Good morning! Wind chill advisory for northern portions of the state this morning. Mostly sunny with highs in the teens -- except in the northwest, where high will be in the single digits. In case you missed the announcement Tuesday, Lynne Rossetto Kasper is retiring from "The Splendid Table." Her successor is New York Times Magazine columnist Francis Lam. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog |
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The Coon Rapids police chief is characterizing an attack by one of his department's police dogs on an elderly Hmong woman as tragic but "bizarre." |
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The hearing before the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges was the greatest legal challenge yet to the ban, which has upended travel to the U.S. for more than a week and tested the new administration's use of executive power. | Republican lawmakers propose new law to reduce legal immigration |
"The defense witnesses, except for the police, were lying through their teeth," said juror Eileen Parker, who helped convict Allen Scarsella, a white man, of shooting five black men at a 2015 Jamar Clark protest. |
Republicans invoked a Senate rule that silences a member accused of impugning the integrity of a colleague. Warren was speaking against the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general. |
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On Tuesday morning the president said -- again -- "The murder rate in our country is the highest it's been in 47 years, right?" Wrong. The rate is near historic lows, at less than half its peak. |
In the last five years, the number of infants born with opioids in their systems has doubled in Minnesota. A few foster families are getting training to treat the babies in their homes. | Minnesota's opioid epidemic |
The Army said Tuesday that it will allow the pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota. The Standing Rock Sioux promised to fight the development in court. |
When Super Bowl XXVI was held at the Metrodome in 1992, it drew thousands of protesters who objected to the nickname of one of the teams playing in the game. The choreographer changed the world of art, far beyond the dance stage. | Arts & Culture |