Minnesota employment picture largely unchanged in October, state says
The state jobless rate remained at 3.4% last month, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development reported this week. That compares with the 4.1% national unemployment rate in ...
Hundreds of hotel workers go on strike at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hundreds of hotel workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip went on strike just before dawn Friday after ...
The Loop NFL Picks: Week 11
Every Sunday, Kevin Cusick makes his predictions against the latest Las Vegas point spread, the way God intended ...
The last actions the Biden administration will take before Trump takes over the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other ...
Jerald McNair: Parents should be mindful of what they say about the election around kids
The day after the presidential election, I walked into my school building, and before I could enter my office, a student, who ...
Trump wants to end ‘wokeness’ in education. He has vowed to use federal money as leverage
Trump also wants a say in school curriculum, vowing to fight for “patriotic” education. He promised to reinstate his 1776 ...
Trump meets with Argentina’s president, the first foreign leader he’s met with since election
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump met Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentine President Javier Milei, the first ...
Woodbury substitute teacher who reenacted Floyd death loses job as police officer
A substitute teacher who was banned from teaching in Washington County after reportedly using a student to reenact the police ...
Dozens of newly planted trees along St. Paul’s Shepard Road uprooted or damaged in ‘senseless’ act of vandalism
Runners first discovered the scene early Thursday morning: dozens of newly planted trees along a stretch of Shepard Road in ...
As Vikings’ opponents focus on Justin Jefferson, he focuses on winning
Though most opposing teams do everything in their power to limit Jefferson whenever they play the Vikings, the Jaguars took ...
Lara Williams: Hacking the planet needs guardrails and guidelines
The scary parts of solar geoengineering don’t mean that we shouldn’t study it at all to accurately quantify the risks and ...
Tanabe, Kelly: We need to change the way we educate Americans about atomic bombs
Teaching peace is incredibly important — but we can’t say “never again” and be forward-looking without looking back.