By LOLITA C. BALDOR and DAVID KLEPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has paused offensive cyberoperations against Russia by U.S. Cyber Command, rolling back some efforts to contend with a key adversary even as national security experts call … Continued
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities in Los Angeles arrested two alleged leaders of a criminal organization suspected of smuggling 20,000 people from Guatemala to the U.S. and charging each person as much as $18,000 to get them into the … Continued
A 37-year-old St. Paul man has been sentenced to three years of probation for exchanging a flurry of gunshots with another man outside a White Bear Lake bar in 2023. Charles Edward Stevens-Thigpen was shot in the thigh and turned … Continued
Pop punk band the Offspring will headline Minneapolis’ Target Center on Aug. 15 on a bill that also includes ’00s hitmakers Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Citi cardholders have … Continued
Supporters of a Minnesota bill that would ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports rallied at the state Capitol Monday ahead of a vote in the House. The measure calls for restricting participation in girls sports at the elementary and secondary … Continued
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings have apologized for selling scarves made in Turkey during Armenian Heritage Night last month. “We, the LA Kings and our partners at Rank & Rally want to sincerely apologize to all … Continued