While winters in Minnesota are often unpredictable, count on the return of the ice-out contest for White Bear Lake and Bald Eagle Lake this year. As with previous years, participants can submit one entry per person with an ice-out date … Continued
By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News In October, Stanford University professor Jay Bhattacharya hosted a conference on the lessons of COVID-19 in order “to do better in the next pandemic.” He invited scholars, journalists, and policy wonks who, like him, … Continued
If you’re anything like me, your social media feeds were full of people doing low-buy or no-buy challenges at the beginning of the year. They were sick of overconsuming, so they set rules for themselves to spend much less — or … Continued
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA and NATALIE MELZER, Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire began Thursday in the Egyptian capital, Egypt said, averting a collapse … Continued
NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies like Capital One and Rocket Homes, just weeks under new leadership and turmoil at the agency caused by orders from Trump administration. In voluntary … Continued
Recently there has been an unusual amount of interest in expanding U.S. territory. A better idea: why not go REALLY BIG and relocate the Prime Meridian from Greenwich, England, to Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA? What better place than the historically … Continued