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Minneapolis softens law on obstructing abortion clinics in response to free-speech lawsuit

Dec. 20, 2024 17:01 PM EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis has softened an ordinance that prohibited the obstruction of entrances and driveways to abortion clinics after anti-abortion activists sued to challenge it on free-speech grounds. The City Council this month quietly amended the ordinance to exclude...

A Minnesota man whose juvenile murder sentence was commuted to remain jailed amid appeal in new case

Dec. 19, 2024 19:17 PM EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man yelled “Y’all don’t stop fighting" to his supporters after a judge decided Thursday not to free him from custody as he appeals his conviction in a gun and drug case that drew attention because it followed the commutation of his life sentence in a...

Clemson's Dabo Swinney once again dismisses critics and leads Tigers to the College Football Playoff

Dec. 18, 2024 13:42 PM EST

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney doesn't see this season much differently than others in his long, successful career: Criticism over his philosophy, his team counted out early before celebrating another season on top. “The way I've been taking shots since I got the...

General Mills: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Dec. 18, 2024 07:09 AM EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills Inc. (GIS) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $795.7 million. On a per-share basis, the Minneapolis-based company said it had profit of $1.42. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.40 per...

New Orleans wants to end federal oversight of its police. Critics aren't convinced

Dec. 17, 2024 17:15 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The city of New Orleans and the U.S. Justice Department are pushing to end more than a decade of police oversight that was ordered in response to a long history of mistreatment of African Americans and notorious corruption, including a 1994 murder ordered by a crooked cop and...

Target: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Dec. 15, 2024 10:38 AM EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target Corp. (TGT) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $854 million. On a per-share basis, the Minneapolis-based company said it had net income of $1.85. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average...

QB Kirk Cousins remains in a slump as the Vikings spoil his homecoming with 2 interceptions

Dec. 08, 2024 20:02 PM EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When his last pass of the game sailed over the head of tight end Kyle Pitts and landed harmlessly in the back of the end zone, all Kirk Cousins could do was shake his head and begin the slow walk to the sideline. Not only were his Atlanta Falcons in a spiral —...

Adam Pemble, AP journalist whose compassionate lens brought stories to life, dies at 52

Dec. 08, 2024 09:49 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Adam Pemble, an Associated Press video journalist who covered some of the biggest global news of the past two decades, from earthquakes and conflicts to political summits and elections, has died. He was 52. Pemble died Thursday in Minneapolis surrounded by friends and...

The Latest: Police search for man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO, new photos of suspect released

Dec. 05, 2024 16:04 PM EST

The masked gunman who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” a law enforcement official said Thursday. The gunman is still at large and a manhunt is...

Police hunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO's masked killer after 'brazen, targeted' attack on NYC street

Dec. 04, 2024 21:27 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on Wednesday in a “brazen, targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding its investor conference, police said, setting off a massive search for the fleeing assailant hours before the annual Rockefeller...