Israelis and Palestinians are in open war with each other in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, the Palestinian leadership organization, has been firing rockets into Israel, and the Israeli forces are responding with air raids to destroy buildings and tunnels it says are housing Hamas military ...
As we come down to the bitter end of the legislative session, the House spent a long afternoon and evening debating and voting on a bill to legalize marijuana in the state. As much as the pot afficionados might be cheered by the House passage, the Senate is determined to let the bill die ...
Masks We were glad to see Governor Walz lift the statewide mask mandate following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s about time. However, We agree with Walz that more people need to get vaccinated. It’s time for those who have not been vaccinated to ...
Having dumped Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, from her leadership post in the House, the Republican Caucus is now free to unite. That has been the goal, according to other Republican leaders. Cheney was ousted not because she keeps saying Donald Trump is lying when he claims he was robbed of the ...
Cyber criminals hiding out in the former Soviet Union struck at a major U.S. oil pipeline company this week, hitting Colonial Pipeline with a ransomware attack that force the pipeline to shut down temporarily. The pipeline, which provides about 45 percent of the fuel to the Eastern seaboard, ...
About 60% of Minnesotans 16 and older have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. State officials would like the figure to get to 70%. One would think getting to 70 from 60 would be relatively easy, especially given that the supply of vaccines is up and the state is even encouraging ...