Russian President Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine, taking his country back toward the halcyon days of the old Soviet Union when Moscow controlled wide swaths of territory, from the Baltic Sea to the Chinese border, and countries like Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and East Germany looked to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops on Monday into sections of Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists. Putin had earlier recognized the validity of the separatists’ claims of independence, and said the Russian troops were entering the regions as ...

The three white men convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, last fall were all sentenced to life in prison. Two of them, Travis and his father Gregory McMichael, got life without parole. William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., who just chased Arbery through his Georgia neighborhood and ...

FEDA federal grant opportunity The FEDA board heard about a grant opportunity from Economic Development Coordinator Linsey Preuss during its meeting Tuesday. The grant would fund an economic recovery coordinator. Workforce recruitment and retention is critical to our area. This position would ...

Olympic athletes dream of winning a gold medal, standing on the top step of the platform and hearing their national anthem played. That’s not happening for participants in the team figure skating event in the Beijing Olympics. The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team took the gold, and the ...

Minnesota’s new congressional district maps were released Tuesday, and Minnesota’s First and Second Congressional Districts are trading some territory. According to the maps drawn by a five-judge panel appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Second District, represented now by Rep. ...