Spain outlasts England 1-0 to win its first Women's World Cup titleAugust 20, 2023 7:27 AMBy The Associated PressSpain's victory over England came less than a year after a near-mutiny by its players last year. Its win made it the first European team to win the Women's World Cup since Germany in 2007.
The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moonAugust 20, 2023 4:21 AMBy The Associated PressRussia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported.
Play5min 56sec'Biking far with friends': Minnesota Randonneurs take 745-mile ride through FranceAugust 18, 2023 1:58 PMBy Gracie Stockton and Cathy WurzerThis weekend, 15 members of a Minnesota cycling group will be in France riding in the oldest long-distance road cycling event in the world: The Paris-Brest-Paris. And it’s not a race — it’s a journey.
Hurricane Hilary grows off Mexico and could reach California as a very rare tropical stormAugust 18, 2023 11:59 AMBy The Associated PressHurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, causing “significant and rare impacts” including extensive flooding.
Play4min 44secCorruption in Afghanistan offers lessons for billions going to Ukraine August 17, 2023 4:44 AMBy Tom Bowman John Sopko has long been a U.S. government-appointed watchdog for how money was distributed in Afghanistan. He believes there are lessons that apply to aiding Ukraine's fight against Russia.
Minnesota author: 'I wanted to bring Karachi alive for people' in debut novelAugust 15, 2023 12:39 PMBy Elizabeth ShockmanNigar Alam has written a novel set in Karachi that spans decades following the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Play9min 47secNew citizenship law means big changes for Minnesota's foreign-bornAugust 14, 2023 1:32 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa KuznetsovTo explain possible changes and their impacts, Mya Shaftel, an English as a second language and citizenship class teacher with Literacy Minnesota, spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.
Ecuador arrests 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidateAugust 11, 2023 5:35 AMBy The Associated Press Ecuador's evolution into a major drug trafficking hub and the ensuing surge of violence weighs on the nation following the killing of a presidential candidate whose life's work was to fight crime.
Play8min 36secU of M med student reflects on 2 months behind the front lines in UkraineAugust 10, 2023 10:30 AMBy Cathy Wurzer and Gracie StocktonTwenty-four-year-old Sergey Karachenets had no military experience but wanted to give back to the country where he was born: Ukraine. The University of Minnesota medical student and EMT has spent the last two months behind the front lines as a combat medic.
Meet the last 8 teams in the running for the Women's World CupAugust 9, 2023 3:00 PMBy Laurel Wamsley The quarterfinalists include Japan, Colombia, Australia and five European squads. Here are the stars to watch and the key storylines to follow in the quarterfinal matches that begin Thursday.