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Britain swings to the center-left in historic U.K. election landslide
MPR News· 5 days agoWith far-right politics ascendant across the English Channel in France, the United Kingdom has swung in the opposite direction. Official election results Friday showed a landslide victory for ...
Meet the Democrats seen as up-and-comers for 2028 — or maybe sooner
MPR News· 5 days agoPresident Biden is adamant that he will continue his 2024 reelection bid — despite calls from some Democrats to consider dropping out because they’re worried his dismal debate performance last ...
Greece's new 6-day workweek law takes effect, bucking a trend
MPR News· 5 days agoGreece enacted a new employment law this week that lays out a six-day workweek — at a time when dozens of other countries are increasingly seeing positive results from experiments with four-day ...
A person is dead after a shootout with park rangers at Yellowstone
MPR News· 5 days agoA person is dead after exchanging gunfire with police at Yellowstone National Park on July 4. The individual had a firearm and “was making threats” in the Canyon Village area, located in the ...
NASA says astronauts from Boeing's Starliner could be in space for a couple more weeks even though...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoNASA and Boeing say there's no cause for alarm, and say the astronauts are keeping busy. The good ...
Exit poll shows landslide win for Britain's Labour Party amid frustration with Conservatives
MPR News· 5 days agoBritain’s Labour Party was headed for a huge majority in a parliamentary election on Thursday, an exit poll suggested, against a gloomy backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust in institutions ...
Miki Sudo sets record for hot dog eating and Patrick Bertoletti wins men’s contest
MPR News· 5 days agoPatrick Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win his first men's title Thursday at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest and taking advantage of the event's ...
Luxury department store Saks buys Neiman Marcus, and Amazon gets a stake
MPR News· 5 days agoA luxury retailer is making its own high-end purchase: Saks Fifth Avenue's parent company is buying Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion, in a merger that would create a dominant upscale department ...
As heat waves intensify, more public housing residents may get help with AC bills
MPR News· 5 days agoThe summer has already been a scorcher and heat alerts across the country could lead to more records broken. Public housing residents, many elderly, children or sick, are disproportionately ...
After controversial court rulings, a Voting Rights Act lawsuit takes an unusual turn
MPR News· 5 days agoIn a closely watched legal fight over how the federal Voting Rights Act can be enforced, civil rights groups have made an unusual move. Last Friday, attorneys led by the American Civil Liberties ...