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Retail analysts expect overall sales will grow at a slower pace than last year, and there is concern over how shoppers are paying for things

There have still been 8.1 million birds killed this year to help control the spread of the disease and 5.8 million of those have come just this month

The pigs are crossbreeds that combine the survival skills of wild Eurasian boar with the size and high fertility of domestic swine and are spreading out of control

The white ruffled shirt worn by the artist during his 1985 American Music Awards performance of the famous song has an estimated value of $15,000

The Colorado and Minnesota cases are taking a more legally sound route to get courts to force election officials to disqualify Trump

Biden’s focus on the state comes just five days after Dean Phillips of Minnesota announced he was running for president, becoming the party’s first elected official to challenge Biden in the 2024 primary

While Phillips is unlikely to beat President Joe Biden, a run would offer a symbolic challenge trying to project the idea that there is no reason to doubt the president’s electability

Small towns have such a hard time finding qualified candidates for job openings that some are disbanding their departments

Democrats in both states won full control of their state governments last year and have already passed gun safety packages, expanded voting rights, free meals for all students, and increased protections for abortion rights and LGBTQ+ people

Former officer Tou Thao testified previously that he merely served as a ‘human traffic cone’ when holding back bystanders as former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck as the Black man pleaded for his life in 2020

Wisconsin became the last of 20 states to drop out of the two lawsuits, which were rendered all but moot when President Joe Biden issued an executive order in 2021 that halted wall construction

The move comes after the Minnesota Supreme Court without comment denied Chauvin’s petition to hear his case, letting the former police officer’s conviction and 22-and-a-half-year sentence stand

A National Weather Service meteorologist says fires in northern Quebec and low pressure over the eastern Great Lakes are sending smoke to Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois

Irish law professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin called the American government’s use of torture against them ‘a betrayal’ of the rights of victims and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States to justice

The sweeping two-year civil rights investigation concluded that systemic problems in the Minneapolis Police Department ‘made what happened to George Floyd possible,’ according to the DOJ

Along with a few other cities, Minneapolis has issued bans on chokeholds and neck restraints, and restrictions on no-knock warrants. But activist calls to defund the police, and to hold officers accountable have mostly failed

Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame

The proposals include a “red flag law” that would allow authorities to ask courts for “extreme risk protection orders” to temporarily take guns away from people deemed to be an imminent threat to others or themselves

Tou Thao, who already had been convicted in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil rights, was last of the four former officers facing judgment in state court for the brutal killing

Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues

Juul says it has now settled with 48 states and territories, providing over $1 billion to participating states to combat underage use and develop cessation programs

‘The agreement isn’t change in and of itself, but it charts a clear roadmap to it,’ Mayor Jacob Frey said at a news conference

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN that about 14 cars were carrying hazardous materials, including ethanol

The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday

The state is seeking more than $100 million in damages. It’s the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial

Minnesota sued Juul in 2019, accusing the San Francisco-based company of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine

Mass shooters have killed hundreds of people throughout U.S. history in realms like stores, theaters and workplaces, but it is in schools and colleges where the carnage reverberates perhaps most keenly