U.S. Bank Stadium security firm is fired after investigation

Fans make their way into U.S. Bank Stadium before the start of an exhibition soccer match in this file photo.

— Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune

U.S. Bank Stadium operator SMG abruptly terminated Tuesday the contract with security provider Monterrey Security one year into a three-year contract amid concerns that it failed to comply with state licensing requirements for its employees.

Trump plans Puerto Rico visit after backlash over response

Two people sit in an apartment with a wall missing along the waterfront on Sept. 25, 2017 in San Juan. Nearly one week after hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, residents are still trying to get the basics of food, water, gas, and money from banks. Much of the damage done was to electrical wires, fallen trees, and flattened vegetation, in addition to home wooden roofs torn off. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

President Donald Trump says he'll visit hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico next Tuesday. He announced the visit after the administration came under criticism for its response to the damage on the island that is home to more than 3 million U.S. citizens.

Wrong-way driver led to crash that killed 2 teens, shut down I-94 in Mpls.

The eastbound lanes of I-94 at Dowling Avenue in north Minneapolis have reopened following a four-hour closure due to a fatal crash.

North Korea reaches out for help in trying to figure out Trump

North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, center, followed by his interpreter, left, walks to the microphones to speak outside the U.N. Plaza Hotel, in New York, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. He said a weekend tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump was a “declaration of war.”

They're asking why Trump's top officials, notably Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, directly contradict the president so often.

U economics prof who failed to file state tax returns gets workhouse

She will end up paying nearly $111,000 in restitution; employment status at the university is unclear.

Drunken mom allegedly veers off Minn. road with 5 kids, breast-feeds baby

The driver, with no valid license, has three drunken driving convictions on her record in the past 10 years.

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The husband and wife team behind HGTV remodeling show "Fixer Upper" have announced that the popular series will end after its upcoming fifth season.

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