Helene is forecast to intensify rapidly over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Florida on Thursday. Residents are urged to make preparations — and in many counties, evacuate — before then.
The faltering Minnesota Twins took another step backward in the American League wild card race as Jonah Bride had three hits for the 99-loss Miami Marlins with a homer that sparked a four-run second inning off Bailey Ober in a 4-1 victory.
Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to win over undecided voters in key swing states like Pennsylvania. Former President Donald Trump also talked about manufacturing policy on Tuesday in Georgia.
Nearly eight in 10 Minnesotans surveyed for a new MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll have high to moderate confidence of an accurate vote count in the November election. They’re more split over the safeguards around absentee and mail-in voting.
The latest MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll shows, despite adult cannabis use now being legal in Minnesota only 14 percent of respondents reported using it in the last month. The poll also found a majority of those surveyed support legalization of cannabis on a national level.
The song "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" was released ten years ago and has since become the soundtrack to millions of viral videos. Its story shows how music has shaped — and been shaped by— social media platforms.
New technology is making it easier to find the origins of trafficked wildlife so they can be released back to the habitat they came from, instead of languishing for decades as sometimes happens.
President Joe Biden made the comments Wednesday as his top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and other advisers are working behind the scenes pressing for a temporary cease-fire to calm the escalating conflict.
Charges brought by private citizens are rare, but not unheard of, in Ohio. State law requires a hearing to take place before the affidavit can move forward.
Threats and violence against inspectors have caused the U.S. to suspend inspections in the past. California growers question if Mexico's inspectors would be better equipped to withstand the pressure.