14+ hour, 33+ min ago   (377+ words) EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — Just one measure will appear statewide on Minnesota ballots on Nov. 3. It asks a simple question: Should school districts receive a larger payout from the state’s Permanent School Fund? “The fund is a great legacy that’s…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (493+ words) SAN DIEGO —In August, former president Bill Clinton celebrated his 80th birthday. I have the perfect gift. It's a reckoning. Clinton is the ultimate political escape artist. In fact, there's an old joke that became popular in the late 1990's when…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (471+ words) SAN DIEGO — This Labor Day, let's accept the fact that Americans tend to do this holiday all wrong. We think it is about beaches, barbecues and being with family. Oddly, we decided that the best way to honor workers was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (237+ words) As part of Donald Trump's trade war with Canada that the administration claims isn't a trade war, the president has signed an executive order, renaming Lake Ontario, "Lake America." This follows his renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (451+ words) The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, left a lasting mark on the nation and brought into sharp focus the work of first responders. In New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, firefighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel and dispatchers moved…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (270+ words) The diagnosis was not a surprise — well, yes it was, because like many men with a health issue we try to deny it, or delay treatment when everyone knows that "early detection" is critical to a cure. I chose the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (539+ words) West Central Tribune Susan Estrich: Blood on his hands From the commentary, " On Tuesday, authorities in Pennsylvania reported two deaths from measles. Both of the patients were unvaccinated. Measles is reportedly ravaging Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, where 70 people have been hospitalized…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (227+ words) On Aug. 25, the Department of Justice filed its papers defending its decision to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for posting a picture of seashells arranged to spell out "8647." That's right. A picture of seashells. "There is no serious dispute…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (495+ words) You are not imagining it. In Duluth, there actually are a lot more knuckleheads behind the wheel — far, far too many of them, really — zipping through intersections after their light has turned red, tailgating, treating stop signs as mere suggestions,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (579+ words) Classic Labor Day imagery shows men wearing hard hats and tough women in uniforms. These are Americans who did not build their muscles at a wellness club. Their costume party doesn't seem to fool actual blue-collar workers. In Democratic primaries,…...