Aaron Brown broadcasts live from New York on Sept.11, 2001.NEW YORK (CNN) – Aaron Brown, the renowned CNN anchor who gained prominence for his coverage of the September 11 attacks and his pivotal role in shaping the network’s evening news format, died Sunday at 76, his family said. Brown’s career began in radio in Minneapolis. The Hopkins native eventually moved…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – CNN has announced that the network will host an election debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on June 27 in the battleground state of Georgia. The debate will be held in CNN’s studios in Atlanta. The network says to ensure both candidates maximize the time allotted, no audience will be present. Moderators for…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN/KVRR) — Sen. Kevin Cramer says he wants a competitive field when his party chooses its next presidential candidate in 2024. He previously has supported former President Donald Trump, but now says he is taking a wait and see attitude. “Part of what helped Donald Trump in 2016 was the fact that he had, you know, he had…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo School Board member Dr. Tracie Newman has been getting national media attention regarding her support for students to wear masks to prevent COVID-19 from spreading in schools. Newman, a pediatrician, is one of four board members being targeted by a recall effort. She was recently profiled by the Wall Street Journal and has appeared on CNN…
MINNEAPOLIS – A man who was working as a security guard for a CNN crew covering protests in Minneapolis following George Floyd’s death last summer is suing two Minnesota State Patrol officers. The lawsuit says Michael Cooper, a retired veteran of the Illinois State Police, was jailed for nearly 20 hours on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon without a…
LOS ANGELES – Larry King, the legendary American talk-show host, has died. He was 87. Ora Media, the company King cofounded, announced King’s passing Saturday morning with a statement on his Twitter account. “With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Amy Klobuchar has reached the polling threshold to qualify for the Democratic presidential debate in September, though she still needs to reach the donor requirement. Klobuchar got her fourth qualifying poll by getting 4 percent support in the CBS News/YouGov poll of likely Democratic voters in Iowa. Klobuchar will now need to hit 130,000 individual donors. Her…
MANCHESTER, N.H. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar participates in her second CNN town hall during the 2020 election season. The Democrat touched on issues from high prescription drug prices to student debt. Klobuchar says she does not support free college for students like fellow presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren. She says she does have a plan when it comes to addressing…
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar referenced the late singer Prince in saying that doctors need to change the prescribing habits of opioids in the United States. At a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Monday night, Klobuchar says her state still hasn’t gotten over the 2016 death of Prince, one of Minnesota’s most famous residents. He died of…
