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Across Minnesota, food shelves are rallying for donated food and cash this month to help them meet the demand from a growing number of Minnesotans in need.... Read more »

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The war also changed the role of the National Guard, from a strategic reserve force typically used for domestic emergencies to a force regularly called up for overseas deployments.... Read more »

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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 »

‘In implementing this legislation, my administration will declassify and share as much of that information as possible.’... Read more »

The revelations come at a pivotal time for TikTok’s survival in the U.S., as the Biden administration and Congress mull a crackdown.... Read more »

‘When Californians today buy a handgun at a store, they are largely restricted to models from over sixteen years ago,’ Judge Cormac J. Carney wrote.... Read more »

Today News Africa correspondent Simon Ateba began shouting over Karine Jean-Pierre, demanding that she allow him to ask a question.... Read more »

Kennedy was reinstated and will return to campus when the football season begins.... Read more »

Congress voted to block a Labor Department rule allowing retirement-fund fiduciaries to take ESG factors into account.... Read more »

Rather than change their tactics, progressives change the language — as they’ve done so many times before.... Read more »

Trump’s lawyers claim the jury forewoman’s media tour ‘poisoned’ the inquiry.... Read more »

Reporters are starting to complain about Biden’s refusal to take questions when world leaders visit.... Read more »

Trump told his followers that he expects to be arrested Tuesday and urged them to protest.... Read more »

Trump claimed ‘illegal leaks’ from the Manhattan DA’s office have led him to believe he will be arrested Tuesday.... Read more »

DeSantis accused DA Alvin Bragg of ‘pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office.’... Read more »

The visit marks Xi’s first foreign trip since securing a third term as China’s president earlier this month.... Read more »

Proponents of a softer stance have so far advanced specious theories.... Read more »

The Supreme Court appeared to lean towards allowing a lawsuit about the Navajo Nation’s treaty rights in the Colorado River watershed to proceed during oral arguments on Monday. But the potential majority is a narrow one, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett likely casting the decisive vote, and the final ruling... Read more »

South Carolina Republican lawmakers are backpedaling away as fast as possible from a bill that would make abortion punishable by the death penalty, one of the strictest anti-abortion measures that has been proposed since the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last year.The South... Read more »

California will cap costs for insulin at $30, and it will begin manufacturing Naloxone, a nasal spray that helps reverse opioid overdoses.Governor Gavin Newsom broke the news on Saturday, announcing that the state struck a contract with manufacturer CIVICA to manufacture 10 mL vials of insulin that can cost up... Read more »

Sometime soon, perhaps as early as Tuesday, Donald Trump could be arrested. “WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” he wrote over the weekend on Truth Social, his bespoke social network. No one in the former president’s inner circle seems to know where Trump... Read more »

On Monday, Biden issued his first veto since taking office, shutting down a narrowly-passed Republican bill that would have stopped the administration from simply encouraging money managers to consider climate change when making investment decisions for their clients.Biden’s Department of Labor issued a rule towards money managers, stating they could... Read more »

The Attorney General of Missouri issued an emergency regulation Monday banning gender-affirming care for minors, skipping over the legislative process in a massive power grab.The Missouri state legislature is already considering a bill that would ban certain medical procedures, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, for transgender Missourians under the... Read more »

Turns out the third time is not the charm for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who announced Monday that he was stepping down two weeks early from the helm of the coffee chain.Schultz began serving his third term as Starbucks chief last April and was due to finish on April 1,... Read more »

On the two-decade mark since America’s invasion into Iraq, the fate of scores of people are yet again subject to whether liars, cheaters, and profiteers will win the day.With regard to the future of our planet, we’re running out of time, but not options, to ameliorate the climate crisis, according... Read more »

Undercover Florida state agents attended a Christmastime drag show in Orlando to prove that children were being exposed to obscene performances—only to report back that no such thing occurred.The agents were part of the packed crowd who watched A Drag Queen Christmas at the Plaza Live theater in Orlando on... Read more »

Gird your loins: Former President Donald Trump hasn’t even been indicted yet, but this week is already shaping up to be chaotic.Trump predicted over the weekend that he will be indicted Tuesday by a Manhattan grand jury for his role in paying adult film star Stormy Daniels hush money during... Read more »

“You knew that it was definitely an AR. There was no way of going in.… We had no choice but to wait and try to get something that had better coverage where we could actually stand up to him.” This is what Uvalde Police Department Sergeant Donald Page admitted in... Read more »

Ten years ago, a storied English soccer team hired an American college football coach to lead them to glory in the Premier League. The team was North London’s Tottenham Hotspur; the American was Ted Lasso, a gruff and somewhat guileless manager who struggled to grasp the basics of his new... Read more »

It wasn’t surprising at all that Donald Trump said Saturday that he wanted to see his people protest what he claimed to be his imminent arrest, courtesy of the Manhattan district attorney, presumably on felony hush money and campaign-finance charges relating to Trump’s payment to Stormy Daniels. Trump’s actions are... Read more »

In her 1986 profile of Artforum editor Ingrid Sischy, Janet Malcolm describes critic Rosalind Krauss’s Greene Street apartment as “one of the most beautiful living places in New York.” Its beauty, she writes, “has a dark, forceful, willful character. Each piece of furniture and every object of use or decoration... Read more »

Dave Zirin James Reimer’s refusal to wear a Pride jersey during warm-ups of a game was not religious. It was political. The post The NHL Stares Down Bigotry—and Blinks appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jamila Hodge The New Jersey city is now home to an ecosystem of funded programs that reduce violence while tackling the factors that drive violence and criminalized behavior—and it’s working. The post The Future of Public Safety Is Here in Newark appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Joan Walsh On the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, credulous reporters remind us how we got that disaster—and Donald Trump, too. The post Kevin McCarthy Doesn’t Want Pro-Trump Protests? Give Me A Break. appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Jeet Heer New evidence of 1980 election shenanigans has implications for the debate on prosecuting Trump. The post Reagan, Trump, and the Price of Presidential Impunity appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Thomas Kerr Our Second Amendment suicide pact. The post America’s Circle of Hell appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Rachel Brooks The number of student food gardens has risen dramatically at prestigious urban and suburban colleges, but these campus farms should be wary of overstating their impact. The post Do University Farms Truly Teach Sustainability? appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Nicolás Medina Mora In Stella Maris and The Passenger, McCarthy invites us to consider hopelessness not just to give us hope but to compel us to make use of it. The post The Defiance of Cormac McCarthy’s Late Style appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Esther Honig Thanks to US border restrictions, thousands of migrants are stuck indefinitely in Chiapas, harvesting the fruits that Americans can’t get enough of. The post How US Policy Has Trapped Migrant Workers in an “Open-Air Prison” in Mexico appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

The Nation On the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, The Nation reprints its plea to Congress to reject Bush’s preemptive assault. The post 20 Years Ago, the US Lied Its Way Into War appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Chris Lehmann, The Nation Thanks to an anemic opposition, Ron DeSantis won reelection by a landslide. But if national Democrats don’t learn from the Florida party's mistakes, the governor could take his crackpot crusade even further. The post Florida Man Trashes the Constitution and History in Pursuit of the White... Read more »

Joan Walsh As the disgraced ex-president race-baits Manhattan’s district attorney and riles up his followers against him, the House speaker has Trump’s back. The post Trump Wants More Violence. That’s Fine With Kevin McCarthy. appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Steve Brodner Slaughterhouse kids. The post Willow Weep for Me appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Gilbert Achcar Instead of working toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict, Washington has escalated tensions with Beijing. The post There’s No Settlement of the War in Ukraine Without China appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Kate Wagner It’s just making it that much less interesting. The post No, AI Is Not “Disrupting” Architecture appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene recently made what seemed like a huge claim. "Explosive found by Border Patrol Agents Jan 17th," the Republican tweeted alongside a photograph on an onion-shaped object wrapped in duct tape amidst the beige backdrop of the American southwest. "Agents have surveillance of who brought it in and when and... Read more »

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Economic disasters are colliding. The collapse of American banks like Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and the near-miss with Credit Suisse bank in Switzerland — before USB bought it this week — have sent still-reverberating shock waves throughout the world of finance. Those failures come just as the Federal... Read more »

One of the most exciting months in sports has arrived, as March Madness 2023 kicks off and the battle to become the champion of NCAA Division I basketball ensues. From 68 teams down to two, there are always upsets, routs, and unforeseen storylines that come up, but who will win it... Read more »

Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has been purchased by its longtime rival UBS. What does the acquisition mean for the global economy, and what are financial insiders saying about it? Here's everything you need to know:  What are the details of the purchase? Credit Suisse announced it had been acquired by UBS... Read more »

Fox News on Monday afternoon took the unusual step of seeking a restraining order against one of its own producers, Abby Grossberg, who filed two lawsuits Monday accusing Fox News of gender discrimination and coercing her into giving misleading testimony in her deposition for Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion is suing Fox... Read more »

Six people affiliated with the Oath Keepers militia group were convicted of federal crimes Monday for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Four of the defendants — Sandra Parker, Laura Steele, Connie Meggs, and William Isaacs —... Read more »

In her first interview since being shot by a 6-year-old student, Virginia teacher Abigail Zwerner said she is trying to "have a positive outlook on what's happened and where my future's heading," as she undergoes strenuous physical therapy that leaves her physically and mentally exhausted. Police say on Jan. 6,... Read more »

Jason Sudeikis and his Ted Lasso co-stars believe in the importance of mental health awareness.  The stars of Apple's hit soccer comedy visited the White House on Monday to discuss the importance of taking care of one's mental health. The actors were set to meet with President Biden and first lady Jill Biden,... Read more »

After days of intense pressure from allies of Donald Trump to weigh in on the former president's looming potential indictment for allegedly orchestrating hush money payments during the 2016 election, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) finally broke his silence on Monday. The governor offering a superficially enthusiastic defense of the man... Read more »

The World Happiness Report was released on Monday, ranking the happiest countries in the world based on average life evaluations from 150 nations. The good news is happiness remained "remarkably resilient" over the past three years, with global averages aligning with the three years before the pandemic, CNN reports.  "Even during... Read more »

The European Commission has called upon the European Council to take the necessary decisions without any further delay to allow Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia to… Read More »... Read more »

The EU’s High Representative, Josep Borrell is set to finalize the appointment of a Special Representative to the Gulf region in the coming days. The… Read More »... Read more »

The G20, on the face of it, is a slightly odd institution. Founded recently – in 1999 – in response to the then-emerging markets debt… Read More »... Read more »

Ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali, the Commission is stepping up support to help those most affected by the devastating effects of rising food… Read More »... Read more »

On Monday, 14 November in the afternoon, the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights will assess conditions for foreign workers in Qatar ahead of the… Read More »... Read more »

On Thursday night, Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the third file of the Fit for 55 package. The revision of the… Read More »... Read more »

On Thursday, 10 November, the Commission presented a proposal to reduce air pollution from new motor vehicles sold in the EU to meet the European Green… Read More »... Read more »

In the same week that European leaders began discussions for a “Marshall Plan” for Ukraine, former Minister Brooks Newmark spoke in favour of a Multilateral… Read More »... Read more »

On Thursday, November 10, the Commission and the High Representative put forward a Joint Communication on an EU Cyber Defence policy and an Action Plan… Read More »... Read more »

Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson visited Ukraine on 1 November to discuss with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Minister of Energy German Galushchenko and international partners the immediate concrete… Read More »... Read more »

On Tuesday, October 25th a group of international legal experts, economists, and scholars presented for the first time a model through which reparations could be… Read More »... Read more »

This week alone, Russia’s war against Ukraine has come to new and horrific depths. Russia has launched missile attacks on civilian and commercial buildings in… Read More »... Read more »

Data on speed limits, roadworks or accidents should be available in digital format, to ensure road users are safer and better informed, the European Parliament's… Read More »... Read more »

The European Commission today adopted a legislative proposal to make instant payments in euro, available to all citizens and businesses holding a bank account in… Read More »... Read more »

"Is it naive to say that the world as we know it wont end if we keep telling stories? Maybe not, if we reconsider the kinds of stories we tell. Ancient stories, myths, old talesthese kinds of stories hold something powerful. Call it bone memory, call it the deep, primordial... Read more »

"Dr Michael Merzenich walks 40 minutes a day around the parks, streets and hills near his home in San Francisco, while making a mental map of all that he sees. He takes his dog on a different route each time, taking note of the homes, people and plants they pass.... Read more »

"'Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now,' Jack Kerouac wrote in a beautiful 1957 letter to his first wife turned lifelong friend. 'Kindness, kindness, kindness,' Susan Sontag resolved in her diary on New Year's Day in 1972. Half a century later, the... Read more »

"When I was a sixteen-year-old naturalist in training, we were instructed to sit in the forest and wait for the return of something called the baseline symphony. The baseline symphony was the music of a landscape at ease--the confluence of insect, bird, and animal song, underscored by wind and water.... Read more »

Over the last two decades Shay Beider has done pioneering work in integrative medicine through her non-profit organization, Integrative Touch, that enhances well-being, minimizes suffering and facilitates healing for children with special medical needs and their families."Essentially, our entire role as a team is to listen with every little bit... Read more »

"I had been living in London. It was Sunday, July 27, 1980...a day that changed my life forever. I got up before dawn and went for a long, slow, easy run in Hyde Park. When I returned, I picked up the Sunday Times and went into my flat. After showering,... Read more »

Is it possible that the same enzyme that helps us get rid of alcohol can also help us live longer and healthier lives? Scientists have uncovered a molecular mechanism that may be able to do just that. Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) discovered that the role of alcohol... Read more »

The nectar created by flowering plants is a significant food source for many of the critters we share our environment with. Those of us who want to attract wildlife to our gardens understand the importance of having flowering plants in bloom for as long as possible. Selecting nectar-rich plants is... Read more »

Cancer tumors are very effective at avoiding the immune system, making intervention difficult. A common gut bacterium has been genetically altered to seek out and destroy cancer tumors from within, as shown in a new study. Why are tumors so hard to treat? Tumors can thrive by escaping the body’s... Read more »

A recent economic estimate predicts that the end of extreme poverty could be reached by 2050, thanks to economic growth in low-income countries. According to a Center for Global Development (CGD) assessment, even though the Covid epidemic reversed some progress in eradicating extreme poverty and new obstacles may emerge, the damage... Read more »

According to a new study published in the journal Science, scientists have generated the first complete map of an insect’s brain and, critically, all of the synaptic wire that ties it together. The resulting map is known as a connectome, and it is a fundamental piece of neuroscience. “Now we... Read more »

Artists such as Brian Eno and Anna Calvi are naming the Earth as a co-writer on their songs in order to donate a portion of their income to environmental causes. Earth: a poetic construct Eno described the Earth as “a poetic construct… a beautiful idea,” and producers such Fraser T. Smith... Read more »

While most humans don’t have the means or tools to bear witness to them, many of the world’s smallest species have extraordinary survival mechanisms. Certain soil bacteria, for example, can consume hydrogen from the air and utilize it as fuel if they are starved of all other nutrients. Mycobacterium smegmatis:... Read more »

You probably already know that broccoli is a healthy vegetable that helps reduce inflammation, but what about broccoli sprouts? These sprouted broccoli seeds are a wonderful superfood for your brain. What makes them so healthy, and how you may incorporate them into your diet, is as follows: Why are broccoli... Read more »

Last Wednesday, drug producer Eli Lilly announced that the out-of-pocket cost of its insulin will be capped at $35 per month. According to experts, the action could lead other U.S. insulin manufacturers to follow. The adjustment, which Eli Lilly says is effective immediately, brings the pharmaceutical company in line with a... Read more »

Threats are rising once again, two decades after the American invasion that unleashed them all.... Read more »

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Mine-clearing and bridging equipment are of particular use in assaulting dug-in forces.... Read more »

From generator covers to car parts, a Marine describes how additive manufacturing helps his unit get on with its mission.... Read more »

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The Turkish president has morphed into an opponent of democratic governance.... Read more »

Let’s expand the Hacking 4 Defense program, which already helps hundreds of college students engage fruitfully with national-security problems.... Read more »

There's no "woke-ness" problem in the Corps, Berger says.... Read more »

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The service also needs to buy the stealth bombers more quickly, a new Mitchell Institute report says.... Read more »

ISIS-K will be able to launch attacks abroad in less than six months, Gen. Kurilla told lawmakers.... Read more »

By October, Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical is expected to absorb network portfolios from its sister PEO for enterprise services.... Read more »

Navy pursues big AI ambitions with gradual approach.... Read more »

The first pressure hull unit for Boat 1, the future HMS Dreadnought, has been transported to the Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow for outfitting. The post New British nuclear missile submarine reaches milestone first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Exercise Vigilant Isles 22 saw British Forces leading six reconnaissance teams alongside Japanese forces as part of island defence training. The post The British Army is back in Japan first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Bulgaria reached full operational capability on Wednesday. The post NATO battlegroup in Bulgaria reaches full capability first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The vessel charged with keeping Britain's aircraft carrier task groups stocked up with supplies is returning to operations after an extensive refit. The post RFA Fort Victoria returns to operations after refit first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the importance of continued NATO Allied support to Ukraine as it faces Russia’s war of aggression. The post NATO say Russia trying to ‘freeze’ Ukraine conflict first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

A recent report from the NAO stated that the Royal Navy withdrew its plans for Type 32 frigates because of concerns about unaffordability. However, it has emerged that work on the project is continuing.  The post Despite funding concerns Type 32 Frigate still planned first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

Military transport aircraft such as the A400M will play an important role as drone motherships as part of future combat aircraft projects. The post Airbus demonstrate A400M as a drone carrier first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The Royal Navy has completed a major European deployment. The post European deployment successfully completed by Royal Navy first appeared on UK Defence Journal.... Read more »

The USS Tennessee and an unnamed Royal Navy Vanguard-class nuclear submarine, both armed with Trident nuclear missiles, surfaced in the Atlantic and featured in a rare photoshoot designed to send a message of "deterrence and collective security". The post UK and US nuclear missile submarines send message to Russia first... Read more »