By ARIEL FERNÁNDEZ, ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and JOHN MYERS JR., Associated Press SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed. … Continued
By ALI SWENSON and OBED LAMY, Associated Press MINOOKA, Ill. (AP) — Bill Swick has a rare degenerative brain disease that inhibits his mobility and speech. Instead of the hassle of traveling an hour to a clinic in downtown Chicago … Continued
St. Paul voters heading to the polls Nov. 4 will see a ballot question on an operating levy for St. Paul Public Schools that would increase the district’s per-pupil revenue. Here’s what that means, why it’s on the ballot and … Continued
Chinda Gregor’s first memory is of the jungles in her native Cambodia where she hid with her mother from the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, which seized power as the American war in neighboring Vietnam entered its final days in 1975. … Continued
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — After months of extraordinary steps to ensure his party maintains control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterms, President Donald Trump is turning his sights toward the voting process … Continued
When we invite you to email us with suggestions, such as for worthwhile burgers that did not make our massive annual guide, we aren’t kidding. We read them all. After the guide was published last week, Eat editor Jess Fleming … Continued