Walz is the latest politician to face criticism for invoking comparisons to Nazi Germany. Last year, Trump himself compared President Joe Biden’s administration to the Gestapo.

George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy ''Cheers'' and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in ''Art,'' ''Hairspray'' and ''Elf,'' has died. He was 76.

Minnesota’s largest public-private partnership has sparked billions of dollars in investment in downtown Rochester — but not without a few bumps along the way.