Black Market Brass gives Afrobeat a prairie home
Last weekend’s packed First Avenue main-room set and the hipster-thronged Red Stag Block Party in northeast Minneapolis were among their favorite shows so far....
How to avoid dried-out grilled chicken
I love grilled chicken breasts, but they can turn out dry and somewhat flavorless. I have a couple of different techniques I like to...
Toby Keith’s restaurant in St. Louis Park shuts down unexpectedly
Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill in St. Louis Park shut down unexpectedly Wednesday, leaving about 80 people out of jobs and...
Fashion struts off the runway and into museum galleries
Designed for beautiful bodies and made for runway display, high-fashion clothing is increasingly at home in museums.Shows of individual designers really took off after...
Twins open spring schedule tonight with Kyle Gibson on the mound
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Twins are working out at Hammond Stadium right now, wearing their bright red jerseys, as they prepare for...
Baseball community celebrates first game at U.S. Bank Stadium
The first pitch at U.S. Bank Stadium left the mound just after 6 a.m. and almost an hour before sunrise Friday morning. Yet,...
Charles ‘Charlie’ Hughes, the artist behind classic fonts and logos, dies at 86
You may not realize it, but it’s likely that you’re in the presence of Charlie Hughes’ work every day.Perhaps it’s at the supermarket when...
Where to go for the best design shopping
Enjoy your own personal design passport by visiting the world’s best shops and galleries.Four years after opening in San Francisco, NYCbased The Future Perfect (above)...
Release sought for immigrant who asked for protection order
CaptionCloseEL PASO, Texas (AP) — The arrest by federal authorities in El Paso of a transgender woman who was seeking protection from an abusive...
Mar-a-Lago resort — Donald Trump’s winter white house — serves the elite in Palm...
CaptionClosePALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump’s palatial winter white house on this tony barrier island resort has long been a tourist attraction. Even...
Suspect in 2013 Phillipsburg slaying heading to trial again
Salim Newton will stand trial this spring, accused of killing the mother of his child in a 2013 Phillipsburg shooting. It...
Volunteer opportunities: share your golf skills with Special Olympian
ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION has an immediate need for volunteers to make its annual gala event happen. If you love...
Little Tikes swings recalled over fall hazard
Little Tikes is recalling its 2-in-1 Snug 'n Secure Pink toddler swings due to a fall hazard, according to...
The man behind 'Gullivers Travels,' Johnathan Swift, is celebrated in a new biography
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) had the most coruscating mind and enigmatic character of any writer in English. Sturdily built, with bright blue eyes, bristling brows and...
Adding bold, colorful stripes might be the ultimate way to stand out this spring
Bold, colorful stripes are sartorial perennials, and this spring, they’re everywhere, from dresses, tops and capes to chokers, hoop earrings and bags.It might take some pluck to...
Chopped off heads, torn out hearts in brutal Brazil gang war
Shortly soon after midnight on New Year's Eve, hundreds of inmates watched from a Manaus prison yard as the sky lit up...
What we know about nerve agent that allegedly killed N. Korean
The fast-acting poison made use of in the apparent assassination of Kim Jong Nam at a crowded airport terminal in Malaysia final week...
Trump signs executive order to support remove ‘job-killing regulations’
President Trump signed an executive order for regulatory reform on Friday, directing government agencies to set up job forces to appear into strategies...