1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (227+ words) Waiting for a mentor: Calvin Pioneer Press Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult. Here’s one of the youth waiting for…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (525+ words) When the sun rose over St. Paul on Sept. 11, 2001, the big news story on that Tuesday morning was the primary election that would narrow the field of candidates to succeed two-term mayor Norm Coleman. That changed 45 minutes after the polls…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (492+ words) It shouldn’t have taken this long for prominent Democrats to confront their party’s antisemitism problem. But left-wing influencer Hasan Piker apparently crossed a line. In more of the same from Piker, recently he blamed American Jews for the rising hatred…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (403+ words) British historian Paul Johnson once noted that those in Mahatma Gandhi’s entourage used to quip that “it costs a lot of money to keep Gandhi in poverty.” It will likewise cost a lot of money to keep all of the…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (573+ words) For too long, St. Paul leaders with good intentions have chosen to pursue idealistic policy proposals. These proposals have admirable goals, often look promising on initial read, and sound great as quotes and slogans. But we’ve learned they don’t work…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (497+ words) ROCHESTER, Minn. — Republican candidate for governor Lisa Demuth answered questions this week regarding her anti-fraud plan, Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order to prevent copper mining near the Boundary Waters, her wish to attract bipartisan support for her campaign, and her…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (283+ words) “You are being watched” was the tagline that opened every episode of the television series Person of Interest, which ran from 2011 to 2016 and already feels ancient. The conceit of the show was that the good guys, aided by a friendly…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (329+ words) Why not just build them in space? As data centers face rising costs, strained resources and growing political opposition, a number of entrepreneurs — Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt — have raised the possibility of processing and storing data aboard satellites…...