US & World News

Minnesota News

Beargrease Cub Run Bringing Young Mushers to the Races

Wild Winter Wonderland at Lake Superior Zoo

Freezing 5k Doesn’t Stop Northland Runners From Giving Their All

Access Again an Issue at Federal Trial in Floyd's Killing

Duluth Councilor Derek Medved Steps Down Early in Term, Council to Begin Interviewing Candidates to Fill Seat

Wisconsin News

Demand for Meat Loaf Records Expected to Increase

GOP Investigator No Longer Wants to Jail Wisconsin Mayors

Rittenhouse Seeks Return of Gun Used During Kenosha Protest

Taxaide Volunteers Helping Community File Taxes This Year

Family Builds More Than 40 Foot Tall, Super-Sized Snowman in Milltown, Wis.

Omicron Wave Leaves US Food Banks Scrambling for Volunteers

WASHINGTON (AP) - Food banks are experiencing a critical shortage of volunteers as the omicron variant frightens people away from group activities. Individual volunteers are shying away from their usual shifts, and companies and schools that regularly supply large groups…

FBI: Laundrie Admitted Killing Gabby Petito in Notebook

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito admitted killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday. It was the first time authorities squarely pinned the…

Florida Man Charged After 4 Found Dead at Canada-US Border

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - A Florida man has been charged with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found in Canada near…

Louie Anderson Dead at 68

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Friday. He was 68. Anderson died at…

US Jobless Claims Rise to 286,000, Highest Since October

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three months as the fast-spreading omicron variant disrupted the job market. Jobless claims rose for the third straight week - by 55,000 to…

Website for Free Virus Tests Is Here. How Does It Work?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under criticism after weeks of shortages, President Joe Biden’s administration is working to make COVID-19 rapid test kits more available and accessible to Americans by boosting supply and lowering costs. A new federal website to request free…

Hostages Safe after Texas Synagogue Standoff; Captor Dead

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Four hostages were spared and their captor was killed, ending a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue where the hostage-taker — a British national — could be heard ranting…

Man Takes Hostages at Texas Synagogue, Demands Prisoner Be Freed

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) - Police say one hostage has been released uninjured from a Texas synagogue where a man had been holding four people. The Colleyville Police Department said the male hostage…

West Coast Under Tsunami Advisory Following Pacific Eruption

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - An undersea volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga. The eruption on Saturday sent tsunami waves swirling around buildings and people…

Supreme Court Halts COVID-19 Vaccine Rule for US Businesses

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the…

The Heat Stays On: Earth Hits 6th Warmest Year on Record

(AP) - Two U.S. science agencies say 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record globally, part of a long-term warming trend. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday released measurements showing how hot last year was. It…

US Inflation Soared 7% In Past Year, the Most Since 1982

WASHINGTON (AP) - Prices paid by U.S. consumers jumped 7% in December from a year earlier, the highest inflation rate since 1982, and the latest evidence that rising costs for food, gas, rent and other necessities are heightening the financial…

Pfizer: Omicron-specific COVID-19 Vaccine Human Trials To Begin Late January

(FOX 9) - Pfizer will begin human trials of an omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine beginning in late January, a company spokesperson confirmed Monday to FOX TV Stations. "We already have begun work on a DNA template tailored to the sequence of…

Home COVID Tests To Be Covered by Insurers Starting Saturday

WASHINGTON (AP) - Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change…

Tax Season Begins Two Weeks Early Due to Virus, IRS Funding

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year, the Internal Revenue Service announced Monday. The IRS is warning that a resurgence of COVID-19 infections on top of less funding…