Christmas Eve day happens to be the third day of spring for members of the Royal Order of the 21sters, those of us who are comfortably delusional with the insistence that once the days began getting longer at 9:27 p.m. … Continued
A lack of snow may delay next month’s annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. Erin Altemus’ dog sled team pauses on a recent snow-free training run near Grand Marais, Minn. The team is pulling an ATV instead of a sled. … Continued
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike killed 76 members of an extended family, rescue officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned again that nowhere is safe in Gaza and that Israel’s ongoing offensive is creating “massive … Continued
NEW YORK — Today we are giving a good chunk of space to Secretary of State Tony Blinken. America’s top diplomat gave his year-end press conference Wednesday before he left for another trip to the Mideast for the Israel-Hamas war … Continued
St. Paul author Roger Barr continues a 25-year Christmas story tradition with “Dream Christmas Gifts.” Author Roger Barr (Courtesy of Brad Stauffer) The series began with “The Last Christmas,” which was published by the Villager newspaper in 1997, Barr says. … Continued
Unless North Dakota lawmakers get an 11th-hour reprieve, they will miss the deadline to redraw a legislative map that, according to a federal judge, violated the rights of Native American voters. The North Dakota Legislature on Thursday filed an emergency … Continued