By THALIA BEATY, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, earlier than previously planned. Today, that would be worth an … Continued
Both directions of Interstate 494 between Blaine Avenue and Babcock Trail in Inver Grove Heights will be closed this weekend while crews do demolition work on the U.S. 52 bridge over the freeway, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. … Continued
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark says it will summon the top U.S. diplomat in the country for an explanation following a Wall Street Journal report about the United States stepping up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted … Continued
By RAF CASERT and DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted … Continued
By ZEKE MILLER and JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Britain are expected to announce a trade deal on Thursday that will lower the burden of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs and deliver a political … Continued
By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of conclave voting. The … Continued