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Photos show migrants intercepted near Crete arrive at the Greek port of Lavrio from Libya
More than 500 migrants arrived at the port of Lavrio near Athens on Thursday after being intercepted south of the island of Crete, after a surge of arrivals from Libya.
FAQ: Details on revenue-sharing coming to the Gophers athletic department
The University of Minnesota plans to spend the full $20.5 million allotment, with heavy emphasis likely on football.
Amanda Anisimova upsets No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam final
Amanda Anisimova upset No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at Wimbledon on Thursday to reach the first Grand Slam final of her career a little more than a year after taking a break from tennis ...
New Hampshire judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order
A federal judge in New Hampshire said Thursday he will certify a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected by President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright ...
Law enforcement shoots domestic assault suspect following pursuit in northwestern Minnesota
A man suspected of committing a domestic assault was shot by law enforcement after a pursuit ensued Wednesday in northwestern ...
A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages
One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today.
Most US adults say child care costs are a 'major problem,' a new AP-NORC poll finds
Americans overwhelmingly view the cost of child care as a significant issue, and most support initiatives to offer free or low-cost day care and to require employers to provide paid family leave for ...
Red Bull signals it will keep up title fight after Horner was fired. It faces many other challenges
Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko has pledged not give up on the Formula 1 title fight until it's mathematically impossible for Max Verstappen to win, even after Christian Horner was fired as ...
Roper: The community steps up to save Loring Park’s dandelion fountain
Half a century after it opened, the Berger Fountain is in need of large-scale repairs. It hasn’t operated in five years.
MN’s new St. Cloud medical school campus aims to train rural doctors
U Medical School’s CentraCare site recruits students from rural areas and will prepare them for practices there, too, with ...
Minnesota’s highest paid CEOs made 7% more last year, with No. 1 making $59.4M
Compensation of the 50 highest paid CEOs of Minnesota public companies increased 7.3% to $495.5 million, thanks to increasing payouts from long-term equity markets. But the total is down 23.6% from ...
Opinion
Ramstad: We’re wary of the super-rich. Also, we want to be the super-rich.
The result is a competing set of feelings about wealth that Americans express in ways distinct from other countries, Osnos writes in the book. Americans believe they have a shot at becoming super-rich ...