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June 10, 2024 5:27 AM

WNBA star Caitlin Clark doesn't make the USA Olympics basketball team

The Indiana Fever rookie confirmed she wasn't selected to join the national team at the Summer Games in Paris. The tentative roster includes stars Brittney Griner and Breanna Stewart.

by Brian Mann

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June 10, 2024 5:24 AM

Benny Gantz resigns as Israeli war cabinet member

Gantz followed through on his plan to resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government on Sunday citing its failure to advance a plan to defeat Hamas in Gaza.

by Kat Lonsdorf and Daniel Estrin

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June 10, 2024 5:00 AM

New Minnesota poll has Biden with narrow edge over Trump as both remain unpopular

A new MPR News/KARE 11/Star Tribune poll has President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump running close in Minnesota. Most of those surveyed disapprove of Biden’s job performance and Trump's standing. Most have made up their minds on the election.

by Mark Zdechlik

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June 10, 2024 4:03 AM

Once called Nantucket fever, this nasty tick-borne illness is on the rise

Once called Nantucket fever, the tick-borne illness babesios is spreading from the Northeast into the Midwest. A clinical trial starts this month to see if an anti-malaria drug can treat the disease.

by Allison Aubrey

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June 10, 2024 4:03 AM

3 ways Republicans are trying to use Trump’s conviction to their advantage

Donald Trump's conviction isn't causing Republicans to shy away from him. If anything, it's a rallying call for the base, for money and to plot revenge.

by Tyler Bartlam

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June 10, 2024 4:01 AM

With 'chronic absenteeism' soaring in schools, most parents aren’t sure what it is

Experts and educators are worried about students who miss big chunks of the school year, but a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows parents aren’t quite sure what it is.

by Sequoia Carrillo

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June 9, 2024 11:24 PM

Far-right gains in EU elections deal defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz

Far-right parties made major gains in European Union parliamentary elections, leading French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve his country's national parliament and call for new elections.

by The Associated Press

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June 9, 2024 3:02 PM

Hopkins police: Missing 4-year-old found dead in Minnehaha Creek; ‘horrible accident’

Hopkins police searching for a missing 4-year-old said Monday the boy was found in the water about 500 yards downstream from his apartment building and is believed to have drowned.

by MPR News Staff

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June 9, 2024 2:30 PM

He helped bring back American POWs in Normandy. 80 years later, he got married there

Harold Terens volunteered to go to Normandy a few days after D-Day in 1944 to help bring back American and British POWs to England. This weekend, he returned to tie the knot with his sweetheart.

by Juliana Kim