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Trump HHS proposal criticized as burden for Biden administration
A proposed rule could cause headaches and extra work for the successor of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, seen with President Trump in November.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Trump...
Dec 08, 2020
Northern lights possible Wednesday night across Minnesota
Mostly clear skies not only help temperatures soar Wednesday but also allow for viewing of a possible northern lights show into Thursday morning.Northern lights potentialAfter a few quieter years, sol...
Dec 08, 2020
Jury deliberates in federal trial of Illinois man accused of plotting Twin Cities mosque attack
A federal jury in St. Paul is expected to begin deliberations Wednesday morning in a domestic terrorism trial. Michael Hari of Clarence, Ill., is accused of leading the 2017 firebombing of the Dar Al ...
Dec 08, 2020
Jury: Illinois man guilty of Twin Cities mosque attack
Updated: 2:12 p.m.A federal jury in St. Paul found Michael Hari of Clarence, Ill., guilty of all five counts, including hate crime and explosive charges in the 2017 firebombing of the Dar Al Farooq Is...
Dec 08, 2020
Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden's win
Happy Safe Harbor Day, America. Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral votes that will be cast next...
Dec 08, 2020
Pilot Chuck Yeager dies at 97, had 'the right stuff' and then some
Chuck Yeager, standing next to the "Glamorous Glennis," the Bell X-1 experimental plane in which he first broke the sound barrier.APOne of the world's most famous aviators has died: Chu...
Dec 08, 2020
‘Route out’ of pandemic: UK gives 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses
A retired British shop clerk received the first shot in the country's COVID-19 vaccination program Tuesday, signaling the start of a global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pande...
Dec 08, 2020
Biden plans to tap Rep. Marcia Fudge as housing secretary, Tom Vilsack for agriculture
Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, at the Capitol in 2018.J. Scott Applewhite/APPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
Dec 08, 2020
COVID-19 in MN: Vaccines near but 'hardest weeks' ahead
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN Gov. Tim Walz and a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday are e...
Dec 08, 2020
Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to reverse Pennsylvania election results
The U.S. Supreme Court turned back an effort to reject Pennsylvania's election results.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an effort to overturn the results of the ...
Dec 08, 2020