Germany's leader says all countries must respect existing borders, in a rebuttal of Trump
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that the principle of inviolability of borders applies to every country, however powerful, and suggested that expansionist comments by U.S. President-elect ...
A trip to the CFP title game is on the line when Notre Dame and Penn State meet in the Orange Bowl
It's been a long time since either Notre Dame or Penn State reached college football's mountaintop as national champions. It was 1988 for the Fighting Irish, 1986 for the Nittany Lions. There's been ...
Minnesota Supreme Court: Taxpayer’s lawsuit over policy protecting teachers of color lacks standing
The lawsuit sought to stop Minneapolis Public Schools from implementing a policy giving preferential treatment to minority ...
An Italian journalist is freed from detention in Iran and returns home
An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks was freed Wednesday and returned home, after her fate had become intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer arrested in Italy and wanted by the ...
More migratory snowy owls than normal spotted in MN
The impressive Arctic owl has turned up in above-average wintering numbers in Minnesota and other parts of the U.S., ...
Jonas Brodin answers the bell for Wild after Brock Faber is injured
The Blues' Dylan Holloway (81) and the Wild's Jonas Brodin (25) fight for the puck in the second period at Xcel Energy Center ...
Art Deco style is popular again, a century after its heyday
A century after it was formally introduced at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, in Paris, Art Deco is enjoying a resurgence in decor, fashion and more. A new ...
Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces after being held incommunicado for over 700 days
An imprisoned opposition activist in Belarus resurfaced Wednesday in a video shot by a pro-government blogger after over 700 days of no contact with his family, weeks before an election that is all ...
Rochester schools remove LGBTQ-themed book over public nudity concerns
Despite the removal of the book, Rochester’s superintendent says there will be “no backtracking on books that celebrate the lived experiences of LGBTQ students and families.” ...
Penn State coach James Franklin calls for college football to have uniformity
The Big Ten plays nine conference games in football. So does the Big 12. The Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference are among those playing eight-game league schedules. The Mountain ...
Feds' suit claims Pennsylvania city's 'at-large' election system is biased against Hispanic voters
The U.S. Justice Department wants a judge to declare that a Pennsylvania city's method of electing council members citywide instead of by districts has illegally diluted the political power of its ...
Puerto Rico's new governor appoints energy 'czar' to tackle the island's power-supply crisis
Puerto Rico's new governor appointed a so-called energy czar on Wednesday to help pull the U.S. territory out of a power-supply crisis.