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Wis. high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the case must first win...
Dec 03, 2020
Trump rushes to lock in oil drilling in Arctic Wildlife Refuge before Biden's term
Caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The refuge has long been eyed for oil exploration.U.S. Fish and Wildl...
Dec 02, 2020
Smartphone data: Many Americans ignored travel warnings
More Americans stayed home for Thanksgiving this year compared with last year - but by relatively small margins.An NPR analysis of mobile phone location data showed that 42 percent of Americans with s...
Dec 02, 2020
Ivanka Trump deposed in inauguration fund lawsuit
Ivanka Trump was deposed by lawyers with the Washington D.C.'s attorney general's office.Wilfredo Lee/APIvanka Trump gave a deposition Monday as part of suit filed by the Washington D.C. gov...
Dec 02, 2020
'Time' Names Its Kid Of The Year: Water-Testing Scientist Gitanjali Rao
Gitanjali Rao, 15, is Time magazine's Kid of the Year for 2020. Rao has continued to work on solving problems through science, after gaining fame for creating a device to test lead levels in wate...
Dec 02, 2020
Questions remain in St. Paul police shooting of Black man
A St. Paul officer who shot and wounded a Black man who was being sought by police when the man emerged naked from a dumpster was trying to protect his fellow officers and himself, according to his at...
Dec 02, 2020
Obama, Bush, Clinton say they're willing to get coronavirus vaccine on camera
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton volunteered to take the coronavirus vaccine, once it's available, on camera to assuage concerns about the shot.Icon Sportswire via ...
Dec 02, 2020
Caregivers challenged by latest pandemic surge
Sign up Latest COVID-19 updates in our morning newsletterUnderstanding COVID TodayAnalysis of the latest coronavirus data in MinnesotaState officials say this is a critical time in the coronavirus out...
Dec 02, 2020
Grounded: Emotional support animals no longer guaranteed free flights
A service dog onboard a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport in 2017. The Department of Transportation says it will require service dogs to be flown free of charge, but not em...
Dec 02, 2020
COVID-19 in MN: As vaccines near, who gets priority?
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN Even as they brace for another wave of COVID-19 cases, hospitaliza...
Dec 02, 2020