Current National and State News

  • Earl weakens as it heads north

    Earl weakened to a tropical storm Friday night with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph hour. Residents of New York and New England, however, are still bracing for the storm.

  • Girl, 4, weighed 15 pounds at death

    The mother of a 4-year-old girl, found dead in her Brooklyn home Thursday morning, was charged Friday with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police.

  • Six charged in Hawaii with trafficking Thai guest workers

    Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.

  • Acid attack victim: Sunglasses -- and God's hand -- saved my vision

    Bethany Storro doesn't usually wear sunglasses, but she got a surprise paycheck and bought a pair earlier this week. Those sunglasses, she is convinced, saved her eyesight when a woman threw a cup of acid in her face 20 minutes later.

  • Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image

    FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) -- Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the f...

  • Louisiana Gov. Jindal to raise money for Minnesota GOP

    Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is headed north to help Minnesota Republicans raise money with Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a probable 2012 presidential candidate. Minnesota GOP spokesman Mark Drake confirmed Jind...

  • Fox pitches in as Twins rally past Rangers

    MINNEAPOLIS -- Matt Fox had not been in line to be one of the Twins' September callups. In fact, the right-hander probably wasn't even on the organization's radar for one.

  • Pilot gravely hurt in crash near Lake Elmo Airport

    The pilot of a single-engine plane suffered life-threatening injuries Friday after crashing into a bean field north of Lake Elmo Airport after take-off, according to the Washington County sheriff's of...