as she approached... Read more »

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 27 episode of theDaily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.Thanks to President Donald Trump’s big budget bill and... Read more »

Democratic leaders who want a winning message against Donald Trump’s military occupation of Washington, D.C., should accuse the president of orchestrating “a stunt to distract from the pain his tariffs are causing families” and of “creating fear to distract” from his Republican Party’s cuts to Medicaid. What Democrats should not... Read more »

One of my favorite performances in TV history is Daniel Stern’s in The Wonder Years. If you’re not familiar, The Wonder Years was a single-camera coming-of-age sitcom that aired on ABC from 1988 to 1993. The show’s hero, Kevin Arnold—the youngest son of a white, middle-class, suburban family in the... Read more »

Speaking at a North Carolina campaign rally almost exactly a year ago, Donald Trump painted a dire picture of the American economy should Vice President Kamala Harris win the presidency in November. “If Harris wins this election, the result will be a Kamala economic crash, a 1929-style depression,” Trump said.... Read more »

The Supreme Court warned President Donald Trump on May 22 that he could not lawfully fire members of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. It took him only 95 days to ignore them.Trump sent a letter to Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Monday to inform her that “there is... Read more »

Chris Lehmann And DC residents will be footing much of the bill. The post Trump’s Occupation Could Cost Billions appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Daniel Wapner Par for the coarse. The post TACO Golf appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

David Faris The bulwarks of self-government have given way under multiple MAGA putsches. Instead of pledging to protect our democracy, Democrats need a plan to restore it The post American Democracy, RIP appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Rollin Hu Dan Wang argues that the battle between China and the United States is simply a conflict between engineers and lawyers. The situation is much more complicated than that. The post How China Engineered the Next Century appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Aaron Regunberg The Maine oyster farmer embodies the populist energy that Americans have been looking for. He’s the best candidate to defeat Republican Senator Susan Collins. The post Graham Platner Is the Real Deal appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

John Nichols Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh won the endorsement of his city party. Then the state party overturned the result. Representative Ilhan Omar calls it “inexcusable.” The post Minnesota Democrats Are at War Over the “Mamdani of Minneapolis” appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Thomas Drake The raids on my home and Bolton's marks a chilling evolution from George W. Bush to Trump 2.0. The post Trump’s Raid on John Bolton’s Home Is Different From What I Experienced—It’s Revenge appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Carolina Sophia Pedrazzi As the West Bank gets carved up for illegal settlements, US real estate companies are eager to cash in. The post The Americans Stealing Palestinian Land appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Zoya Alam Allison Minnerly speaks about her upcoming resolution urging a ceasefire, an arms embargo on Israel, and recognition of Palestine as a state. The post A DNC Member Is Calling for an Arms Embargo on Israel. Will the Party Leadership Listen? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Dave Zirin The husband, father, and union worker from Maryland is risking indefinite incarceration in Uganda to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. The post The Bravery of Kilmar Ábrego García vs. the Barbarism of Donald Trump appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer Trump’s former national security adviser is a very hateable figure. But he still needs defending from the president’s lawlessness. The post Even John Bolton Doesn’t Deserve This appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Ann Telnaes Putin has played Trump for years. The post Pop Goes the Weasel appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Trevor Jackson Is all the hope placed in renewables an illusion? The post The Myth of Clean Energy appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Colin Warren Humboldt County helped fuel the rise of the marijuana industry, but after the plant’s legalization, its farmers are struggling. The post California’s Small Cannabis Farmers Have Been Left High and Dry appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

When a devastating oil spill spewed into the ocean off the coast of Mauritius in July 2020, it wiped out not only sea life but also entire lines of work dependant on the sea. But Sandy Monrose and a team of fishing families alchemized the devastation into a new possibility.... Read more »

As a child, Catalan photographer Xavi Bou walked with his grandfather around the town where he grew up. His grandfather encouraged him to pay attention to birds and migration routes. As he matured, so did his interest until, “One day I wondered what types of trails the birds would leave... Read more »

Teen anxiety is heightened during back-to-school season, and while mindfulness is often suggested, it may miss the mark for growing adolescents. Instead, a compassion-based approach that focuses on relationship building and empathy may offer more profound support. SEE Learning's program at Emory University has shown significant benefits in fostering empathy... Read more »

After losing her mother-in-law during the pandemic, Surbhi Yadav transformed her pain into a flourishing 300-plant terrace garden using mostly upcycled materials in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. This endeavor began in April 2023 with low-maintenance plants like syngonium and has now become a stunning green space featuring flowers and vegetables,... Read more »

On a recent flight, Andrea Quinteros noticed a baby sitting in the row in front of her. It didn’t take many looks or smiles between the seats for the baby to steal Andrea’s heart. Andrea is a crochet expert, and decided to crochet some little booties for the sweet stranger.... Read more »

"No one on their death bed ever said, 'Honey, remember that day when everything was so convenient?'" Laughter erupts in the audience. Weaving elements of our ordinary everyday with the extraordinary cosmic, Srinija Srinivasan invites us to explore how artificial intelligence can illuminate the depths of human consciousness rather than... Read more »

Once abundant, eels in England's Somerset Levels have seen their numbers plummet by 95% in Vanessa Becker-Hughes' lifetime. Distraught by their dire population, Becker-Hughes started the Somerset Eel Recovery Project (SERP), which aims to restore the eel population through a unique blend of art, history, and science, reconnecting people to... Read more »

The Entertainer shop, founded in 1981, grew to more than 160 stores and over 1,000 concessions. Founder Cary Grant is stepping away and transferring 100% ownership of the family-owned business to an employee trust. That means staff will get a share of the profits and have a voice in how... Read more »

Stackburger, a burger restaurant in a small community in northern Ontario, received a $439.20 order for pickup. They make all their meals from scratch, so it was a huge effort. When the time for pickup came and nobody showed, they realized they had been pranked. After all the effort, the... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Eighteen people have been arrested in Surrey, UK, after undercover police officers posed as female joggers to identify and intervene in cases of street harassment. The month-long pilot program called “Jog On”, launched by Surrey Police, sent plainclothes officers through known harassment hotspots during... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM What began as a student project has become a beacon of hope for healthcare hygiene. Rayvon Stewart, a Jamaican software engineer, was just 23 years old and studying at the University of Technology in Kingston when he invented a UV-powered door handle that disinfects... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM We’ve all been there: One moment, you’re riding the lunch-hour high, and the next you’re half-asleep at your desk, contemplating a nap under it. Welcome to the dreaded food coma, also known in science-speak as postprandial somnolence. If this mid-afternoon meltdown is tanking your... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Only 54 percent of Americans say they drink alcohol, according to a recent Gallup poll. This is the lowest figure in the poll’s 85-year history. It’s a one-point drop from the previous low in 1958, and a stark shift from 1978, when 71 percent... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM If your pulse spikes at the infamous words “We need to talk,” you’re not alone. For many people, conflict feels synonymous with shouting, crying, or someone storming off. But as therapist Aparna Sagaram, LMFT, explains, that mindset doesn’t serve us well: “All conflict is... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In 2014, over 140 million animals like minks, foxes, and raccoon dogs were farmed and killed for their fur. By 2023, that number dropped to around 20 million, according to a Humane World for Animals analysis using global and industry data. Though it excludes... Read more »

Episode Description: This week on the podcast, Arielle and Karissa explore surprising yet powerful solutions—from Stanford’s breakthrough brain-computer interface that decodes inner speech (complete with a mental privacy password!) to the top five preventable injuries that send people to the ER—yes, avocado hand is on the list. They also touch... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORAL TEAM Pilates isn’t about going harder or faster. It’s about precision. To an outsider, it can look like “not much,” because the work happens in tiny, controlled ranges. “It might feel very different than what you’re used to,” says certified instructor Jennifer Phelan, founder of... Read more »

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For the first time, a person with type 1 diabetes started producing their own insulin again after receiving a transplant of genetically edited pancreatic islet cells without the aid of immunosuppressant drugs. The proof-of-concept procedure could one day offer a safer, longer-lasting treatment for... Read more »

<![CDATA[President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday he has unlimited power, and that includes the power to send the military to any state or city he chooses, he told reporters at the White House.  “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States,”... Read more »

Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.... Read more »

Permanent fixes for the Boeing tanker have yet to be fielded.... Read more »

A naval sixth-gen fighter wasn’t going to happen this year, but Congress offers a lifeline.... Read more »

<![CDATA[President Trump just vastly expanded the role of the military in U.S. law enforcement across the country. On Monday, he signed an executive order creating a “quick reaction force” of National Guard troops tasked with “quelling civil disturbances” and “ensuring the public safety and order.” The order calls upon Defense... Read more »

Executive order tasks Hegseth with standing up a novel formation for nationwide deployment.... Read more »

Time to move from procedural compliance to championing ingenuity and results.... Read more »

At least five layers will be required for any peace deal.... Read more »

It’s “the foundry”—the shore establishment—Adm. Daryl Caudle said at a Monday ceremony.... Read more »

<![CDATA[Developing: As many as 1,700 National Guardsmen from 19 states are expected to mobilize for President Trump’s immigration crackdown, Fox reported this weekend, citing defense and White House officials.  Guard units are expected from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South... Read more »

Alex Miller, the service’s chief tech officer, talks plans to use large language models and smart glasses for vehicle maintenance.... Read more »

<![CDATA[Inside the Pentagon plan to Americanize drone warfare. Years of talk about rapidly scaling up drone forces have produced interesting prototypes and lively experiments with relatively small numbers of drones—but no clear sense of how the United States would conduct the kind of sustained drone warfare pioneered in Ukraine. A... Read more »

At drone experiment outside Indianapolis, various elements came together to reveal the way forward.... Read more »

Tulsi Gabbard said her office will cut more staff as part of a restructuring aimed in part at “ending the weaponization of intelligence.”... Read more »

Biography & Career Michael Cormac Roth, known as Cormac, was a musician whose life was marked by artistic…... Read more »

Biography & Career Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley had one child, Lisa Marie Presley, born in Memphis, Tennessee,…... Read more »

Early Life and Background Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell, born February 20, 2010, is the daughter of Padma Lakshmi and…... Read more »

Personal Overview As a fuel station owner and youth football coach, Nick Saban Sr., born in Fairmont, West…... Read more »

Who Is Rocco Kevin Marchegiano? Rocco Kevin Marchegiano, born in 1968, is Rocky Marciano and Barbara Cousins’ adopted…... Read more »

Profile & Background Oona Birbiglia, born April/May 2015, is the daughter of comedian Mike Birbiglia and poet J.…... Read more »

Philippe Pautesta-Herder is a notable player in the hospitality business known for his innovative projects and strategic vision.…... Read more »

Biography and Early Life Jennea Marie Welch, born July 6, 1998, is the daughter of Korn guitarist Brian…... Read more »

Early Life and Surviving Jonestown Jim and Marceline Jones had one biological child, Stephan Gandhi Jones, on June…... Read more »

The Port Glasgow yard embodies a broader truth: without a distributed network of regional shipyards, Britain risks the very skills that make national shipbuilding possible. The post Why shipbuilding needs yards like Ferguson Marine first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

DSEI UK has confirmed that four visiting warships will dock in London this September, with live demonstrations of autonomous and manned craft. The post International warships set to visit DSEI 2025 in London first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The 'Adaptable Strike Frigate' from BAE Systems doubles as an unmanned systems mothership built around modular payloads with lean crewing and a digital backbone. The post A look at the Adaptable Strike Frigate from BAE Systems first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The U.S. State Department has approved a sale to the United Kingdom covering sustainment support for the Royal Air Force’s fleet of C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, with an estimated total value of $861 million. The post UK to purchase $861m C-17 sustainment package from U.S. first appeared on UK Defence... Read more »

Aerospace and defence firm Leonardo has announced a new round of placements with STEM Returners, aimed at professionals looking to re-enter the workplace after career breaks. The post Leonardo widens STEM Returners scheme to aid career comeback first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jets diverted to RAF Lossiemouth after one aircraft reported irregular landing gear indications. The post U.S. carrier jets divert to Scotland after gear issues first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Leonardo UK’s Senior Vice President for Radar and Advanced Targeting, Mark Stead, on global demand for sensors, the work underway in Edinburgh and Newcastle, and why young engineers should be inspired. The post A conversation with Leonardo UK’s Mark Stead first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Police have arrested four people after a break-in at Moog Aircraft Group’s Wolverhampton factory, where the group claimed the company’s products are used on fighter jets striking Gaza. The post Palestine group attacks another British defence facility first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

HMS Venturer, the first of the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 frigates, has taken another step forward with the installation of her foremast at Babcock’s Rosyth facility. The post HMS Venturer foremast installed at Rosyth first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »