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Biden tells oil refiners: Produce more gas, fewer profits

President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel, saying their ...

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Excessive heat rolls east, bakes much of central, eastern US

More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as high temperatures and humidity ...

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State takes control of Pine Island care center

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Health has taken control of a care facility in Pine Island ...

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Many baby formula plants weren’t inspected because of COVID

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a year, but they did ...

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US: Pfizer COVID-19 shot appears effective for kids under 5

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials said Sunday that kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe ...

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Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate bargainers announced a bipartisan framework Sunday responding to last month’s mass shootings, a noteworthy ...

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‘Enough is enough’: Thousands demand new gun safety laws

WASHINGTON — Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in ...

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Capitol riot panel blames Trump for 1/6 ‘attempted coup’

WASHINGTON  — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly ...

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American among civilians killed in Russian attack in Ukraine

WASHINGTON— An American man was killed in a Russian attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, where ...

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Bakk to depart Legislature after nearly 30 years

ST. PAUL — Minnesota Sen. Tom Bakk will retire at the end of the year, drawing a curtain ...

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Rescuers search for survivors in smashed Mariupol theater

KYIV, Ukraine — Rescue workers searched for survivors Thursday in the ruins of a theater blown apart by ...

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New Walz plan for surplus includes bigger tax rebate checks

ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Walz released an updated plan Thursday for how to spend the state’s enormous ...

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Fewer Americans file for jobless claims last week

WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs continue to fall amid a strong ...

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Minnesota parents: Son taken by Russian military in Ukraine

WINONA — Some Minnesota parents fear for the safety of their adult son in Ukraine who they say ...

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Biden calls Russian leader Vladimir Putin ‘a war criminal’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal as the atrocities ...

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