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U.S. Navy veteran and political newcomer Joe Fraser has launched a longshot Republican campaign to oust three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar. The 50-year-old from the western edge of the Twin Cities area kicked off his campaign with a media tour that includes stops in Duluth, Moorhead, Rochester and Mankato. Fraser lists his top issues as borders, consumer prices, the national debt and public safety. He served 26 years in the Navy. Klobuchar will be tough to beat. Her campaign had more than $4 million in the bank as of Oct. Читать дальше...

Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress died Tuesday.

North Carolina election officials are trying to fine-tune how they verify the addresses of voters who register and cast their ballots on the same day. The state is embroiled in lawsuits over Republican efforts to nullify same-day registration ballots if election officials send the voter a single piece of mail that comes back as undeliverable. Last week, a judge put that idea on hold, saying people need a formal way to appeal being tossed from the voter rolls after just one mailer. On Tuesday, election... Читать дальше...

The Justice Department is looking into allegations Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri misused government funds for her personal security.

Fire officials said the crash happened around 10:30 a.m. in Concord.

Lifeguards reportedly found Jennifer Hanie's body on the sand.

Lions defensive back Brian Branch is racking up grievances with 49ers fans.

The 49ers' radio broadcaster revealed details about the potential parade live on air.

Trump will remain on Illinois' ballot as election board turns back challenge under Constitution's insurrection amendment.

The New York City Council is expected to override a mayoral veto of a bill to require police officers to document basic information whenever they question someone. The issue was thrust into the national spotlight when NYPD officers pulled over a Black lawmaker without giving him a reason. Mayor Eric Adams argues that requiring officers to document low-level stops would be too time-consuming. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams sponsored the bill. He says the reports would take less... Читать дальше...

Kenyan police say a man wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a parking lot at a Boston airport before flying to Kenya has been arrested. The country's director of criminal investigations tells The Associated Press that Kevin Kangethe was apprehended at a nightclub Monday following a tipoff. The director says Kangethe will be extradited. The body of Margaret Mbitu was discovered in early November in a parking garage at Boston Logan International Airport, two days after her family reported her missing.

The storm is expected to be among the biggest the region has seen since the start of the season.

A collision between a passenger bus and a freight truck on a highway in northern Mexico has left at least 19 people dead and 18 injured. The accident occurred Tuesday on a highway in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa. The director of the state civil defense office said the crash occurred in the township of Elota, near the port city of Mazatlan. The injured were being treated at local hospitals and the cause of the accident is under investigation.

Many scientists have long assumed that moths and other flying insects were simply drawn to bright lights. But a new study suggests that's not exactly what's going on. Rather than being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night may actually scramble flying insects’ innate navigational systems. This cause them to flutter in confusion around porch lamps, street lights and other artificial beacons. Researchers say insects don't fly directly toward a light source, but actually tilt their backs toward the light. Читать дальше...

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Republican lawmakers in Indiana have advanced a bill that would make first-time voters prove where they live and would increase the power of the state to verify all voters' addresses. Voting advocates worry the legislation approved Monday could inadvertently remove lawfully registered voters. They say the changes could make it more difficult to vote in a state that has tightened requirements in recent years. The bill would allow the state to use commercially available credit data to cross-reference voter registration records. Читать дальше...

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Ohio’s Republican attorney general is putting his weight behind a legislative effort that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state and end a yearslong unofficial moratorium on the death penalty. Attorney General Dave Yost made remarks in a news conference Tuesday about a bill sponsored by Republican state Reps. Brian Stewart and Phil Plummer. It would require that the nitrogen hypoxia pioneered in Alabama last week be used in cases where lethal injection drugs are not available. Ohio hasn’t executed anyone since 2018. Читать дальше...

The internet's clocks are synced. That's thanks to this Oakland man.

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American consumers, fresh off strong holiday spending, are feeling more confident than they have in two years. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose for the third straight month, to 114.8 in January from 108 in December. January’s reading came in just slightly higher than the 114 that analysts were expecting. The index is at its highest level since December of 2021. Consumer spending accounts for about 70% of U.S. economic activity,... Читать дальше...

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Elon Musk anunció que su compañía de interfases cerebrales Neuralink logró realizar su primer implante en un ser humano, pero no dio más detalles.

SF’s century-old Liguria Bakery bounced back fast after last year’s fire.

"People are definitely noticing us now."

In the '90s, Bay Area ravers loved UFOs — so much that they wished one into being.