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Residents of condemned St. Paul apartment suddenly displaced again
Former residents of St. Paul’s Lowry Building apartments have been suddenly displaced twice in the last month — once when the troubled building was condemned, and again this week when their temporary housing ended.
FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone and was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group
The Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans acted alone, the FBI said Thursday, reversing its position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others in the deadly attack that officials said was inspired by the Islamic State group.
Soldier shot self in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say
The highly decorated Army soldier inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas shot himself in the head just before detonation, authorities said Thursday.
Beargrease sled dog race postponed until March because of lack of snow
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, originally scheduled for late January along the North Shore of Lake Superior, has been postponed to March 2 because of a lack of snow and poor trail conditions.
Monticello nuclear plant gets federal approval to keep operating until 2050
Xcel Energy has said continuing to operate its two Minnesota nuclear plants, at Prairie Island and Monticello, is critical to its transition to carbon-free electricity. But some critics have raised safety concerns about the aging plant.
A drop in groundwater could mean big trouble for a tiny snail as Nevada lithium project presses on
Opponents of a huge lithium mine under construction in Nevada want U.S. officials to investigate whether the project already has caused a drop in groundwater levels that could lead to extinction of a tiny snail.
British rapper Stormzy banned from driving for using phone behind wheel of his Rolls-Royce
British rapper Stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months after admitting that he drove his Rolls-Royce through London while using his phone. The 31-year-old whose real name is Michael Ebenazer Owuo Jr. is known for bringing the grime genre of rap into the commercial mainstream.
Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died at age 103. Hungary’s state news agency says Keleti died Thursday morning in Budapest. She was hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on Dec. 25.