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Miles apart, Biden and Trump tour U.S.-Mexico border highlighting immigration as an election issue
Three hundred miles apart, President Joe Biden and likely Republican challenger Donald Trump walked the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas Thursday, dueling trips underscoring how important immigration has become for the 2024 election and how much each man wants to use it to his advantage.
Iowa star Caitlin Clark declares for WNBA Draft, will skip final season of college eligibility
Iowa's Caitlin Clark, who is on the verge of becoming the all-time NCAA scoring leader in college basketball, announced Thursday that she will leave the Hawkeyes after this season and enter the WNBA Draft.
Fire burns encampment in south Minneapolis; 2 people injured
Two people were injured in a fast-moving fire at an encampment in south Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon.
Review: ‘On Beckett’ at the Guthrie
Bill Irwin, an acclaimed American actor with a deep history of engaging with Samuel Beckett’s works, both on and off Broadway, is currently presenting “On Beckett” at the Guthrie Theater.
Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza
Health officials in Gaza say over 100 are dead after Israeli troops fired on a crowd that was trying to pull food from the convoy. Israeli officials said the crowd had approached in a threatening way.
Texas wildfire smoke drifts toward Minnesota
It won’t be anything near the scale of the thick haze that blanketed Minnesota for so many days last summer — but some smoke from massive wildfires in Texas could drift across the Upper Midwest over the next couple of days.