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ST. PETER — MPR News has learned the St. Peter police chief intervened Thursday to prevent federal immigration agents from taking a local resident into detention, although the city of St. Peter denied ...

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For many sewers, choosing paper patterns from one of Simplicity McCall’s ‘big four’ brands was an in-store ritual. But others say digital patterns are the way of the future Decades ago, in the ...

A person holds a bouquet of flowers while awaiting a procession of Buddhist monks at Dorothea Dix Park as a part of the Walk for Peace on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. Kaitlin McKeown The ...

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Driving west on Lake Street in Minneapolis, Emily Phillips abruptly stopped talking mid-sentence, noticing a pickup truck with heavily tinted windows. "That's a suspicious vehicle," Phillips noted ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Finance Minister Fayval Williams confirmed late Wednesday that new tax measures will form part of Jamaica’s upcoming budget, as the government moves to close a widening fiscal gap ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for survivors after a commercial fishing boat with seven people on board, including a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) observer, ...