On November 3, Minneapolis voters will fill five seats on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education. Most of the choices will be unfamiliar. School board candidates don’t run TV ads. They rarely make the news. And when voters list what’s driving their choices, education usually lands nint...
schools
She helped transform how schools teach reading. Now, Emily Hanford is challenging the way we teach just about everything.
safety
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has been charged in a weekend shooting that wounded 11 people at Florida A&M University following the school’s homecoming football game, police said Monday. Investigators say a fight broke out before the shooting Saturday night, and it a...
safety
Alaska Democratic Senate candidate nominee Mary Peltola and her family were injured in a two-vehicle collision in Anchorage Saturday night, prompting her campaign to adjust upcoming schedule commitments in the final stretch of the midterm race....
business
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic filed papers Monday for what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock ever even as its top executive warns that advanced AI could pose an existential threat to humanity. The filing sets up the San Francisco...
News
Good Monday morning! Rain is finally falling across much of Southern MN this morning. The rain is of the showery type and not steady. Steadier rain is on the way this afternoon. The roads are wet this morning, but the rain hasn’t been heavy enough to cause any puddles. This after...
News
A wet, chilly Monday is ahead across Minnesota as scattered morning showers give way to steadier afternoon rain, with temperatures mostly in the 40s.
government
Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day driven by concerns that President Donald Trump will further leverage the vast resources of the federal government to interfere with a midterm that could hobble his final two years in offi...
Local
County sheriffs are adding more license plate readers, creating friction over how the technology is used across jurisdictions.
business
After years of sold-out pop-ups, Sushi by Baaska is ready to open a Mill District restaurant with omakase, wagyu and enthusiasm.
News
The Lynx have an estimated $355 million valuation, but experts say shared ownership with the Timberwolves and limited financial transparency complicate things....
safety
Researchers estimate that global warming intensified July’s fires, producing enough additional smoke pollution to contribute to nearly 500 premature deaths....
