By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ISANTI COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — An Isanti man has entered an Alford plea in the death of a woman found buried on his property. According to court records, Richard Peterson, 38, entered the plea Monday in Isanti County court. The plea is essentially a guilty
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden’s economic team is taking new shape midway through his first term and as he gears up for an expected reelection bid, with the White House Tuesday officially naming Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser and nominating Jared Bernstein to serve as his chair
Continue ReadingBy Keely McCormick Click here for updates on this story PINELLAS COUNTY, Florida (WFTS) — This Valentines Day, one St. Pete couple is helping us all learn the secret to a lasting love. Ray and Mary Johnson have been married for 79 years. “Seems to me the minute that you see somebody that you really
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By Jon Shainman Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (WPTV) — By next Valentine’s Day, the city of Port St. Lucie will be home to the world’s largest heart-shaped sculpture. City leaders and Mattamy Homes held a ground-breaking Tuesday morning on the site where the sculpture will stand. According to
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A global charity says more than 8,400 Europe-bound migrants perished at sea while attempting to cross the Mediterranean over the past four years. Save the Children said in a report Tuesday that about a .half million people crossed or attempted to cross the Mediterranean to Europe since
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks ended mixed on Wall Street following several sharp reversals after a report suggested inflation may not be slowing as quickly and as smoothly as hoped. The S&P 500 closed virtually unchanged Tuesday after swinging between losses and gains throughout the day. The Nasdaq composite rose and the Dow fell. The bond
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Residents of largely minority areas in New Jersey are fighting three proposed gas-fired power plants as they wait for the state’s environmental law _ signed with great fanfare nearly three years ago _ to take full effect. Residents in and around Newark, Kearny and Woodbridge are
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is closing three tech hubs and asking hundreds of employees to relocate to keep their jobs. The closures will affect staff working at locations in Austin, Texas; Carlsbad, California; and Portland, Oregon, Walmart spokesperson Mischa Dunton said Tuesday. Dunton declined to say how many
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is closing three tech hubs and asking hundreds of employees to relocate to keep their jobs. The closures will affect staff working at locations in Austin, Texas; Carlsbad, California; and Portland, Oregon, Walmart spokesperson Mischa Dunton said Tuesday. Dunton declined to say how many
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Soil is the Earth’s second-biggest carbon storage locker after the ocean, and a research collaboration has shown that it’s moisture, not temperature or mineral content, that’s the key to how well the soil carbon warehouse works.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Linda Cristina Pereyra Gálvez, esposa de Genaro García Luna, exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México, relató cómo la pareja construyó su patrimonio, al declarar este martes como la única testigo de la defensa en el juicio por narcotráfico que enfrenta el exfuncionario ante la Corte de Distrito Este en Nueva York.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Zoetis Inc., up $8.76 to $171.90. The animal health company reported encouraging fourth-quarter financial results. Wesco International Inc., up $12.56 to $165.74. The maker of electrical and industrial maintenance supplies and construction materials reported strong fourth-quarter earnings. Cadence Design Systems Inc.,
Continue ReadingBy Tara John and Hande Atay Alam, CNN A verdant olive grove was cleaved into two during last week’s devastating earthquake in Turkey, creating a valley 984 feet long (about 300 meters) that now divides the area. Remarkable footage of the split olive grove has emerged from Turkey’s south-east Altınozu district, which borders Syria, showing
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine judge has upheld a state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing lawsuits for older crimes. The judge ruled Tuesday on a motion in the first of the new civil lawsuits filed after the 2021 law. Attorney Michael Bigos
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace and Laura Ly, CNN Investigators probing the toxic train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, are reviewing multiple videos of the train prior to it derailing. One video shows “what appears to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment,” the National Transportation Safety Board said
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The winner of the largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history is a former student in the California public school system who wants to mostly stay out of the spotlight. California lottery officials on Tuesday said Edwin Castro won the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball prize in November.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN FLESHER and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One student was a fraternity chapter president. Another was a science student with fond memories of her days as a high-school athlete — and the third was a frequent volunteer who wanted to become a surgeon. Family and friends mourned the deaths
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired ex-Colombian soldiers for the mission, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The squad of former Colombian soldiers are among dozens of suspects
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN Adam Frisch, who narrowly lost to GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert in one of the closest races of the 2022 cycle, announced Tuesday that he will run again in 2024, potentially setting up a high-profile rematch. “I. AM. RUNNING. You heard it here first! I am officially launching my campaign to unseat
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, Amanda Jackson and Dakin Andone, CNN Some Michigan State University students who survived Monday’s mass shooting — and their parents — had already been through a similar, horrific experience. “(Fourteen) months ago I had to evacuate from Oxford High School when a fifteen year old opened fire and killed four of my
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