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In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks with reporters in New York.

Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt

10/19/2021 07:07 PM

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously Tuesday to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump defied a subpoena for documents and testimony.

Alex Murdaugh is denied bond on $3M theft charges

Alex Murdaugh awaits the beginning of his bond hearing in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.

COVID-19 and pregnancy: Women regret not getting the vaccine

Kyndal Nipper, of Midland, Ga., who suffered a stillbirth after becoming ill with COVID-19 in her third trimester, holds an ultrasound image of the son she lost while standing outside her home on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Nipper, who was unvaccinated, is encouraging women to get vaccinated.

Jury selection resumes slowly in Ahmaud Arbery slaying trial

Ahmaud Arbery's father Marcus Arbery, center, heads into the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga with his attorney Benjamin Crump on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Jury selection got underway with hundreds of people ordered to report for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors to hear the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery as he was running in their neighborhood.

As Bitcoin goes mainstream, Wall Street looks to cash in

This May 12, 2021, file photo shows an advertisement for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin displayed on a tram in Hong Kong.

Report: Haiti gang seeks $17M for kidnapped US missionaries

A man walks through the Petion-Ville market during a general strike in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Workers angry about the nation's lack of security went on strike in protest two days after 17 members of a US-based missionary group were abducted by a violent gang.

In this Sept. 27, 2021 file photo, steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province. The world's facing an energy crunch. Europe is feeling it worst as natural gas prices skyrocket to five times normal, forcing some factories to hold back production. Reserves depleted last winter haven't been made up, and chief supplier Russia has held back on supplying extra. Meanwhile, the new Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline won't start operating in time to help if the weather is cold, and there's talk Europe could wind up rationing electricity. China is feeling it too, seeing power outages in some towns.

Energy crunch hits global recovery as winter approaches

The world is gripped by an energy crunch — a fierce squeeze on some of the key markets for natural gas, oil and other fuels that keep the global economy running and the lights and heat on in homes.

EXPLAINER: How lawmakers are investigating the Jan. 6 riot

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, police keep a watch on demonstrators who tried to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington.

Data shows ship crossed over oil pipeline that ruptured

A worker in protective suit cleans the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Newport Beach, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.

DC suspends most of its Metro trains over safety issue

FILE - In this April 23, 2021 file photo, a train arrives at Metro Center station in Washington D.C. Washington’s regional Metro system abruptly pulled more than half its fleet of trains from service early Monday morning over a lingering problem with the wheels and axles that caused a dramatic derailing last week.

Trump questioned in lawsuit over 2015 protester crackdown

Protesters hold signs outside Trump Tower as the former President Donald Trump is deposed in New York, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021.

FILE - In this May 12, 2021, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting foams. Regan said the agency is taking a series of actions to limit pollution from a cluster of long-lasting chemicals known as PFAS that are increasingly turning up in public drinking water systems, private wells and even food.

EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic 'forever chemicals'

The Biden administration said Monday it is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting foams.

Powell's age and cancer bout left him vulnerable to COVID

Jury selection begins in trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death

Ahmaud Arbery's father Marcus Arbery, left, heads into the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga with his attorney Benjamin Crump on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Jury selection got underway with hundreds of people ordered to report for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors to hear the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery as he was running in their neighborhood.

EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic 'forever chemicals'

In this Aug. 3, 2021 photo, Melody Homesly, left, and Carnetta Galvin pose on a bridge that crosses Starkweather Creek near Galvin's home of 16 years in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood of Madison, Wis. Galvin says she was not initially aware that the creek contained high levels of PFAS, the group of hazardous, human-made chemicals that are drawing concerns across Wisconsin.

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build 'metaverse'

In this file photo, few people visited the beach a week after the ocean was closed to surfing and swimming due to an offshore pipeline leak in Huntington Beach, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021.

Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged California oil pipeline

Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says

Robert Durst, seated with attorney Dick DeGuerin, is sentenced to life without possibility of parole for the killing of Susan Berman Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles. New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend more that two decades ago.

Robert Durst hospitalized with COVID-19, his lawyer says

Bill Clinton released from Southern California hospital

Bill Clinton has been released from the Southern California hospital where he had been treated for an infection. The 75-year-old former president left University of California Irvine Medical Center on Sunday.

Former first lady and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Former President Clinton spent a fourth night at the Southern California hospital where he is recovering from an infection but is expected to be released Sunday after making great progress, a spokesman said.

Strike dodged with deal between film and TV crews, studios

An 11th-hour deal was reached Saturday, averting a strike of film and television crews that would have seen some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers walk off their jobs and would have frozen productions in Hollywood and across the U.S.

A poster advocating union solidarity hangs from a Costume Designers Guild office building, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Burbank, Calif. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike for the first time in its 128-year history.

Police: 1 deputy killed, 2 wounded in ambush at Houston bar

Authorities say a man with an AR-15-style rifle ambushed three constable deputies outside of a Houston bar, killing one and wounded two others.

A Harris County Pct. 4 deputy exits the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences mourning the death of a deputy who was shot and killed in north Houston, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. Three constable deputies were shot in an ambush early Saturday morning while working an extra shift at a Houston bar. Authorities took one person into custody but were still searching for a man believed to be the shooter, Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief James Jones told reporters.

Entertainment

Ice Castles returning to New Brighton this winter

After a year off due to the pandemic, the popular Ice Castles attraction is coming back to the Twin Cities.

Business

St. Paul police plan extra patrols after recent violence; businesses on West 7th optimistic as Wild fans return

The St. Paul Police Department plans to have three times the normal officer staffing levels in the neighborhoods surrounding Xcel Energy Center for the Minnesota Wild's home opener Tuesday night in light of recent violence on West Seventh Street.

Patrons sit at Seventh Street Truck Park in St. Paul on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. The bar was open for the first time since an Oct. 10 mass shooting there killed a 27-year-old woman and injured 14 others.

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Energy crunch hits global recovery as winter approaches

The world is gripped by an energy crunch — a fierce squeeze on some of the key markets for natural gas, oil and other fuels that keep the global economy running and the lights and heat on in homes.

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