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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 »

The week of Monday, September 18: A slowdown of Net Zero mandates in Britain, electric vehicles, the autoworkers’ strike, globalization, Walter Reuther, and much, much more.... Read more »

The president has not yet received a re-election endorsement from the union.... Read more »

Judges would have been required to consider whether parents have affirmed their child’s gender identity in determining their “health, safety, and welfare.”... Read more »

The Justice Department was willing to give away the store, and Team Hunter refused to take it.... Read more »

Despite sumptuous art, the British Museum tackles too much.... Read more »

Lawsuits have become a tool for halting all kinds of construction projects, even ones that would lead to a cleaner future.... Read more »

Critics who dwell on America’s defects overlook that China has its own problems with decadence and nihilism.... Read more »

Despite Biden’s boasts, fewer people are enrolled — and at a higher taxpayer cost — than was projected.  ... Read more »

‘The Chinese Communist Party is not welcome in the state of Florida,’ the governor said in a statement.... Read more »

The Democratic senator said that the prosecutors and critics are ‘rushing to judge a Latino and push him out of his seat.’... Read more »

The standards dropped after Senator Fetterman (D., Pa.) routinely started showing up to work in hoodies and basketball shorts.... Read more »

Rather than bickering over the budget or impeachment, the GOP should be focusing on an urgent matter of life and death.... Read more »

Officials hope to provide backup satellite coverage for the whole country by the end of the year.... Read more »

‘Any candidate who refuses to address them should be disqualified. They’ll take your vote, and they’ll leave you broke,’ Haley argued.... Read more »

Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on Friday accused the Department of Justice of trying to cover up its biases by indicting a Democratic senator.New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez was indicted on federal bribery charges Friday. The indictment accuses Menendez and his wife of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash,... Read more »

The Supreme Court’s threshold for bribery these days is almost indistinguishable from a Thomas Nast cartoon. Corruption, in the justices’ eyes, is when a railroad tycoon hands a politician a burlap sack with a big dollar sign on it. But that extraordinarily high hurdle allegedly didn’t stop New Jersey Senator... Read more »

Ron DeSantis’s struggles on the campaign trail have eroded his influence back home in Florida, and even once-close allies are revolting against his control.DeSantis was crowned early on as the natural successor to Donald Trump: A demagogic culture warrior, but younger and more disciplined—he was a figure who could appeal,... Read more »

Medical implant company Neuralink killed at least a dozen monkeys through animal testing, after first subjecting the primates to horrifying conditions, despite founder Elon Musk’s claims otherwise, according to a new WIRED report.Musk announced Wednesday that Neuralink was ready to start human trials, despite widespread concerns about the effects of... Read more »

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been indicted on federal bribery charges, the Department of Justice announced Friday. The indictment alleges that Menendez, who is the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and his wife, Nadine Menendez, received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars, and “luxury... Read more »

Clarence Thomas has secretly participated in events for the Koch donor network for at least a decade, despite the fact that the group has brought cases before the Supreme Court, according to a bombshell new ProPublica report.“I can’t imagine—it takes my breath away, frankly—that he would go to a Koch... Read more »

Thursday night on his MSNBC show, Chris Hayes offered up a provocative thesis for why the House Republicans appear to be ready to shut down the government. Yes, there’s their general raging hatred of government and desire to blow the place up. But there is also, Hayes noted, a very... Read more »

Blowing up the government is a standard Republican talking point. And not just a talking point; the headlong rush to a government shutdown has been embraced by a number of House radical Republicans, who are driving the strategy—believing, against all experience, that Americans will be perfectly happy to go without... Read more »

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen. Dressed in a black and red flamenco-inspired suit, Witt outperformed her rivals, including American Debi Thomas,... Read more »

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tends to get a lot of grief whenever she offers her opinion about how the country needs a “strong Republican Party,” but I think that what’s currently happening on the GOP side of the House of Representatives is probably what she had in mind. There,... Read more »

“Keep on fighting, Mr. President!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told former U.S. President Donald Trump in a tweet in April. “Come back, Mr. President!” he said a month later, while urging Trump to “make America great again and bring us peace.” The Trump campaign was reportedly urged by David... Read more »

Last week, The Wall Street Journal published a bombshell investigation into ExxonMobil’s internal strategy to downplay the role of fossil fuels in causing climate change. The investigation offers shocking details of how Exxon executives worked behind closed doors to push narratives that would help them drill more oil; funded “science... Read more »

Donald Trump staunchly refused to wear a mask during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, and a big reason why is that he didn’t want to smudge his makeup, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson has revealed.Hutchinson worked as the top assistant to Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows,... Read more »

David Brooks is getting absolutely roasted over a picture of a burger. It all began on Wednesday evening when Brooks, a political columnist for The New York Times, shared a photo of his meal at Newark Airport on X, formerly known as Twitter:Brooks claimed that the burger, fries, and liquor... Read more »

Chris Lehmann The New Jersey senator was indicted by the Justice Department for a series of charges straight out of The Sopranos. The post Robert Menendez’s Family Business appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Dharna Noor “My patience ran out,” said Christiana Figueres, who for years had advocated for oil companies to be involved in policymaking talks. The post Exclude Fossil Fuel Firms From COP 28 if They Only Want to Obstruct appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Steve Brodner Extra crispy. The post Hell’s Bells appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Joan Walsh He built an empire on the foundations laid by Black musicians—but fails entirely to recognize that. The post Jann Wenner’s Blinkered Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer New cold war politics might end any investigation into the assassination of a Sikh activist before it begins. The post Did Narendra Modi Kill a Canadian Citizen? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

John Nichols Recent victories in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire special elections suggest Democrats can score huge wins in the fight to control state legislatures. That changes everything. The post Democrats Are on a Winning Streak That Could Transform Our Politics appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Drew Sheneman In retrospect. The post Shortsighted appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Amy Littlefield The movement that helped end Roe is embracing a political strategy that wraps the demonization of trans people in the innocuous-sounding catchphrase “parental rights.” The post At the Vote Pray Stand Summit, Christian Parents and Their “Rights” Take Center Stage appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Emily Tamkin Elections in Slovakia usually don’t get much attention. But this one could hold crucial lessons about the staying power of Trumpist politics around the world. The post This Might Be the Most Important Election You Haven’t Heard About appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Sasha Abramsky Can DA Thien Ho’s lawsuit force cities to more effectively confront a growing humanitarian catastrophe? The post Fed Up With the Homelessness Crisis, the Sacramento County DA Sues the City appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Joan Walsh And that’s a disgrace. The post Rupert Murdoch Leaves News Corp on His Own Terms appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer Joe Matt (1963–2023) made hilarious comedy of his own misery. The post Farewell to a Poor Bastard appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Pamela Shifman Here’s why the party shouldn’t be scared to speak up for trans rights. The post Democrats Can Stand Up for Trans Kids—and Win appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Anthony Freda Since 1946, this threat has endangered our planet. The post Atom Bombed appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

As the child of Holocaust survivors and a World War II refugee herself, peace builder Georgette Bennett was stunned by the human toll and tragedy of the Syrian civil war. She got to work, bringing together historical enemies to build an aid pipeline from Israel to Syria -- a feat... Read more »

"My own experience is that there are moments when suddenly, after I've been working a long time at painting, I'm no longer trying to make or do something. I begin to be led, as if my brush were just following where the painting in its finished state was leading me.... Read more »

"Birds have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, and hummingbirds have held a special place in my heart for the simple reason that they, early on, became personal to me. On some level, you could say I became a writer because of hummingbirds,... Read more »

In his 1951 book, "The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety," Alan Watts writes, "There is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity. But the contradiction lies a little deeper than the mere conflict between... Read more »

Janet Adler (1941-2023) is the founder of the Discipline of Authentic Movement, and the author of "Offering from the Conscious Body. A book that delves into the, "theory and practice of a unique body-based process that is cathartic, creative, healing, and mystical...This Western awareness practice encourages the individual to experience... Read more »

Edited by Don Hanlon Johnson, "Bone, Breath and Gesture," was first published in 1995. Alternating in-depth interviews, lectures and writings, its contents introduce and explore the principles and techniques of some of the most influential pioneers of bodywork and body awareness disciplines in the West-- among them, Ida Rolf, Moshe... Read more »

California senators took a huge step toward corporate transparency by enacting Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act. This groundbreaking legislation establishes the nation’s first mandate for significant U.S.-based firms operating in California to publicly declare their annual greenhouse gas emissions.  California: A forerunner in emissions transparency  The... Read more »

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack of the United States presented a game-changing plan to address record-breaking heatwaves and climate change. This effort, which will receive $1.13 billion in competitive funding, aims to plant trees in metropolitan areas across all 50 states, Washington, DC, and numerous U.S. Territories and Tribal Nations.... Read more »

The annual ritual of raking and disposing of fallen leaves has been engraved into the autumn dance for generations. But, in reality, those vivid plant layers offer more than just a gorgeous backdrop. They are an important part of nature’s cycle, providing numerous advantages to our lawns and gardens. Let’s... Read more »

A celestial display unfolds beneath the velvety African night sky, amidst the peace of Kenya‘s isolated Samburu county. It’s 1:30 AM in mid-August, and 50 enthralled individuals lie on the dry riverbed, their eyes turned heavenwards, entranced by the stars. The Milky Way arcs gracefully across the obsidian expanse, and... Read more »

The Ockendon solar farm, the third largest of its kind in the UK, is harnessing the power of the sun on what was once a bleak trash site in Essex in a revolutionary feat of eco-reinvention. The waste management company Veolia infused new life into this unexpected environment, where more... Read more »

Meet Noah Hill, a third-grader at Brooklyn’s Dr. Ronald E. McNair Public School 5. He’s discovered a simple yet significant technique for finding peace in the midst of chaos: “Breathe in through your nose, and breathe out with a whisper,” he says. This technique, known as “ocean breathing,” has become... Read more »

On September 14th, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen christened the Laura Maersk, the world’s first green container ship, in a historic ceremony. This extraordinary vessel, owned by the Danish business Maersk, is expected to change the future of marine transportation by running solely on green methanol. During the... Read more »

One faithful day in Colombia in the 1990s, a fitness instructor realized he forgot his usual workout playlist and sparked a spontaneous dance session to loud Latin beats instead. This serendipitous move transformed his exercise class into an exhilarating dance party. With that, zumba was born, bringing a new spin... Read more »

Bill Leikam, the president of the Urban Wildlife Research Project and fondly known as The Fox Guy, recently had a revelation while analyzing film from a wildlife camera along a Palo Alto creekbed. Amid the familiar wildlife, an unfamiliar creature darted across the screen. Leikam, a seasoned observer of local... Read more »

Sam Skove shares highlights from his reporting trip to Poland, Estonia, and the UK.... Read more »

But LLM models will enable new adversaries as well as allies, top intelligence official warns.... Read more »

Will this “hyper-realistic” modeling tool help get the program a Victory Royale?... Read more »

The Biden administration is planning to take a novel approach at some agencies.... Read more »

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Confidence in a new short-term funding proposal was short-lived on Thursday.... Read more »

The Snatch ransomware group has been learning from others to improve its own ploys, including data theft and double extortion, cyber authorities say.... Read more »

This is unsustainable, DOD concedes—and may be delaying the creation of depots that could fix the repair backlog.... Read more »

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Weapons makers say the Pentagon has made progress on innovation, but still has work to do.... Read more »

The majority leader had hoped that GOP’s Tuberville would lift his blanket hold.... Read more »

Inspired by the wars in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh, the new battery may be NATO’s first.... Read more »

Minihan says a mindset of urgency helped produce three “game-changing” concepts in a recent exercise.... Read more »

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The escalating energy crisis, underscored by soaring gas and electricity prices, poses significant challenges but also opportunities for the rail sector. ScotRail's initiative in Scotland provides an excellent case study. The post Electric Vehicles and the Rail Network first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The tech provides "real-time training for personnel who integrate Joint Fires, including both surface-to-surface and air-to-surface fires." The post Elbit UK’s JFST surpasses 4700 hours for British Forces first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The contract pertains to updating the Advanced Precision Shooter (APS) for the LG L118, a core system that has seen obsolescence since its introduction in 1999. The post MOD awards contract to Leonardo for APS update first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

"...improvements have included: increasing trainee throughput by improving syllabi, training delivery and course sequencing" The post MoD addresses delays in Forces Flying Training Programme first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

It has been revealed that Spanish naval vessels have been recorded in Gibraltarian territorial waters on 11 occasions over the past six months. The post Spanish naval vessels recorded 11 times in Gibraltar waters first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Planned trials revolve around cutting-edge technology, including F-35 Lightning stealth fighters, Osprey tilt-rotors, and the advanced Mojave drone. The post British aircraft carrier arrives in the United States first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

A Vanguard-class nuclear submarine has returned from a six month patrol. The post Vanguard submarine returns from long patrol first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Noises from Washington indicate that US President Joe Biden may be about to overcome his reluctance to supply Ukraine with the longer-range missiles it desperately needs. The post How longer range missiles would change Ukraine conflict first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The flight was part of a visit that AVM Marshall is conducting to gain a better understanding of the role of US Strategic Command and the B-2 stealth bomber’s capabilities to penetrate an adversary's most sophisticated defences. The post RAF officer flies in American B-2 Stealth Bomber first appeared on... Read more »