Good morning! Partly cloudy with highs in the single digits today. Some good news though: A "warm-up" is on the way over the weekend. This is filed under the People Are Jerks category because, well, there's really no other way to phrase it. At the conclusion of a flight from London to Madrid, a passenger got tired of waiting to get off the plane, so he opened the emergency exit and sat on the wing, a move that didn’t get him any closer to his destination. | Forecast
Alabama Democrat Doug Jones' win narrows the GOP's Senate majority to just 51-49, while Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith's appointment means there are a record 22 women now in the Senate. | 5 things to know about politics today
Minneapolis' new mayor hopped on the back of a refuse hauler on Tuesday as his way of saying thank you to the city workers who don't always receive the attention they deserve. | From St. Paul kid to St. Paul mayor: Carter takes over
The Kittson County sheriff says ranchers are angry with wolf killings of cattle, and that his office can investigate such reports better than state or federal authorities.
The process for launching a nuclear strike is secret and complex and involves the use of a nuclear "football," which is carried by a rotating group of military officers everywhere the president goes and is equipped with communication tools and a book with prepared war plans.
Tens of thousands of Iranians took part in pro-government demonstrations in several cities across the country on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, a move apparently seeking to calm nerves after a week of protests and unrest that have killed at least 21 people.
The self-published book, "Free Birds," takes place in India in the 1750s, where the caste system divides people into social categories. It follows a young girl named Navya who is born into an upper rank.
