Last week, the White House issued an executive order prohibiting federal agencies from using hacking tools that could be harnessed by foreign governments to abuse human rights — forcing firms to stop selling to bad actors or risk losing this country’s valuable business. The rules also block ...

Knowledge Bowlers THUMBS UP: Here’s to the Knowledge Bowl teams from Minnesota Valley Lutheran and New Ulm High School who participated in and finished very well in the MInnesota State Knowledge Bowl on Thursday and Friday. MVL Black finished 2nd in the State Class AA finals, while New Ulm ...

The Biden Administration released its review of the2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Americans are unlikely to fall for 12 pages of narrative gaslighting, and the buck for that dark episode stops with President Biden. The White House document “outlines the key decisions and ...

Economic pressures and demographic changes have put the state’s nursing homes and other long-term care providers in a perilous situation. Families face the most dire situation in years for taking care of their loved ones. There’s a shortage of 20,000 long-term care workers, about 20% of ...

Responding to clamoring from parents, and dreadful stories of youth suicide and hospitalizations, leaders in both parties convey an increasing sense of urgency to address epidemic levels of teenage anxiety, depression, loneliness and lashing out. About two dozen governors described teenage ...

It, not counties, should do so to remove any confusion. The emergency medical exam that sexual assault survivors undergo assesses injuries, guides treatment and collects evidence that can be crucial in prosecuting perpetrators. The last thing a victim and medical provider should worry about ...