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In Minneapolis, all-encompassing immigration story tests a newsroom in midst of digital transition 02/01/2026 12:01am • With the eyes of a nation fixed on the unrest in Minneapolis, the events haven't left local journalists overmatched. Over the past month, the Minnesota Star Tribune has broken stories, including the identity of the immigration enforcement officer who shot Renee Good, and produced a variety of inform Blast in Iran port city kills 1, wounds 14 before Strait of Hormuz naval drill watched by US 01/31/2026 11:07pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion tore through an apartment building Saturday in Iran 's port city of Bandar Abbas, killing a 4-year-old girl as local media footage purportedly showed a security force member being carried out by rescuers. The blast happened a day before a planned nav Coast Guard suspends search for people missing from fishing vessel that sank off Massachusetts 01/31/2026 03:36pm • GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday suspended the search for seven people who were aboard a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Massachusetts in rough, frigid waters. The Coast Guard launched a search and rescue mission early Friday after receiving an alert f Spain offers hundreds of thousands of immigrants a way to stay legally. But who are they? 01/31/2026 10:54am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — More than half a million immigrants are believed to live in Spain without legal permission. They work jobs that few Spaniards want: picking fruits and vegetables in the fields, caring for children and the elderly, cleaning homes and hotel rooms. Some wind up homeless. The â Bitter cold grips DC region this weekend but a freeze reprieve is coming 01/31/2026 09:29am • The Arctic air of the past week will not be budging over the weekend as more cold weather advisories are issued for the D.C. region. The National Weather Service said the powerful blast of cold will bring dangerously cold, record low temperatures to the mid-Atlantic area Saturday and Sunday. B As officials disparage Pretti and Good, families of Black people killed by police have déjà vu 01/31/2026 09:00am • The shooting deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis followed a playbook that is painfully familiar to Black Americans: Authorities quickly moved to disparage the victims, only to be contradicted as more evidence emerged. Black families who have lost Maryland offers energy assistance as winter costs impact residents 01/31/2026 08:56am • The continued frigid temperatures and increased energy costs are putting added pressure on Maryland residents already struggling to pay their bills. Rigel Moore, the director of Maryland's Office of Home Energy Programs, says there are a variety of programs that can help residents who face energy A Sudanese doctor recounts his harrowing escape from a Darfur city under rebel bombardment 01/31/2026 03:33am • CAIRO (AP) — Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim dashed from building to building, desperate for places to hide. He ran through streets littered with bodies. Around him, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur province lay enveloped in smoke and fire. Explosions, shelling and gunfire thundered from every direction Venezuela announces amnesty bill that could lead to mass release of political prisoners 01/31/2026 12:33am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained for political reasons. The measure had long been soug Takeaways from AP's report on a Sudanese doctor's escape from a Darfur city under rebel attack 01/31/2026 12:09am • CAIRO (AP) — Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim dashed from building to building, desperate for places to hide. He ran through streets littered with bodies as the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur province lay enveloped in smoke and fire. After 18 months of battling, paramilitary fighters had overrun el-Fasher, The Latest: Justice Department says it’s releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files 01/30/2026 10:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the ri Twins executive Derek Falvey departs in mutual agreement as organizational revamp continues 01/30/2026 06:44pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Since assuming control of the Minnesota Twins, Tom Pohlad has taken a bold and decisive approach to reinvigorating the family-run franchise. Deep conversations with his top executive produced another startling move, when the Twins and president of baseball and business operation 'Never thought a meet would not pay:' Grand Slam Track bankruptcy takes a toll on struggling runners 01/30/2026 04:37pm • His name wasn't splashed across any of the headlines when Grand Slam Track — the running league that was supposed to infuse cash into the sport and its athletes' bank accounts — declared bankruptcy, making it official that dozens of runners and even more vendors might not see any of the money th Judge hears testimony from DNA expert as man convicted of killing Laken Riley seeks new trial 01/30/2026 04:13pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A judge considering whether to grant a new trial to the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley heard testimony Friday from a DNA expert retained by his attorneys to analyze evidence in his murder case. Jose Ibarra's trial attorneys had asked the Jury deliberates in Fairfax double murder trial connected to au pair affair 01/30/2026 02:38pm • Closing arguments have concluded and a jury is deliberating the case of a Fairfax County husband accused of teaming up with his family's au pair to kill his wife and another man. Prosecutors have argued Brendan Banfield had an affair with the Brazilian au pair, and catfished a man through a fetis