Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven ...

In the 2006 Minnesota general election, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty defeated Democratic Attorney General Mike Hatch, 46.6%- 45.7%, with third parties taking the rest of the vote. The Minnesota ...

Minnesota does not have the strong terrain-driven winds like California, but the state is not immune to intense fires, said Karen Harrison, a wildfire prevention specialist for the Minnesota ...

Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine counties of Minnesota and make them part of Iowa. On X, formerly Twitter, ...

The landscape of Myanmar’s conflict has dramatically changed since then. The coup makers’ State Administration Council (SAC) has been losing territory to various ethnic groups and resistance forces.

The Des Moines Register published his comments that highlighted the region's conservative politics, Iowa’s budget surplus, and Minnesota's projected deficit as reasons why the proposal could work.

A Republican Iowa senator wants to "make Minnesota Iowa again" by introducing a bill that would allow Iowa to buy nine southern Minnesota counties. Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, announced the ...

Governor Walz’s party has lost control of the Minnesota Legislature and faces mounting criticism as a budget deficit looms. By Ernesto Londoño Reporting from St. Paul, Minn. Since returning to ...

The Minnesota Vikings are on to the 2025 offseason, a stunning turn of events for a team on the doorstep of the NFC’s No. 1 playoff seed just two weeks ago. Sam Darnold was sacked six times in ...

By Ernesto Londoño Reporting from St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota’s new legislative session began chaotically on this week as House Democrats refused to show up at the State Capitol for the opening ...

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Half the Minnesota House stood empty on Tuesday when the state Legislature convened for its next session, after Democrats didn’t show up amid a bitter power dispute.

Landslides in the jade mining area of Hpakant in Myanmar have been a regular theme of this blog over the years. This is a mining area on an epic scale, but it is also a true wild west, with poor ...