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Misconduct complaints pile up against Minneapolis police Chief Brian O'Hara
MINNEAPOLIS — The number of misconduct complaints filed against Minneapolis police Chief Brian O’Hara has doubled since September, bringing to 30 the total number filed during his three-year tenure.
That’s more than...Read more
Colorado appeals court throws out Tina Peters' 9-year prison term, orders resentencing
DENVER — The Colorado Court of Appeals threw out the nine-year sentence for discredited elections clerk Tina Peters on Thursday and ordered that she be re-sentenced by a district court judge.
The panel of three judges ...Read more
After man's death following insurance denials, West Virginia tackles prior authorization
Six months after a West Virginia man died following a protracted battle with his health insurer over doctor-recommended cancer care, the state’s Republican governor signed a bill intended to curb the harm of insurance ...Read more
Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi after rocky tenure
President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday after a rocky tenure marked by her fumbling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and her perceived failure to effectively carry out his campaign of legal ...Read more
Ye stops concert 3 times to rail against 'corny' lighting
Kanye West, now who legally goes by Ye, stopped his SoFi stadium show mid-performance three times Wednesday to call out the “corny” production.
The 48-year-old embattled Grammy winner, who hadn’t played Los Angeles ...Read more
Why Ford's U.S. sales head is optimistic after Q1 sales decline
Ford Motor Co.'s head of U.S. sales is optimistic improving production volumes of F-Series pickups will benefit sales after deliveries tumbled 8.8% in the first three months of 2026, including an almost 14% year-over-year ...Read more
Trump speech on Iran war, recent remarks on oil, NATO, daycare costs land with a thud
President Donald Trump’s meandering speech on the Iran war late Wednesday — in which he paired promises of a swift exit with new threats of escalated bombing and denied responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz — did ...Read more
Real estate Q&A: How can we stop neighbor's dogs from running wild?
Q: Our neighbor two doors down lets their dogs run wild. They have a fence, but they never keep the gate closed, and their three dogs are always all over the neighborhood doing their business on various lawns and bothering...Read more
What SpaceX and its record IPO have riding on the new race to the moon
When the first American crew since 1972 orbits around the moon this month, SpaceX's stylized logo will be nowhere to be found — but it might as well be plastered everywhere.
Elon Musk's rocket company is preparing what ...Read more
Mortgage rate forecast: April 2026
Mortgage rates ended March near their highest levels since mid-2025. In an ominous sign for the spring homebuying season, it’s possible that they’ll keep rising, mortgage experts say.
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'You're a liar.' Why the world's biggest building boom has run into a wall in California
MONTEREY PARK, California — Bryan Marsh was booed by the crowd as he approached the podium in Monterey Park's City Hall. Things weren't going as planned.
In front of a wall of people holding "No Data Center" placards, ...Read more
Senate tees up bill to end Homeland Security shutdown
WASHINGTON — The Senate took the first step Thursday in a GOP-backed plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, sending the House for a second time its bill to fund the department except for immigration ...Read more
Senate Democrats call on CMS to rein in Medicare Advantage abuses
WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren is pushing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to rein in abuses from Medicare Advantage insurers as the Trump administration considers a ...Read more
Trump slams 'kangaroo court' as SCOTUS debates birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump Thursday posted “Kangaroo Court!!!” in an apparent jab at the Supreme Court after it heard oral arguments in a case over birthright citizenship.
Although he didn’t elaborate, Trump’s two-...Read more
Robert Lloyd: Zahn McClarnon is No. 1 on the 'Dark Winds' call sheet, where he deserves to be
LOS ANGELES — I started thinking seriously about Zahn McClarnon the moment I realized he was appearing simultaneously in two similar, yet dissimilar roles, as tribal police officers in both AMC's "Dark Winds" and in "...Read more
NASA's No. 1 priority: Artemis II toilet fixed before trip to moon
The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission around the moon got some relief overnight after troubleshooting a malfunctioning toilet on the Orion spacecraft.
It’s not as if there was a plumbing backup on the toilet ...Read more
'The Drama' review: Zendaya, Pattinson plan year's most awkward wedding
A single question — "what's the worst thing you've ever done?" — derails a couple's trip to the altar in "The Drama," an intense, probing psychological drama dressed in the formal attire of a wedding comedy.
It ...Read more
Trump threats on Iran civilian sites raise escalation fears
President Donald Trump’s repeated threat to destroy Iranian civilian infrastructure is the latest sign of the U.S. leader’s increasing detachment from international norms and the bounds of modern warfare, a trend that�...Read more
Target leans into red shirts and khakis as it tries to elevate shopping experience
Target shoppers increasingly say they want cleaner stores, stocked shelves and employees who are easy to spot and willing to help.
After several years of uneven sales and lost market share to Walmart, the Minneapolis-...Read more
Trump vows to pay DHS workers as Republicans plod towards shutdown-ending deal
President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to pay all federal Department of Homeland Security workers as congressional Republicans struggled to end the record-setting partial goverment shutdown that is set to extend through ...Read more
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