Barack Obama pays visit to D.C. children’s hospital, as Santa

Former President Barack Obama received a warm welcome on Wednesday when he arrived at Children's National Medical Center in Northwest DC, dressed as Santa Claus. The hospital called the visit a "surprise" in a tweet, and a video they posted showed a gathered crowd in the hospital hallway cheering for the 44th president.

Survey Finds 2M U.S. Teens Are Vaping Marijuana

Absentee Voting For Midterm Election Available Friday Eligible voters in Hennepin County will be allowed to cast their absentee ballots beginning Friday. Body Recovered From Lake Minnetonka Was Father Of 4 Searchers found the body of 40-year-old Erick Barbieri-Astorga Sunday after his empty boat was found circling near Big Island late Saturday.

Obama warns of ‘strange and uncertain times’ in Mandela tribute

JOHANNESBURG: Former US president Barack Obama on Tuesday used a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn that the world had plunged into "strange and uncertain times", in what is likely to be seen as a veiled attack on Donald Trump. Obama made no direct reference to his successor but warned that "politics of fear and resentment" were spreading, driven by leaders who scorned facts and told lies with an "utter loss of shame".

The Strange Career of White Privilege

Historically, the term apparently refers to the original European settlers who came to the United States and later equated the protections of the U.S. Constitution solely with their own majority ethnicity and race - a tribal and chauvinistic mindset that still governs politics and immigration the world over, from China and Japan to most African and South American countries. Yet the singular transcendent logic of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence was that all people innately were created equal.

Harvey Weinstein Due In Court, Accused Of Assaulting 3rd Woman

POTUS Still Pondering Supreme Court Pick As Big Reveal Nears President Donald Trump said Sunday he was still deliberating his decision on a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy as his self-imposed deadline for an announcement neared amid furious lobbying and frenzied speculation. Severe Thunderstorms Rumble Over Northern Minnesota Residents in much of northern Minnesota should keep their eyes on the sky Sunday evening as weather officials say possible severe storms could bring strong winds, hail and tornadoes.

Colleges Line Up In Hope Of Snagging Geno Crandall

TV is part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corp. and one of the largest network-owned station groups in the country. Click here for WCCO-TV news stories Send us your breaking news tips here Contact WCCO-TV anchors and reporters Check out Good Question Send us your weather and news photos Get information on [] How Did Red, White & Blue Become America's Colors? They are the colors of Captain America, the Minnesota Twins and every balloon animal made to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Volatile and weird, China’s $9.8 trillion sharemarket is like no other

China may be somewhat of a mystery to the majority of international investors who will soon find themselves owning mainland shares for the first time. The country's main bourse, opened in Shanghai in the early 1990s, is accessible only through a link with Hong Kong or using either of two licenses available to institutions like insurers or pension funds, both of which impose quotas and limitations.

Prescription Drug Bill, Workers’ Comp System Make Strange Bedfellows

With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Tom Wolf ended-for now-the annual effort to "change the way medical treatment is administered under the workers' compensation system" by vetoing Senate Bill 936. Over the last few years, the Republican-controlled legislature has been trying to pass various pieces of legislation targeting health care under the Workers' Compensation Act.

Weird requests put to punk poet Eileen Myles

One of the weirdest aspects of writing a memoir based on a 16-year-old relationship with a pit bull is the requests Eileen Myles gets at author talks. The punk poet and essayist, the inspiration for a new generation of feminist writers like Lena Dunham for her writings around sexuality and gender, is often called to dedicate copies of ''I sign books to a lot of dead dogs,'' Myles says.

YouTube shooter’s bizarre videos key to suspected motive

Are you in favor of the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration This Aug. 12, 2009, photo shows Nasim Aghdam, right, as she joins members of People for the Ethical for Animals, PETA, protesting at the main gate of Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Calif., against the Marine's killings of pigs in a military exercise. Law enforcement officials have identified Nasim Aghdam as the person who opened fire with a handgun Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., wounding several people before fatally shooting herself.

With GOP Watching State Closely, VP Pence Visits Minn. To Tout Tax Bill

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Ahead Of Election, Dayton Content To Be On The Sidelines

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Pawlenty Files With Campaign Finance Board: ‘Final Announcement Soon’

Tim Pawlenty said in a statement that he filed a campaign committee Monday with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board, and will make a final announcement on his candidacy "soon." Speculation swirled for weeks about Pawlenty's possible entry into the already crowded race, and with Monday's filing, it seems more likely than ever.

Joaquin Avila, prominent civil right attorney, dies at 69

Joaquin Avila, who for years fought discrimination in the classroom, the work place and the voting booth with groundbreaking success, died Friday, March 9, 2018, according to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He was 69. less Joaquin Avila, who for years fought discrimination in the classroom, the work place and the voting booth with groundbreaking success, died Friday, March 9, 2018, according to the Mexican American Legal Defense ... more Joaquin Avila, a pioneering voting-rights attorney whose victories at the U.S. Supreme Court and the California Legislature helped to empower Latinos and other minorities at the ballot box, has died of cancer at his home in Seattle.