Final 3 Minnesotans to be sentenced in Islamic State case MINNEAPOLIS – Sentencing hearings are wrapping up for nine men convicted of plotting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group. The final three defendants — Guled Omar, Mohamed Farah and Abdirahman Daud — will be sentenced Wednesday. […]
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West Coast crews mobilize to battle Southeast fires The crews received their assignments Tuesday night and were tentatively scheduled to depart Knoxville in rental trucks early Wednesday morning, though “it’s a very fluid process,” Coele said. Coele, who works as a fire prevention specialist on most days, said in her […]
Republican Governors Thrilled With Increased Influence In Washington South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday the fact that Republicans now control the White House, Congress and so many governors’ mansions has left her “giddy.” Haley and the rest of the Republican Governors Association are meeting this week in Orlando, Fla., […]
Just the beginning: Follow reporter’s trek with refugees off Libyan coast MALTA — To say the past week has been a whirlwind might be the understatement of the year, at least in my world. And I’m not just talking about what happened on Election Day. Understanding how this journalist wound […]
Russian economy minister detained over alleged $2 million bribe ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia’s Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev was detained over allegations he took a $2 million bribe in return for supporting a major oil company, authorities said Tuesday. The Investigative Committee anti-corruption body said in a statement that […]
Obama arrives in Athens, bringing a message from Trump ATHENS — President Obama arrived in the Greek capital Tuesday morning, beginning a week-long foreign trip in which he will serve as an unlikely emissary of President-elect Donald Trump. Obama said he would seek to reassure anxious European allies that the […]
Just the beginning: Follow reporter’s trek with refugees off Libyan coast MALTA — To say the past week has been a whirlwind might be the understatement of the year, at least in my world. And I’m not just talking about what happened on Election Day. Understanding how this journalist wound […]
5 top ways tech has changed since 2008 LOS ANGELES — In 2024, the year the next president — if he sticks around for the maximum two terms — waves goodbye, technology is expected to have rocketed us into a future where we hop into driverless cars, plan trips to […]
The Harrisons: Five NFL figures who flopped in Week 10 In honor of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison’s bold stance, our weekly award for players and coaches in the NFL for people who didn’t even deserve a participation trophy. For Week 10: Kelvin Benjamin, Panthers Everyone was cheering for him […]
Stephen Bannon’s appointment met with criticism Donald Trump’s decision to make Stephen Bannon, former Breitbart News executive turned campaign CEO, his chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House was met with criticism. The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Bannon’s appointment in a statement, calling him an “anti-Muslim conspiracy […]
