A St. Paul man who admitted to making a pipe bomb and detonating it on the city’s East Side in June, damaging two vehicles, told a judge at his sentencing he was “thankful that nobody got hurt.” Christopher William Kulak … Continued
By MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ALECCIA (Associated Press) Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday. The illness has been reported in older dairy cows in those states and in … Continued
A man who lives less than a mile from where authorities say he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman was charged in the decade-old case this week based on DNA evidence. Gregory Alan Trepanier, 55, was charged this week … Continued
When the Green Line first rolled into downtown St. Paul in 2014, officials called Metro Transit’s light rail service a harbinger of future economic development. The reality has been complicated at best, with new housing and major public developments like … Continued
ORLANDO — There has been a tangible shift in how Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell seems to be handling things. Talking to reporters at TCO Performance Center in Eagan a couple of weeks ago, O’Connell lacked his usual exuberance, mourning … Continued
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part … Continued