A program created after 9/11 to protect the flying public is being abused by Congress, according to an association representing federal air marshals, essentially creating, in their words, a VIP "concierge service" for members. The Air Marshal National Council, which represents some of the nation's r...
DEAR ABBY: My daughter received her tax refund recently. It amounted to $8,700. Approximately $5,000 is for overpaying on taxes. Approximately $3,000 is the child tax credit she receives for her two children. Her boyfriend, the father of the two boys, thinks he’s entitled to some of her money....
By ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump’s presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls “just the beginning” of a...
A 23-year-old man died in a single-vehicle crash in St. Paul early Monday. A passerby called 911 to report a crash and a man lying in the middle of the road in the Payne-Phalen area about 1 a.m. Officers found the man unconscious and not breathing at Maryland Avenue and Johnson Parkway, and began...
Gophers men’s basketball player Brandon Johnson has taken another step to leave the U. The 6-foot-8 forward, who declared for the NBA draft in mid-April, has now entered the NCAA transfer portal, Verbal Commits first reported on Sunday. When Johnson put his name up for the draft, he said he was ke...
With 18 months to go before the Nov. 2022 election, political organizer Mai Chong Xiong announced Monday she will run for a seat on the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners representing District 6, which spans a broad swathe of St. Paul’s East Side. Xiong, a longtime policy aide to St. Paul City C...
In late April, after more than five months of study and debate, a proposal that would have opened the door to wine-only shops in St. Paul died a quiet death before the St. Paul City Council in a 4-3 vote. Council Member Jane Prince, whose office had made efforts to study distance requirements betw...
Minnesota recorded three more COVID-19 deaths Monday and 1,105 new infections were reported by the state Department of Health. Those whose deaths were reported Monday included residents in their 30s, 50s and 70s. All three lived in private homes. The death toll is 7,163 with 4,370 fatalities resid...
A St. Paul family laid their loved one to rest, Saturday, but their questions about his death have not yet found peace. Glen J. Flaherty, 55, of Minneapolis, died in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. after he was hit by a van while crossing the street April 9. The driver did not stop. “The Fort Lauderdale pol...
As expected, the Vikings did not pick up often-injured cornerback Mike Hughes’ fifth-year contract option for 2022 by Monday’s deadline. The option would have been for a fully guaranteed $12.643 million on Hughes, selected by Minnesota with the No. 30 pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft....