UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has paid about $160 million of the nearly $4 billion it owes the United Nations, the U.N. said Thursday. The Trump administration’s payment is earmarked for the U.N.’s regular operating budget, U.N. spokesman … Continued
By ELISE RYAN Less than a year since the release of Mumford & Sons’ long-awaited fifth studio album “Rushmere,” the English folk rock band is back with a sixth: “Prizefighter,” an introspective but still upbeat return to their stomp-clap form, … Continued
By TIM REYNOLDS CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Jadin O’Brien thought she was being scammed. The Milan Cortina Olympics — and the sport of bobsled, for that matter — were not anywhere near O’Brien’s radar a couple years ago, when … Continued
St. Paul officials have declared a snow emergency Thursday after more than seven inches of snow fell in the metro from a winter storm that started Wednesday. “After last night’s heavier-than-expected snowstorm, I am calling the first snow emergency of … Continued
By JOSEPH WILSON LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — On the climb to Livigno, atop the mountain pass before the road glides down to the village hosting snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, there sits a lonely customs checkpoint. Its guardhouse and gate … Continued