U's underground archives document prejudice, work during World War I To mark the 100-year anniversary of the war's end, the University of Minnesota is highlighting items in its extensive collection. Included are accounts of the infamous public safety committee in Minnesota that ferreted out anyone who was "unpatriotic."November 9, 2018
Migrant caravan trudges through 'route of death' in Mexico Thousands of wary Central American migrants resumed their push toward the United States on Sunday, entering a treacherous part of the caravan's journey on a trek through one of Mexico's deadliest states.November 4, 2018
'It is time to end this conflict': U.S. calls for cease-fire in Yemen Top Trump administration officials said they're seeking a halt to hostilities in the war-torn country -- and that they'd like to see it within 30 days, to open the door for more permanent peace talks.October 31, 2018
Joachim Roenneberg, who sabotaged Nazis' nuclear hopes, dies at 99 Roenneberg was just 23 when his team of resistance fighters parachuted into a mountain range in Norway. They skied to a plant making heavy water and blew Hitler's atomic plans off-schedule.October 22, 2018
Growing caravan of migrants resumes march toward U.S. A ragged caravan of Honduran migrants streamed through southern Mexico on Sunday heading toward the United States, after making an end-run around Mexican agents who briefly blocked them at the Guatemalan border.October 21, 2018
Congo rebels kill 15, threaten Ebola containment efforts again Congolese rebels killed 15 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the center of the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, Congo's military said Sunday, as the violence again forced the suspension of crucial virus containment efforts.October 21, 2018
As border restrictions tighten, some experts see migrant caravans growing in size As border restrictions have tightened, the journey for migrants has become more expensive and dangerous, said Elizabeth Oglesby, a professor of Latin American studies. She says migrants have begun banding together in caravans for protection.October 21, 2018
Trump says U.S. will pull out of intermediate-range nuke pact President Trump said Saturday he will pull the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty because Russia has violated the agreement, but he provided no details on the violations.October 20, 2018
Saudi account of Khashoggi killing is widely denounced Turkey will "never allow a cover-up" of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday.October 20, 2018
U.S. commander confident in ability of Afghan security forces The assassination of Afghan leaders in Kandahar province won't lessen U.S. support for the war in Afghanistan or deter local security forces in the fight against the Taliban, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East said Saturday.October 20, 2018