The $1-an-hour hike comes after intense pressure over the past few years from labor groups and from some competitors. The Minneapolis-based retail giant plans to pay $15 an hour by 2020.

A chart Republicans circulated said the legislation's grants would provide 14 percent more money for Arizona than under Obama's law; 4 percent more for Kentucky; 49 percent more for Texas; 3 percent more for Alaska; and 43 percent more for Maine.

A bountiful wild rice harvest is winding down in northern Minnesota. On the Fond du Lac reservation, where wild rice lakes were nearly destroyed by irrigation ditches, the tribe has worked for 20 years to bring the rice back. | Appetites: The wild rice harvest is on

State Rep. Jim Newberger is the only Republican so far who is brave — or foolish — enough to take a run at denying Sen. Amy Klobuchar a third term.

The use of a private email account to discuss government matters is a politically freighted issue that factored prominently in last year's presidential election.

Food allergies are tricky to diagnose, and many kids can outgrow them, too. A test called an oral food challenge is the gold standard to rule out an allergy. It's performed under medical supervision. | More health news: Pregnant women should still get the flu vaccine, doctors advise

No motive was immediately determined. The gunman shot seven people, killing one, before being subdued.

The outcome puts Merkel on course for a fourth term as chancellor -- but means that she has a tricky task in forming a new coalition government.