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Barbara Bush, the wife of Vice President George H. W. Bush, in the official residence of the Vice President in Washington, April 16, 1982. Bush, the widely admired wife of one president and the fiercely loyal mother of another, died on April 17, 2018. She was 92 (Teresa Zabala/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
After calling Barbara Bush an 'amazing racist,' a professor taunts critics: 'I will never be fired'
In the hours after Barbara Bush died Tuesday, people from around the world began expressing their condolences and sharing their warm memories...
 News/nation April 18, 2018 - 9:14pm
Younkers at the Miller Hill Mall is expected to close sometime later this year. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
The cost of convenience: Saying goodbye to Younkers, Herberger’s
It's easy to buy a new outfit online. It's often cheaper, too. Convenience has consequences. Later this year, 134 people will lose their jobs...
 Business/retail April 18, 2018 - 7:30pm
Woman pleads guilty in Duluth murder case
Tara Rai Baker did not serve as the getaway driver for a trio of suspects in the fatal shooting of Duluth college student William Grahek, her...
 News/crime and courts April 18, 2018 - 6:39pm
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Buildings of the Essentia Health campus fill this view of Duluth's Central Hillside as seen from the air earlier this year. (News Tribune file photo)
Duluth medical district bill edges forward
Essentia Health's "Vision Northland" came a little more into focus on Wednesday, but there's still plenty of work to do to make it a reality....
 Business/healthcare April 18, 2018 - 8:50pm
Zebra mussels covered part of a buoy pulled form the Twin Ports harbor. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted against a bill that would have exempted ships ballast water, believed to be the pathway for many invasive species, from Clean Water Act regulation. News Tribune file photo.
Senate kills Coast Guard bill with ballast exemption
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted down the Coast Guard reauthorization bill that contained a provision exempting ships' ballast water from...
 News April 18, 2018 - 2:42pm
Phifer out in 8th DFL race
Leah Phifer left last weekend's deadlocked 8th Congressional District DFL Convention as the leader on every ballot — though failing to...
 News/government and politics April 18, 2018 - 6:59pm
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She shared drug-smuggling vacation on social media. Now 'Cocaine Babe' is off to prison.
A Canadian woman who tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Australia has been convicted and sentenced to eight years behind...
 News/crime and courts April 18, 2018 - 10:08am
Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com Kevin Jentoft, with Duluth park maintainence, removes snow from the outfield at Wade Stadium on Tuesday.
With spring MIA, prep games now TBD
Hermantown softball coach Tom Bang proved an elusive man to reach Tuesday. Finally, after an extended game of phone tag, he was available. "Sorry...
 sports/other April 19, 2018 - 12:28am
Matters of record received April 18, 2018
District Court St. Louis County April 13 Neil S. Berkholz, 28, Isle, Minn., driving while impaired - operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited...
 News/crime and courts April 18, 2018 - 12:28pm
Tom Clarke, who is leading efforts to restart the former Essar Steel Minnesota project as Mesabi Metallics, talks about the project in what will be the plant’s pelletizing building near Nashwauk last month. (News Tribune file photo)
Legal battle continues between Cliffs, Clarke
The battle between Cleveland-Cliffs and Tom Clarke, owner of ERP Iron Ore and Mesabi Metallics, continues to be waged in courts and in the media....
 News April 18, 2018 - 1:07pm
In a publicity photo from the mid-1960s, Bruno Sammartino, the pro wrestling legend. Sammartino, an Italian immigrant and fan favorite who was heavyweight champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation, the precursor of World Wrestling Entertainment, for a record 11 years in the 1960s and '70s, has died at 82, the WWE announced on April 18, 2018. (Handout via The New York Times Copyright 2018)
Bruno Sammartino, 'Living Legend' king of pro wrestling, dies at 82
Bruno Sammartino fled to the mountains of Italy with his family during World War II and came to the United States at 14, weighing just 80 pounds....
 sports/wrestling April 18, 2018 - 9:20pm
William Hillman
Suspect in double homicide near Perham spent over a year in a mental hospital
PERHAM, Minn. — William Hillman, the 21-year-old jailed in the deaths of a rural Perham mother and son this week, was declared mentally...
 News/crime and courts April 18, 2018 - 7:31pm
Northwest Minn. man held woman captive, threatened to 'cut her into pieces' with machete
WARREN, Minn.—An Oslo, Minn., man was ordered to spend almost two years behind bars for holding a woman against her will, holding a machete...
 News/crime and courts April 18, 2018 - 7:56pm
Twins' LaMarre ends Puerto Rico marathon in 16th
Ryan LaMarre lined a single to center field to score Eddie Rosario with no outs in the bottom of the 16th inning Wednesday night, giving the Minnesota Twins a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians and a split in their two-game series in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The first Major League...
 sports April 19, 2018 - 12:02am
Reasons for increased violence at Minnesota prison unclear
ST. PAUL—One of Minnesota's toughest prisons has seen a recent increase in attacks on employees and inmates. In a single weekend in March, assaults by inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights sent 10 employees to the hospital — more injuries than...
 News/crime and courts April 18, 2018 - 8:13pm

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