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Home of Jacob Wetterling's killer comes crashing down

Real estate developer Tim Thone bought the former home of Danny Heinrich specifically to destroy it. Jacob's mother, Patty Wetterling, was in the crowd Friday to watch a crew use heavy machinery to tear the house down. | In the Dark

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Bill Holm shares memories, music from Minnesota Christmas past

In 1997 writer Bill Holm collected his memories of Christmas in Minnesota, and in his ancestral homeland of Iceland, in a book called "Faces of Christmas Past." | MPR News Presents

Assad won back Aleppo, but immense challenges lie ahead

Hundreds of people returned to eastern Aleppo neighborhoods on Friday to check on their homes after the last opposition fighters left the city, picking through debris and wreckage for personal belongings blasted by years of fighting.

Plane hijacking in Malta ends peacefully; 2 men surrender

The hijacked Airbus A320 flight, operated by Afriqiyah Airways, was traveling from the Libyan oasis city of Sabha to Tripoli when it was diverted to Malta midmorning on Friday.


 
 

Putin praises Trump's judgment, rejects hacking claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced hope Friday that frayed relations with the U.S. will improve once Donald Trump becomes president despite his pledge to strengthen the U.S.'s nuclear arsenal. | Trump releases letter he says came from Putin

'Whatever' is the most annoying word for the 8th year in a row

Although "whatever" has long held the dubious distinction of most annoying word or phrase, there's another contender in the wings. Younger Americans were more irked by "I can't even."

Rare snowfall blankets dunes in the Sahara

An amateur photographer in Algeria captured beautiful images of a rare phenomenon this week: the red and white swirl of snow dusting sand dunes in the Sahara. | Why are no two snowflakes the same?

If Republicans repeal health law, paying for a replacement could be tough

Republicans who have pledged to repeal Obamacare also said they would halt the taxes Democrats used to pay for it. Without the money, Republicans won't have nearly as much to spend on an alternative.| Election 2016

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