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Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

WASHINGTON — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also ...

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Should Minnesota continue to put lottery dollars toward the environment?

By Dan Kraker There’s a question tucked on Minnesota ballots this election that’s flying a bit under the ...

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A decade of racial justice activism transformed politics, but landmark reforms remain elusive

WASHINGTON — Cori Bush went from helping to lead an informal movement for racial justice to winning two ...

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A Minnesota woman is accused of turning in a ballot for her dead mother. A routine check caught it

A northern Minnesota woman accused of trying to submit a mail ballot for her recently deceased mother has ...

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Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults

NEW YORK — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York’s Madison Square ...

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Ron Ely, TV’s ‘Tarzan’ in the 1960s, dies at 86

LOS ANGELES — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC ...

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Postal Service reassures on mail ballots, says all centers operating in regions hit by hurricanes

TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. Postal Service has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of ...

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Renew it or lose it; lawmaker asks voters not to skip ballot question on lottery amendment

By Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton This fall, Minnesotans will vote on whether to renew a proposal earmarking some money from ...

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Harris decries Trump after John Kelly says he wanted generals like Hitler’s

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris said Wednesday that recently reported comments Donald Trump made to his longest-serving chief of ...

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10 days, 10,000 objects and one very large kiln

Alex V. Cipolle The largest wood-burning kiln in North America just completed its 10-day firing at St. John’s ...

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One of the last Navajo Code Talkers from World War II dies at 107

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.  — John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages ...

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Harris bets her policies can attract Latino voters while Trump touts his time as president to them

WASHINGTON — Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump promoted economic policy Tuesday as their best chance to win ...

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Russia is behind viral disinformation targeting Walz, intelligence official says

WASHINGTON — Groups in Russia created and helped spread viral disinformation targeting Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, ...

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Costly data demands leave some Minnesota school districts frustrated

By Elizabeth Shockman The first data request showed up on Cathy Moen’s desk in July. It came from ...

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Minnesota Department of Health: Statewide whooping cough cases at 8-year high

By Mathew Holding Eagle III Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are at an eight-year high ...

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