Fan blade inspections ordered after jet engine explodes mid-air

National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia.

— Associated Press

U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially blown out a window.

Season's fleeting for what's left of state high school spring sports

Pole vaulter Sam Adair of White Bear Lake’s track and field team takes to the air Wednesday on the first day the team has been able to practice outs

After last weekend's storm, hundreds of games have been scrapped. One local official says it could be May before outdoor fields are ready for play.

Twin Cities home sales plunge 12 percent as supply thins even more

Marni Zimlin, who moved into her first house this weekend after getting outbid on two previous houses, sat for a portrait at her new house in the McKi

People shopping for homes last month encountered 26 percent fewer listings than a year ago.

Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba's president

In this photo released by Cuba's state-run media Cubadebate, Cuba's President Raul Castro, center left, enters the National Assembly followed by his s

HAVANA (AP) — A 57-year-old bureaucrat replaced Raul Castro as the president of Cuba on Thursday, launching a new political era as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world's last communist states.

Trump passes up chance to say if he'll fire Mueller, Rosenstein

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie Abe, for dinner at Trump's private Mar-

"We want to get the investigation over with, done with," Trump said at a news conference in Florida with Japan's prime minister, adding that he hoped that the probe was "coming to an end."

Man charged with assaulting bus driver in north Mpls. after false racial accusation

The defendant's girlfriend had accused the driver of making racial comments; video reveals none, according to the charges.

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