kids' health

Kids and codeine cough meds are a bad combination

There are health risks for children who are given codeine for coughs or pain.

Come children receive no benefit, while others are at risk for overdose despite taking the recommended amount.

CrossFit branches out into kids' programs

Amelia Enfinger, 14, warmed up with a jump rope before a CrossFit class for teens in Loyalhanna, Pa.

Popular workout program has branched out to youths.

Safe Kids car-seat clinics: Minor adjustments can make major differences

Sarah McIntosh, of Kansas City, North, buckles Ethan McIntosh, 13 months, into his car seat as they sat in their driveway, May 26, 2011, in Kansas Cit

Safe Kids Anoka County and others offer free inspections to try to ensure children's seats are properly installed.

Local

Residents of Grand Marais and other northern Minnesota communities flocked to Seagull Lake starting from Dec. 3-6, when the wild ice was perfect for s

Skating the Boundary Waters: 'Wild ice' had locals dropping everything

Charge: Wright County martial arts instructor groped 15-year-old pupil several times

Brooklyn Park to hold special election after mayor joins Hennepin County Board

Late-night crash in Brooklyn Center parking lot kills 15-year-old boy

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Sports

Shakopee defensive end Deven Eastern is one of two Minnesota high school players expected to sign scholarship letters of intent to join P.J. Fleck’s

Gophers football recruiting: Get to know the next Gophers in this Class of 2021 breakdown

Gophers' Mohamed Ibrahim named Big Ten running back of the year

Big Ten opener matches Gophers, Illini big man-point guard tandems

Ex-Vikings kicker Longwell says he saw the flaw in Bailey's Sunday misses

Business

Chris Killingstad, CEO of Eden Prairie-based Tennant Co., is retiring in March.

CEO of Eden Prairie-based Tennant Co. retiring after 15 years

Maple Plain-based Proto Labs CEO Vicki Holt will retire March 1

Minnesota's TCF will merge with Ohio bank, give up its name

Twin Cities Auto Show moving to State Fairgrounds

Opinion

With most legislators working remotely, members present on the House floor stood for the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the fifth special sessio

Compromise produced COVID aid deal

Some people actually had a good year. Don't forget it

Editorial cartoon: Lisa Benson on Trump's "wins"

Readers Write: Electoral College reform, Texas election lawsuit, the snickerdoodle cookie

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See the winners of this year's Oh, You Turkey coloring contest

See the winners of this year's Oh, You Turkey coloring contest

First Ave benefit album announced with Tweedy, Truckers, Dessa, Hold Steady

Despite health warnings, some are self-quarantining so they can gather for Xmas

Orchestra aims to reflect Minnesota's diversity in its virtual 'Midwinter Gathering'

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After a traumatic summer, after-school programs prepare to listen to the kids

It’s been six months since Mark Graves had to tell anyone to stop running in the halls. And he cannot wait to do it…

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Video shows deadly bridge collapse, aftermath in Italy

Video shows deadly bridge collapse, aftermath in Italy

Escobar: I got upset with Rays' third baseman

Escobar: I got upset with Rays' third baseman

George W. Bush bids emotional farewell to his father

George W. Bush bids emotional farewell to his father

Video shows boyfriend urging woman on in fatal YouTube stunt

Video shows boyfriend urging woman on in fatal YouTube stunt

Politics

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) returns to his office following a vote in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, D

Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory

Biden taps Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy

Negotiators report progress on long-delayed COVID aid bill

Facebook pauses political ad ban for Georgia runoffs

Nation

4 Forlorn Hope Expedition members Tim Twietmeyer, Jennifer Hemmen, Bob Crowley and Elke Reimer near the Donner Pass on Nov. 22, 2020. The four veteran

Athletes to retrace Sierra escape of Donner Party survivors

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested in Canada on sex charges

US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears

Minnesota to free man serving life in child's 2002 death

World

An public information sign wishing Merry Christmas and asking to maintain social distancing is seen in a pedestrian shopping street in Helsingborg, so

Commission: Sweden failed to protect elderly during pandemic

Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya amid rising tensions

WHO to sift Chinese samples, data in hunt for virus origins

Boko Haram claims abduction of students in northern Nigeria

Curious Minnesota

Trees along E. 42nd Street in south Minneapolis have been trimmed severely so that they don’t interfere with power lines.

Why does Minneapolis keep planting trees under power lines?

Why are car tabs more expensive in Minnesota?

Why is Minnesota the only mainland state with an abundance of wolves?

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Duluth

The proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters is designed to have absolutely no discharge of tainted water, mine offi

Success of Twin Metals copper mine hinges on holding every last drop of tainted water

Enbridge pipeline project hitting at key time for union laborers

Duluth considers forming LGBT Commission

Duluth Port Authority buys Duluth Lake Port dock for $950,000

Celebs

Singer Gloria Gaynor, seen a Oct. 23, 2017. photo, will sing her anthem, “I Will Survive” during the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square

Gloria Gaynor to perform at Times Square New Year's Eve

Mrs. Trump visits children's hospital, a holiday tradition

Founder of Just for Laughs festival acquitted on rape charge

AP Breakthrough Entertainer Anya Taylor-Joy living in Narnia

Agriculture

Perdue Farms, the nation’s No. 4 poultry processor, said varying state policies could slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to essential workers at c

Meat companies seek better coordination on virus vaccine rollout

Minnesota organic dairy farmers hope to regain ground under Biden

Farmers enjoy perfect harvest conditions after 2 ugly years

COVID-19 canceled governor's turkey meet-and-greet

Inspired

From left, KayCee Bucher, Megan Johnson and Andrew Orrison posed next to their “Official North Pole Delivery” mailbox, which is filling up with le

Twin Citians get COVID creative to bring Christmas spirit to young believers

Kathie's Coffee creator honors her Cloquet mom who is fighting pancreatic cancer

Macalester senior makes eye movement therapy accessible and affordable with an app

South Bronx restaurant turns into soup kitchen to help poor

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Minnesota sticks with its school plans as pressure to reopen grows

Rising spread of COVID-19 and staffing shortages have sent more than half of Minnesota's public districts and charter schools into full-timedistance learning. And there's little indication that students could be back to schools anytime soon.

Last big school districts in Minnesota shift to distance learning

Because of pandemic-related staffing shortages, most doubt a return to classrooms until at least January.

Study suggests video games can be good for players' mental health

A study by Oxford University researchers on how playing video games affects mental health used data from video game makers, marking what the authors say is a rare collaboration between academics and the game industry.

Fewer Minn. children receiving mental health care during pandemic

More therapy is moving to telehealth visits.

Here comes Santa Claus - with face masks and plexiglass

Santa Claus is coming to the mall — just don't try to sit on his lap.