Good afternoon! At age 27 and 28, Angela and Andy McLaughin quit their jobs, sold their possessions and hit the road. Becoming the envy of the cubicle farms of Minnesota, but also learning some valuable lessons about planning and about what's important in life. | NewsCut | Forecast |
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The Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on Republicans' last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Supporters of the bill cannot afford to lose any more GOP votes. | Biggest flash points |
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MPR's Kerri Miller interviews author Sherman Alexie as part of the "Talking Volumes" series at the Fitzgerald Theater. He's written a memoir about his mother, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me." | MPR News Presents |
North Korea's top diplomat says President Donald Trump's tweet that leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer" was a declaration of war against his country by the United States. |
An Amish woman was killed Saturday night when her buggy was rear-ended by a pickup truck. The driver of the truck was allegedly intoxicated, and faces felony charges. |
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Parties in the two cases -- Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii -- have until next Thursday, Oct. 5, to file new briefs over whether parts of the case are now moot. |
Not all feelings of curiosity are the same. A study finds that one factor affecting the balance of negative and positive when it comes to curiosity is time, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo. |
Authorities say the woman drove herself to the Rochester hospital after suffering abdominal pains. Doctors delivered the baby by emergency cesarean section. The child was on life support until Sunday night. |
Minnesota's wolf population remains well above both the state's minimum goal of at least 1,600 and the federal minimum goal range of 1,251 to 1,400. State Emergency Services spokeswoman Cecily Fong says 11 states provided law enforcement help to North Dakota, and some bills are only now arriving. | Standing Rock a year after pipeline protests |