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Jessie Diggins, of the United States, competes in the Women's Cross Country Interval Start 10 KM Free event at the Nordic World Championships in Planica, Slovenia, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Jessie Diggins becomes 1st American to win XC gold at worlds

Feb. 28, 2023 11:29 PM EST

Today in Sports History-Winter Games open in PyeongChang

By The Associated Press Feb. 08, 2023 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 9 1912 — The U.S. Tennis Association amends the rules for the men’s singles championship play. The defending champion is required to play through...

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley speaks to her team during a film session at the Women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Minneapolis. The players found ways to enjoy their time in Minneapolis preparing for the women's Final Four and a shot at a second national title. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Louisville Cardinals at South Carolina Gamecocks 4/1/2022

Apr. 07, 2022 12:50 PM EDT

Members of Team USA celebrate a goal during the third period of a women's exhibition hockey game ahead of the Beijing Olympics, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Maryland Heights, Mo. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
4-time Olympian Hilary Knight headlines US team for Beijing

By Dave Campbell And John Wawrow Jan. 01, 2022 09:24 PM EST

Jennifer Starr Dodd, center, and other supporters react to the sentencing of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, Friday, June 25, 2021, at George Floyd Square where Floyd was killed, in Minneapolis. Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd's death

By Amy Forliti And Steve Karnowski Jun. 25, 2021 03:40 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Is Minnesota doing enough to limit evictions?

By Steve Karnowski Jun. 25, 2021 12:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, address Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Nelson is asking that the judge sentence Chauvin, convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, to probation and time already served,  probationary sentence, limiting his incarceration to time served, or in the alternative, a downward durational departure in crafting its sentence for Mr. Chauvin. (Court TV via AP, Pool File)
Minnesota weighs more cameras in courts after Chauvin case

By Steve Karnowski Jun. 24, 2021 02:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2020 photo, Baltimore Police Academy cadets listen to an instructor during an on the field class session learning to direct traffic, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Baltimore. As rising murder rates gain attention in U.S. cities, Republicans have ramped up misleading attacks by casting Democrats as anti-police. It's a message they believe helped them stave off greater Democratic gains and one with renewed potency particularly in cities that cut police department budgets amid calls to overhaul policing last year. It's not clear whether the GOP strategy, with roots back to President Nixon's law-and-order message, will be a success for a party that has little support in American cities. But Republicans hope to stem their decline in suburbs with by attacking Democrats' on domestic safety. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

By Thomas Beaumont Jun. 13, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

This undated photo shows the front and back sides of the medal awarded for the Pulitzer Prizes in New York. The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and the arts will be announced, Friday, June 11, 2021, almost two months later than initially planned due to the pandemic. (The Pulitzer Prizes via AP)
The Latest: 2021 Pulitzer Prizes honor journalism, arts

By The Associated Press Jun. 11, 2021 01:18 PM EDT

A protester raises her fist in the air next to a burning police vehicle in Los Angeles, May 30, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. The image was part of a series of photographs by The Associated Press that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Pulitzers honor coronavirus pandemic, US protest coverage

By Michael Hill Jun. 11, 2021 01:02 AM EDT

Albuquerque Sunport restoring some flights nixed by pandemic

Jun. 03, 2021 04:44 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With more people getting COVID-19 vaccines, the Albuquerque International Sunport is restoring some flights to its operation. ...

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2021 file photo, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz takes off his University of Minnesota cloth face mask to answer a question from a reporter during a press conference in St. Paul, Minnesota will lift nearly all its COVID-19 restrictions just before Memorial Day weekend and drop its statewide mask requirement once 70% of residents age 16 and older get their first dose of vaccine, but no later than July 1, Gov. Walz announced Thursday, May 6. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
GOP makes fresh push to end Minnesota's emergency powers

By Steve Karnowski Jun. 02, 2021 10:21 AM EDT

A Croatian border police office inspects travel documents at the border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia, in Bregana, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The European Union wants to revamp Europe's ID check-free travel area after coronavirus restrictions placed new strains on tourism and business travel throughout the bloc. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
The Latest: More cases in virus cluster in southern China

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 05:58 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 24 The Guardian on a line being crossed in Belarus...

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2020, file photo, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, right, addresses reporters outside the Hennepin County Family Justice Center in Minneapolis. Ellison resisted calls for weeks to take over the prosecution of the white suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot Black motorist Daunte Wright. He finally did so last week after one county prosecutor quit the case and a second asked him to step in. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
In Minnesota, move to sidestep locals in prosecuting police

By Steve Karnowski And Amy Forliti May. 26, 2021 02:17 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

By The Associated Press May. 25, 2021 10:00 PM EDT
Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 24, 2021. Editorial: Coming together to remember, rebuild One year after George Floyd’s...

Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, left, and Benjamin Crump, civil rights attorney who represented the family of George Floyd, right, pause for reporters at the Capitol in Washington, after meeting with Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Tuesday, May 25, 2021, the first anniversary of Floyd's death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Grief, smiles 1 year after Floyd death as family meets Biden

By Alexandra Jaffe And Alan Fram May. 25, 2021 10:32 AM EDT

Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic (15) and Minnesota Timberwolves' Naz Reid collide during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves 5/13/2021

May. 22, 2021 04:42 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey addresses the media in Minneapolis. From COVID-19 to a budget shortfall, and from the death of George Floyd to the more recent death of a 6-year-old girl from gun violence, the mayor of Minneapolis says his city has experienced one trauma after another in the last year — and the city's Black community has felt the pain the most. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP, Pool File)
Minneapolis mayor: After year of reckoning, time for change

By Amy Forliti May. 20, 2021 05:46 PM EDT

Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, right, and House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, enjoyed a light moment during a press conference Monday, May 17, 2021, in St. Paul, Minn., announcing the Legislature and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz agreed to spend $52 billion on the next two-year budget. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
Capitol fence will be missing when Legislature reconvenes

By Steve Karnowski May. 18, 2021 05:02 PM EDT