By ADAM DUXTER Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 150 native elders in Minnesota are getting a traditional holiday meal courtesy of the Division of Indian Work in Minneapolis. The group handed out meal baskets complete with everything from basics to bison and walleye Tuesday. Serving natives from Leech
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British filmmaker Mike Hodges, who directed gangland thriller “Get Carter” and sci-fi cult classic “Flash Gordon,” has died. He was 90. Hodges died at his home in the county of Dorset in southwest England on Saturday, his friend and former producer Mike Kaplan told British media on
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will provide $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine. The administration is rolling out funding for a Patriot missile battery as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is arriving in Washington for his first known trip out of his country
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Air Force is making its sixth appearance in the Armed Forces Bowl to play Baylor. The 9-3 Falcons have won in that game only once, but ended this regular season with a four-game winning streak and have won their last three bowls overall since losing to California in the 2015 Armed
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Several illegal firearms and a lot of drugs were recently seized from a Minneapolis residence. The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says the county’s Violent Offender Task Force got a search warrant before the raid, which was conducted along with their Emergency Services
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and AMY TAXIN Associated Press RIO DELL, Calif. (AP) — Outside the Dollar General, the store manager ticked off the items she had to share with families trying to jumpstart their lives after an earthquake jolted them from their beds and cut off the town’s water and power. “Batteries or candles?” a
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Veteran outfielder Michael Brantley has signed a one-year deal to remain with the Houston Astros after missing more than half of last season with a shoulder injury. Terms of the deal weren’t announced. The 2023 season will be Brantley’s fifth with the Astros. Last season he
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN One of President Joe Biden’s most senior cybersecurity advisers is expected to step down in the next two months, three people familiar with the decision tell CNN. Chris Inglis, who has decades of government cybersecurity experience, has served as national cyber director in the White House since July 2021. Congress established
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Mat Ishbia’s career basketball statistics at Michigan State went like this: He averaged 0.6 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. Not exactly record-setting numbers. But this is the number he’s about to be known by in the game — $4 billion. Ishbia’s offer to buy the majority
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore homicides surpassed 300 for the eighth year running in 2022 as gun violence remains stubbornly high despite repeated promises from elected officials and new anti-violence initiatives. A recent spate of killings in the Park Heights community of northwest Baltimore reignited longstanding frustration and familiar debate among
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero COVID” policy, warning that its lagging vaccination rate could result in large numbers of vulnerable people getting infected. At a press briefing on
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk is defending his massive cost-cutting at Twitter as necessary for the social media platform to survive next year, due in part to debt payments tied to his $44 billion takeover of the company. “This company is like, basically, you’re in a plane that is headed towards the ground at
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood and Kristin Wilson, CNN The Biden administration has been working with Congress over the last several months on legislation that would formally designate Russia as an “aggressor state,” sources familiar with the deliberations told CNN. The “aggressor state” label is less hawkish than the “state sponsor of terrorism” label that
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Don’t worry about Zachary Levi. The star took to social media to clear up speculation that he’s in danger of being recast in the “Shazam!” franchise amid the shakeups at DC Studios. (CNN and DC Studios are both part of Warner Bros. Discovery.) It all started when a Twitter user
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN Manchester City manager and Lionel Messi’s former coach Pep Guardiola has reiterated his belief that the Argentina captain is the greatest player of all time. Messi led Argentina to a first World Cup triumph since 1986 at Qatar 2022, producing numerous remarkable performances and moments of brilliance to emulate
Continue ReadingBy Hafsa Khalil, CNN The brains of three species of dolphin found stranded along the Scottish coast have shown the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research, providing greater insight into the disease in species other than humans. The findings may also provide a possible answer to unexplained strandings of dolphins along the coast,
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN After making groundbreaking discoveries about the mysterious interior of the red planet, the InSight lander’s mission has officially ended. The stationary lander spent nearly 1,500 days on Mars. Mission managers declared the program’s end on Wednesday after the lander failed to respond to two messages from mission control at NASA’s Jet
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A group of gamers is suing to stop Microsoft from buying video game publisher Activision Blizzard, arguing that the $68.7 billion acquisition would stifle competition and reduce consumer choice. The lawsuit was filed late Tuesday in a U.S. federal court in San Francisco on behalf of 10 individual gamers who are
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Walmart said it has reached settlement agreements with all 50 US states as part of a $3.1 billion nationwide opioid settlement announced last month. In November, the retailer announced a settlement from multiple states’ attorneys general that accused the company of failing to regulate opioid prescriptions contributing to the nationwide
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — World Trade Organization arbitrators have concluded the United States violated its rules in requiring that products from Hong Kong be labeled as “Made in China.” The move was part of Washington’s response to a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong in 2019-2020. A WTO dispute panel
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