A 19-year-old St. Paul woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for setting off a firework that sparked a blaze at a Highland Park apartment building, displacing about 30 residents and causing more than $2 million in damage. … Continued
A St. Paul man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a man he punched in the head near the light-rail train platform in downtown St. Paul last summer died of his injuries. Darren Duffie, 29, pleaded guilty to … Continued
In April 1849, the safety pin was invented. The United States had just inaugurated its 12th president. The fastest way to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast was a five-month steamship voyage around South America. And the … Continued
President Joe Biden’s botched rollout of a revamped financial aid form reveals a stunning lack of managerial competence. It has left colleges unable to tell millions of students how much they’ll have to pay, causing some to delay enrolling and … Continued
On Wednesday, a divided Supreme Court listened to arguments over a state’s abortion ban — its first such hearing since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade. The case, in which the Joe Biden administration is challenging Idaho’s abortion ban, literally … Continued