By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting the idea of using roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep food aid flowing into November amid the government shutdown, according to a Department of Agriculture memo that … Continued
A free event in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis on Saturday will take visitors on a journey through the Vietnam War and its lasting effects on Minnesota’s Southeast Asian and military veteran communities, organizers say. The immersive digital exhibit, … Continued
By Kyle Ingram, The News & Observer (Raleigh) RALEIGH, N.C. — Last week, North Carolina Republicans unveiled a plan, backed by President Donald Trump, to redraw the state’s congressional map in order to pick up another seat for the GOP … Continued
Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords will join Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for a town hall meeting promoting new gun violence laws on Saturday in a Republican-held legislative district at the western edge of the Twin Cities metro. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party … Continued
Apple at the Mall of America just got some competition. Electronics maker Samsung debuted a retail store Friday catering to users of its cell phones, tablets, laptops, smartwatches, smart rings and an all-new virtual reality headset. The store’s emphasis is … Continued
By JOHN LEICESTER PARIS (AP) — It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a dapperly dressed young man walking by uniformed French … Continued