Minnesota's private colleges opening up to community college students

A new problem complicated Florida's ongoing recount battle as lawyers headed back to court on Wednesday: Palm Beach County's tallying machines have overheated, causing mismatched results with the recount of 174,000 early voting ballots.

Dozens of Democrats are preparing to run for president in 2020. Advisers to some say that the Thanksgiving holiday next week begins a short window for potential candidates to make decisions.

Gov.-elect Tim Walz is meeting with past Minnesota governors as he gets ready to assume the role. On Tuesday, Jesse Ventura came by to make the case for marijuana legalization.

The annual report shows there were more than 7,100 reported hate crimes last year. There were increases in attacks motivated by racial bias, religious bias and because of a victim's sexual orientation.