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Minnesota sports betting bill runs is in trouble after state senator's burglary arrest
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is in serious trouble, running afoul of the partisan ra...
10h ago
Theft, drug use prompt Fargo convenience stores' owner to hire private security
WEST FARGO (KFGO) - Theft and drug use have prompted West Fargo-based Petro Serve-USA to hire private security at three of th...
13h ago
Trucker injured in rollover crash
HANKINSON, N.D. (KFGO) - A 34-year-old truck driver from Milbank, South Dakota suffered serious injuries in a rollover crash ...
11h ago
Osgood Elementary assistant principal placed on leave, school district investigating
WEST FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) - The assistant principal of a West Fargo elementary school in West Fargo is on paid administrative le...
15h ago
Park where thousands of meals were purportedly given away during the pandemic was closed.
BY: DEENA WINTER MINNEAPOLIS (Minnesota Reformer) - FBI Special Agent Jared Kary heard a park in Circle Pines was closed due ...
16h ago
State
Minnesota sports betting bill runs is in trouble after state senator's burglary arrest
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is in serious trouble, running afoul of the partisan ra...
10h ago
Governor Noem blames 'fake news' for backlash against her killing a dog and goat
PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) - Who's to blame for the outrage about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's fatal shooting...
17h ago
Prince's 'Purple Rain' house in Minneapolis to be listed on Airbnb as part of a new promotion
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis house owned by Prince featured in the movie "Purple Rain" could be your next vacat...
19h ago
US Postal Service to downgrade South Dakota mail operations
BY STU WHITNEY SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - The U.S. Postal Service has finalized its plan to downgrade the ...
19h ago
Forest Lake runner hit by vehicle hospitalized with life-threatening injuries
ST. PAUL, Minn. - One of the two Forest Lake Area High School runners hit by a car on Highway 61 Tuesday remains hospitalized...
20h ago
Local Sports
MLB roundup: Cubs' Shota Imanaga stellar again in win
Rookie Shota Imanaga had another strong start and Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the fifth inning Wed...
22h ago
Comcast pulls Bally Sports channels, imperiling US broadcaster's restructuring
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable provider Comcast stopped broadcasting Bally Sports channels on Wednesday, takin...
22h ago
Horse racing-Fierceness the favorite for 150th Kentucky Derby
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - The Kentucky Derby arrives at Churchill Downs with Fierceness as the favorite but the bay colt is...
22h ago
Twins rally late for 10th straight win, 10-5 over White Sox
BY MATT CARLSON CHICAGO - Max Kepler and José Miranda hit run-scoring singles to put Minnesota ahead in the seventh, ...
May 02, 2024
RedHawks bring back 2023 batting leader Dillon Thomas
FARGO (FM RedHawks)- Dillon Thomas, who starred for Fargo-Moorhead in 2023 and previously spent time in Major League Baseball...
May 01, 2024
National Sports
Tennis-Medvedev joins growing injury list ahead of French Open
MADRID (Reuters) - World number four Daniil Medvedev faces an anxious wait to know the full extent of an injury that forced h...
2h ago
MLB roundup: Mike Yastrzemski homers as Giants beat Red Sox
Mike Yastrzemski hit a solo home run and the visiting San Francisco Giants avoided a series sweep by beating the Boston Red S...
4h ago
Athletics-Steeplechaser Coburn to miss US Olympic trials after breaking ankle
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emma Coburn will miss the U.S. trials for the Paris Olympics after breaking her ankle at the Shanghai Di...
6h ago
Athletics-Paris Games 'walk in the park' after Tokyo, Ingebrigtsen says
(Reuters) - Jakob Ingebrigtsen believes his 1500 metres Olympic title defence will be a breeze as long as he avoids illness a...
8h ago
Motor racing-Everyone talking about Newey in Miami but drivers tight-lipped
By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) - Everyone was talking about designer Adrian Newey at the Miami Grand Prix on Thursday but d...
8h ago
National News
Heatwaves and outages test support for juntas in Chad and Mali
By Mahamat Ramadane and Idrissa Sangare N'DJAMENA/BAMAKO (Reuters) - In Chad's scorching capital N'Djamena, housewife Sylvie ...
56m ago
Pro-Palestinian encampments at US universities
(Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel have spread...
7h ago
US court lifts order blocking $655 million clean-energy transmission line
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday lifted a lower court's order blocking a land exchange needed be...
8h ago
California boat captain gets prison term for fire deaths of 34 people
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 peop...
10h ago
Maryland estimates bridge replacement cost at $1.7 billion - $1.9 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state of Maryland said on Thursday it estimates it will cost $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion to rebui...
10h ago
World News
Factbox-Who are the main candidates in Chad's election?
DAKAR (Reuters) - Chad will on Monday become the first of West and Central Africa's junta-ruled countries to hold a vote sinc...
53m ago
Hungary defence spending to be increased if Ukraine war drags into 2025 -PM Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will need to boost defence spending further next year if the war in neighbouring Ukraine drags i...
1h ago
'Show solidarity': Pro-Palestinian protesters camp across Australian universities
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of people protesting Israel's war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia's top univ...
1h ago
Iran says crew of Israel-linked ship freed
(Reuters) - Iran has released the crew of a seized Portuguese-flagged ship linked to Israel, but remains in control of the ve...
2h ago
Russia says it downs six Ukraine-launched drones
(Reuters) - The Russian defence ministry said on Friday that its air defence forces destroyed six drones that Ukraine launche...
3h ago
Business
Turkey inflation up near 70%, highest since 2022
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish annual consumer price inflation climbed to 69.8% in April, official data showed on Friday, a bit...
31m ago
ECB's Stournaras sees just three rate cuts in 2024 on strong growth
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is "most likely" to cut interest rates just three times this year a...
53m ago
Holiday Inn owner IHG reports 2.6% rise in quarterly room revenue
(Reuters) - Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) said on Friday its first-quarter room revenue rose 2.6%, he...
1h ago
Analysis-Heavy oil shortage spells higher cost for shippers, road builders
By Robert Harvey and Arathy Somasekhar LONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are ...
1h ago
Yen poised for best week in over a year; dollar waits on US jobs data
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen was headed for its best week in more than a year on Friday, helped by Tokyo's suspec...
2h ago
Politics
US Army says Congress doubled funds for 155 artillery
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army said Congress doubled to $6 billion its funding request for buying and bui...
10h ago
Trump to parade vice presidential hopefuls at Florida fundraiser
By James Oliphant and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will host a bevy of potential vice presidential picks...
10h ago
Trump warns he may not accept Wisconsin election results
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump said he may not accept the 2024 election results in Wisconsin, a key ba...
15h ago
California police flatten pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, arrest protesters
By Lisa Richwine and Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian pr...
17h ago
Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors on Thursday will ask the judge overseei...
22h ago
Health
Brazil declares country foot-and-mouth disease-free without vaccination
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil declared itself on Thursday as free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination, and will requ...
8h ago
DaVita gains after upbeat quarterly profit prompts annual forecast raise
(Reuters) - DaVita raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday banking on strong demand for its kidney dialysis services, s...
10h ago
Amgen first-quarter profit dips 1%, revenue rises 22%
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Amgen reported a slightly lower first-quarter profit on Thursday, citing higher operating and in...
10h ago
GSK knew about Zantac cancer risk, attorneys tell jury in first trial
By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) - U.S. attorneys for a woman who claims her colon cancer was caused by the now discontinued he...
12h ago
Bird flu outbreak in dairy cows fails to deter US raw milk sellers
By Lisa Baertlein, Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. sellers of raw milk appear undeter...
14h ago
Science
Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
QUITO (Reuters) - A team of researchers has discovered a potential breeding ground for smooth hammerhead sharks off an island...
12h ago
Orangutan's use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, ...
16h ago
Scientists explore how to improve crop yields - on Mars
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown ...
May 01, 2024
Explainer-The Eta Aquariid meteor shower: When is it and what to expect?
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Meteors will be streaking across the sky as Earth passes through dusty debris in space left by Hal...
May 01, 2024
T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur - or any extinct animal - based on...
Apr 30, 2024
Technology
Stay alert: Quake warning app demand surges in earthquake-rattled Taiwan
By Yimou Lee and Angie Teo TAIPEI (Reuters) - Earthquake warning smartphone apps have surged in popularity in Taiwan due to h...
6h ago
Apple sales fall less than expected, CEO sees return to growth
By Stephen Nellis, Max A. Cherney and Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) -Apple on Thursday reported a smaller than expected decline in q...
9h ago
Expedia lowers full-year revenue forecast on slow B2C growth
(Reuters) - Online travel agency Expedia cut its 2024 revenue growth forecast on Thursday, as gross bookings were hit by poor...
10h ago
Cloudflare reports wider first-quarter operating loss, shares slide
(Reuters) - Cloudflare reported wider first-quarter operating loss on Thursday as sales and marketing costs jumped in the per...
10h ago
Fortinet projects quarterly billings below estimates as competition heats up
(Reuters) - Fortinet forecast second-quarter billings below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, hurt by muted enterprise spend...
10h ago
Entertainment
Universal Music Group first-quarter core earnings beat forecast
(Reuters) - Universal Music Group on Thursday posted first-quarter adjusted core profit that beat expectations, helped by the...
16h ago
John Cleese says farce best in theatre as he brings 'Fawlty Towers' to stage
By Natasha Mulenga LONDON (Reuters) - John Cleese says farce is best seen in the theatre as he brings a new stage version of ...
16h ago
Jewish community anxious ahead of Sweden Eurovision anti-Israel protests
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Planned protests against Israel taking part in this year's Eurovision So...
22h ago
Universal Music Group reaches new licensing agreement with TikTok
By Dawn Chmielewski and David Shepardson (Reuters) - Universal Music Group and TikTok said on Thursday that they had reached ...
23h ago
Harvey Weinstein expected in New York court after rape conviction overturned
By Brendan Pierson and Jack Queen (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein is due to appear in state court in Manhattan on Wednesday for ...
May 01, 2024