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Starting Wednesday, visitors to the Minnesota State Capitol will encounter tighter security and fewer public entry points ... Read More
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs blasts conditions at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center as 'inhumane'
Sean 'Diddy' Combs has described conditions at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center as "inhumane" in a new appeal for bail ahead of his October sentencing.
The 55-year-old rapper's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, has submitted...Read more
Eminem and Dr Dre accused of leaving radio DJ Jo Whiley feeling 'tiny and stupid'
Eminem and Dr Dre have been accused of leaving radio DJ Jo Whiley feeling "tiny and stupid".
The BBC Radio 2 presenter, 60, made the allegation while speaking on her Dig It podcast in which she recalled being left ...Read more
Lizzo hails body positivity as a 'radical act'
Lizzo says body positivity is a "radical act".
The 37-year-old singer has been documenting her dramatic weigh loss journey on social media and has now told Women's Health she embraces her current appearance.
Lizzo ...Read more
As immigration fears surge, LA Unified School District 'compassion fund' to support families amid return to school
LOS ANGELES — As many immigrant parents express fear about sending their children back to school next week, Los Angeles Unified has amassed $1 million in donations for a "compassion fund" for families affected by federal...Read more
US Health Department pulls back on funding mRNA vaccines
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ending contracts to develop vaccines using messenger RNA technology, another step in the agency’s changing practices toward vaccines under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...Read more
How California Republicans are fighting Newsom's redistricting push
Worried about the possibility of losing congressional seats, California Republicans are trying several strategies to fight Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aggressive push to redistrict the state to boost Democrats in response to a ...Read more
New federal list of 'sanctuary jurisdictions' includes the state of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Justice published a new list of immigration “sanctuary jurisdictions” Tuesday, and it includes the entire state of Minnesota.
The designation comes months after the department ...Read more
Jonathan Lansner: US jobs data can be seen as 99.9% correct
Is there something really wrong with the nation’s employment counts?
Questions about the quality of the jobs data came into the spotlight this month when President Donald Trump fired the boss of the Bureau of Labor ...Read more
US charges Chinese nationals with Nvidia chips export breach
Two Chinese nationals were arrested this week on charges that they sent tens of millions of dollars worth of advanced AI chips made by Nvidia Corp. to China in violation of U.S. export restrictions, according to ...Read more
Trump names himself chair of LA Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
WASHINGTON — In past Olympic Games held on American soil, sitting presidents have served in passive, ceremonial roles. President Donald Trump may have other plans.
An executive order signed by Trump on Tuesday names ...Read more
Why the world is divided on plastic as UN treaty talks restart
Almost every week seems to bring a new report that plastic is even worse than had been thought for both human and planetary health. This week, it’s a paper in the Lancet that warns of a “grave, growing” danger from ...Read more
California fire revealed hidden history. Now, it's a landmark
Late 19th-century and early 20th-century historical monuments, representative of California’s early development, once hid under a dense Placer County forest.
The monuments, a 60-foot lime kiln and quarry, could not be ...Read more
Minnesota has a Capitol emergency alert system. Could it have warned lawmakers an assassin was at large?
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota purchased a mass notification system several years ago to alert legislators about emergencies, but state leaders didn’t use it on the morning of June 14 when an assassin targeted politicians in ...Read more
Colorado Democrats asks feds to allow Colorado plan that would let toddlers stay on Medicaid
Colorado’s Democratic U.S. senators and representatives asked the federal agency regulating Medicaid on Tuesday to reconsider a decision that won’t let Colorado keep toddlers and former prisoners covered.
In November,...Read more
Georgia's Fulton County must accept Republican election board nominees, judge rules
ATLANTA — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners must appoint election critics nominated by the Fulton County Republican Party to the county election board, a superior court judge has ruled.
In an order handed down ...Read more
Budget maneuvers expected to reduce NIH funding opportunities
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health will be able to fund fewer research grants in fiscal 2026, even if Congress provides increased funding for the agency, due to Trump administration budget maneuvers.
The ...Read more
Harm reduction techniques being phased out under Trump
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is escalating its push against what has become a key part of the way states, localities and communities respond to the overdose epidemic: harm reduction.
A public health approach ...Read more
Tsunami surprised California's Crescent City, caused $1 million in damage to harbor, officials say
Poor H Dock.
When 4-foot tsunami waves crashed into the Crescent City Harbor in rural Northern California last week, the dock nearest the harbor’s entrance — which was designed to absorb the brunt of the surge energy ...Read more
Israel weighs full Gaza takeover despite concerns of armed forces
JERUSALEM — Israel is weighing an expansion of its armed presence in Gaza, despite concern by military chiefs and a majority of the country’s public that the move risks jeopardizing the prospect of freeing the ...Read more
Karen Read wrongful death dispute: Criminal defense attorneys join civil fight
BOSTON — Defense attorney Alan Jackson says the “band … is getting back together” as he and colleague Elizabeth Little will be defending Karen Read in a civil suit by the family of John O’Keefe.
Jackson also ...Read more
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