After a successful joint outing in 2023, Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind and Fire will kick off another tour together in St. Paul on June 24 at Grand Casino Arena. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. … Continued
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s leading prisoner rights organization said Monday that dozens of prisoners were released over the weekend, as the United States continues to pressure the acting government to free hundreds of dissidents jailed during the administration of … Continued
By TRISHA THOMAS, Associated Press ROME (AP) — The first refugee to lead the U.N. refugee agency said Monday the world faces “a very difficult moment in history” and is appealing to a common humanity amid dramatic change. Repression of … Continued
Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, announced the death … Continued
At a community meeting in St. Paul earlier this month, when civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong took the mic, she noted that most people know her from her advocacy work in Minneapolis. “What most people don’t know is that … Continued
The University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and M Physicians — the U of M medical school faculty organization — have reached a three-way, 10-year mediated agreement that keeps alive the recently-endangered M Health Fairview partnership and a decades-long collaboration … Continued