Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he’ll resign in the coming weeks amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations.
AP: Franken to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations
AP: Franken denies allegation he forcibly tried to kiss woman
Sen. Al Franken on Wednesday denied a new sexual misconduct accusation that came from a former Democratic congressional aide that he tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006.
AP: Garrison Keillor fired, says he put hand on woman’s back
Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” said Wednesday he has been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of what the network called improper behavior.
AP: Franken apologizes for making some women ‘feel badly’
Democratic Sen. Al Franken issued a Thanksgiving explanation and apology in the wake of four women alleging that he had touched them inappropriately.
AP: Governor welcomes resignations of 2 Minnesota legislators
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday welcomed the imminent resignations of two male lawmakers accused of repeated sexual harassment.
AP: 2nd woman accuses Sen. Al Franken of improper conduct
A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of improper conduct, saying he put his hand on her bottom as they posed for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010 — after he had begun his career in the Senate.
AP: Radio anchor says Franken groped, kissed her without consent
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken apologized Thursday after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour.
AP: Suspect in Mall of America stabbing had past mental issue
The man charged with stabbing shoppers at the Mall of America was charged last year with stabbing two staff members with a pen at an in-patient psychiatric unit.
AP: Series of California shootings kill 5, wound child at school
A gunman killed four people and wounded a number of others at random Tuesday at multiple locations in rural Northern California, including an elementary school, before police shot him dead, authorities said.
AP: Suspect arrested after stabbing at Mall of America
A 20-year-old suspect is in custody after two men were stabbed at the Mall of America in Minnesota during what police called an “interrupted theft.”
AP: 8 killed by New York motorist in ‘cowardly act of terror’
A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path Tuesday, killing at least eight and injuring 11 others.
AP: Manafort and Gates face decades in prison, millions in fines
Special counsel Robert Muller’s charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and two other aides marked a new phase in his sprawling investigation into Russia and President Donald Trump, underscoring the ongoing threat Mueller poses to the president.
California works to clean up after wildfires
Designer Jonathan Westerberg looks at the statistics behind the California wildfires as the Associated Press reports the clean-up effort is ‘for the record books.’
AP: At least 50 killed as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert
A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
AP: ‘Nothing, nothing.’ Aid lags in hurricane-torn Puerto Rico
Some Puerto Ricans say they have not seen anyone from the Puerto Rican government, much less FEMA, since the Hurricane Maria tore up the island Sept. 20, killing at least 16 people and leaving nearly all 3.4 million people in Puerto Rico without power.