U.S. traffic deaths fell 2.5% to an estimated 16,750 in the first half of 2026, bringing the fatality rate to its lowest level since 2014, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. bit.ly/3WHcGlp
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A $500,000 McLaren was recovered by its owner after it was video taped being driven around at a Detroit street takeover. bit.ly/4BWzOMT
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Minnesota businesses are making painful changes ahead of a Dec. 11 federal ban on hemp-derived THC products. bit.ly/4ArCJvB
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Police in Missouri are crediting license plate readers with the quick recovery of a 6-week-old infant who had been reported abducted just over. bit.ly/48dqSoY
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Two fishermen rescued a Royal Caribbean pianist who spent roughly nine hours treading water off Southern California’s coast. bit.ly/4AwT9D3
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Authorities have released the cause of death for the man and three children who were found dead in a house fire in Grand Meadow. FULL STORY: bit.ly/3WZ6gy8
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Embattled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang could soon be ousted from the technology giant he helped found more than 30 years ago and built into one of the world’s most valuable companies. bit.ly/4iW7H86
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Health researchers are taking a lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic and showing how it can be used to track chronic disease and health behaviors, as well as demographic and socioeconomic conditions. bit.ly/4iQ9co0
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A Minnesota man has been convicted on federal charges of filming animals being tortured, while selling access to some of the videos online. bit.ly/4ziuK2Z
The Bloomington City Council has unanimously approved higher utility rates that city officials say could add about $70 a year for the average homeowner. bit.ly/4C46p3E
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In the waters of Oswego Harbor, New York, a recent aquatic survey turned up a catch that biologists are calling “one in a million." bit.ly/4Ar24Wk
The number of victims tied to a September sex trafficking raid at two Brooklyn Center hotels has grown, and so have the questions. FULL STORY: bit.ly/3WFt3Pq
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Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, becoming the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction. bit.ly/4zRjeN1
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The former owner of a Nisswa hotel is facing charges, accused of tricking an immigrant woman into traveling to Minnesota with the promise of a free vacation, only to force her to work at his hotel instead. bit.ly/4BUZTvO
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A South Carolina father faces attempted murder charges after his baby survived being buried alive for an estimated 24 hours. bit.ly/4zkUZG3
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At least two people have died after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday. READ MORE: bit.ly/4ANDBej
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Nashville Police say they arrested two Louisiana women and recovered more than $10,000 from multiple stores connected to out-of-state thefts. bit.ly/48epKRW
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A Monday morning fire that destroyed Randolph Terrace Apartments left one Mac-Groveland family grieving the home where they built their life together. READ MORE: bit.ly/48KDSCy
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The former police detective who killed a pregnant Massachusetts woman to hide an affair that started when she was 15 faces a mandatory life sentence after being convicted of her murder. bit.ly/4zKeIjs
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A 19-year-old driver from Minneapolis died in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 694 in Oakdale Tuesday night. bit.ly/4kLgJHg




















