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Busiest holiday travel season in years off to smooth start with few airport delays
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday travel rush hit its peak Friday as mild weather and lower flight cancellation rates raised hopes for merrier drivers ...
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Vikings stadium gets approval for new turf that league deems less of an injury risk
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority approved Thursday a $1.3 million project for new artificial turf at U.S. Bank Stadium before the 2024 season, ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, December 21, 2023 9:57 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
Plane breaks through thin ice on Minnesota ice fishing lake, 2 days after 35 anglers were rescued
WASHKISH — A light plane carrying ice anglers broke through thin ice as it tried to land on a large lake in northwestern Minnesota on ...
by Associated Press, Tuesday, December 19, 2023 6:29 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
Colorado Supreme Court, in landmark ruling, bans Trump from state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause
DENVER — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause ...
by Associated Press, Tuesday, December 19, 2023 6:26 pm
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The Vikings are on a slippery track with a series of late-game slides
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings have stumbled down the stretch of this most unpredictable — even by NFL standards — season. Their recent defeats have mirrored the bigger ...
by Associated Press, Tuesday, December 19, 2023 5:46 am
Elections & Campaigns
Few US adults would be satisfied with a possible Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, an AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON — It’s the presidential election no one is really jazzed about. Relatively few Americans are excited about a potential rematch of the 2020 election between President ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, December 14, 2023 6:45 am
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House approves impeachment inquiry into President Biden as Republicans rally behind investigation
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, December 14, 2023 6:43 am
Gophers/NCAA
Minnesota defensive coordinator Joe Rossi departs for job
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota defensive coordinator Joe Rossi has accepted the same job at Michigan State under new coach Jonathan Smith, according to a person with ...
by Associated Press, Wednesday, December 13, 2023 6:18 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Minnesota man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released after judge throws out his conviction
BAYPORT — A 35-year-old man who was sent to prison as a teenager for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop ...
by Associated Press, Tuesday, December 12, 2023 9:23 am
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Vikings beat Raiders 3-0 in lowest-scoring NFL game in 16 years
LAS VEGAS — Minnesota and Las Vegas played the lowest-scoring NFL game in 16 years, with Greg Joseph’s 36-yard field goal with 1:57 left giving ...
by Associated Press, Sunday, December 10, 2023 8:09 pm
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Solid US hiring lowers unemployment rate in latest sign of a still-sturdy job market
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a healthy 199,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell, fresh signs that the economy could achieve an elusive ...
by Associated Press, Friday, December 8, 2023 1:50 pm
Cops, Courts & Fires
High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly in his ...
by Associated Press, Friday, December 8, 2023 6:06 am
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Vikings will stick with Joshua Dobbs at QB, after bye week assessment
EAGAN — Joshua Dobbs and the Minnesota Vikings finally had an opportunity to catch their breath, after a whirlwind arrival, a storybook start and two buzz-killing ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, December 7, 2023 6:41 am
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Minnesota, Wisconsin wildlife officials capture 100s of invasive carp in Mississippi River
ST. PAUL — Wildlife officials have captured hundreds of invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced ...
by Associated Press, Monday, December 4, 2023 4:28 pm
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Law enforcement identify man killed in landslide at Minnesota state park
Officials on Monday identified a 19-year-old man who was killed in a landslide at a state park in southern Minnesota near Mankato. Jack Robert Loso, ...
by Associated Press, Monday, December 4, 2023 4:27 pm
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