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Columbia University student data stolen by politically motivated hacker, university says
NEW YORK (AP) — A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing troves of ...
As Congress votes on Medicaid cuts, some wonder how they’ll get by
Some 71 million Americans receive Medicaid benefits, including about 1.16 million Minnesotans, adding up to $12 billion in ...
Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his ...
Ivo Welch: No one can grasp trillions. Here’s how to make sense of federal spending and debt
Politicians are reflections of their electorates, and we the people are not ready for any pain. If our voters can begin to ...
Ukraine looks to jointly produce weapons with allies as the US halts some shipments
Analysts say Ukraine’s European allies can fill some of the gaps and provide artillery systems. But they don’t possess ...
F.D. Flam: There’s a ‘double-edged sword’ in your stomach
Scientists are just beginning to understand the microbes that have been with us for millennia — the so-called microbiome, ...
Greenland has a message for the rest of the world: Come visit
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland has a message for the rest of the world: We’re waiting for you. “Come visit Greenland,” said ...
Pegah Banihashemi: Iran’s real power struggle has just begun
Decades of repression, economic mismanagement and growing legitimacy crises have left the regime weakened at home. A ...
US judge says China’s Huawei Technologies must face criminal case for racketeering and other charges
BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. judge has ruled that China’s Huawei Technologies, a leading telecoms equipment company, must face ...
Dried bay leaves bring layers of flavor to Portuguese-style beef skewers
On the Portuguese island of Madeira, espetadas are made by threading chunks of beef onto fresh-cut branches of bay and ...
14-year-old who died in motorized scooter with vehicle ID’d as St. Paul resident
Police identified on Wednesday a 14-year-old who died in a motorized scooter crash in St. Paul as Kevin Reitmeier. Officers ...
Bryan Kohberger is set to plead guilty in University of Idaho stabbings to avoid the death penalty
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than two years after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students shocked the rural community of Moscow, Idaho, the former criminal justice student charged in the ...