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President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Fumio will announce efforts to strengthen military ties, as well as collaborations on space exploration and artificial intelligence.

A Palestinian Authority official says there are around 700,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza who have gone six months without work since the war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7.

Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered wildly unethical today in an effort to shore up the war effort.

Police say at least three people were shot and injured Wednesday at an Eid al-Fitr event in Philadelphia.

Minnesota’s move last year to legalize cannabis is cultivating a new market for education. Three public colleges offer noncredit classes now and they’re seeing a mix of retirees, career changers and other nontraditional students looking to take their lives in a new direction.

Minnesota black bears are emerging from hibernation — and they’re ahead of schedule. So how can you keep the bears and yourself safe?

Minneapolis city officials are recommending that the city’s Elections and Voter Services offices be housed in the former 3rd Precinct police station. However, some council members say the city needs to get more public input before it goes any further on the plan.

Advocates for disabled people as well as downtown business backers joined Mayor Jacob Frey Monday to urge council members to “step back from the cliff.” They say if Uber and Lyft follow through on their promises to leave the city May. 1 people who rely on their services will be negatively impacted.

St. Olaf College in Northfield has one of the highest voter turnouts in the country. In 2020, nearly 90 percent of eligible Oles cast a ballot. Getting out the vote is a big part of the school’s civic engagement work. But equally important is an effort to train students on better ways to discuss politics with people they disagree with.

The first DNA analysis of the rusty patched bumble bee reinforces the precarious state of the endangered species. The data will help bee conservationists determine the best options for protecting and rebuilding the population.