The chair of the Metropolitan Council will retire in early September, Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Penny Flanagan announced on Tuesday. Charlie Zelle has served as chair for the past five years. The Met Council is the regional policy-making … Continued
Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. “It is with more … Continued
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week’s … Continued
After firing a shotgun and getting into the closed Sherburne County Government Center on Saturday morning, Zha Kong Vang checked several locked doors and went back outside, where he approached motorists while carrying the gun and a knife, charges say. … Continued
By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve in the military, according … Continued
By MEG KINNARD and DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, seen by some as the problem child of the Democratic Party for legal and drug-related woes that brought negative attention to his father, is lashing … Continued