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Willie Nelson will bring Farm Aid to Minnesota for the first time on Sept. 20 at Huntington Bank Stadium. Tickets are priced from $390 to $101 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday via farmaid40.org. Now in its 40th year, Farm Aid is a nonprofit annual festival that has raised more than $85 million to support family farms, promote sustainable agriculture and strengthen rural communities. The lineup includes Farm Aid board members Nelson, Neil Young (and the Chrome Hearts), John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds) and Margo Price...

Jam to country tunes and support U.S. family farms. MINNEAPOLIS — Grab your cowboy hat and get ready to line dance as Farm Aid is coming to Minneapolis this fall. The music festival has raised money for struggling family farms for forty years. This will be the first time Farm Aid is hosted in Minnesota at Huntington Bank Stadium, according to a press release from the University of Minnesota Gopher Sports. Performers will include Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young (and the Chrome Hearts), John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews...

Farm Aid, the music and food festival launched by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, will be held in Minneapolis for the first time in its 40-year history. It was confirmed on Tuesday that the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid will take place at the home of the Gophers, Huntington Bank Stadium, on Saturday, Sept. 20. A star-studded lineup topped by Nelson, Young and Mellencamp has been confirmed for the event, which is held each year to support "family farmers, good food, soil and water, and strong communities." Other...

Farm Aid will celebrate its 40th anniversary on September 20 with a super-sized show at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, featuring Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, and Margo Price in addition to Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Trampled by Turtles, Waxahatchee, Eric Burton of Black Pumas, Jesse Welles, Madeline Edwards, and others that have yet to be announced. Ticket sales begin May 16. “Family farmers are the heart of this country, and we depend on each other for good...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ready to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar during his trip to the Middle East this coming week, and U.S. officials say it could be converted into a potential presidential aircraft. The Qatari government said a final decision hadn't been made. Still, Trump defended the idea — what would amount to a president accepting an astonishingly valuable gift from a foreign government — as a fiscally smart move for the country. “So the...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to leave Delaney Hall, a detention facility run by private prison operator GEO Group. Habba said Baraka had “chosen to disregard the law” and added that he was taken into custody. Baraka, a Democrat who is running to succeed...

The lawsuit alleges the healthcare giant did not adjust its 2025 earnings outlook to factor in how the killing of Brian Thompson would impact operations. MINNETONKA, Minn. — A group of shareholders has filed a class action federal lawsuit against Minnesota-based United Healthcare Group, alleging that the company mislead investors by not adjusting its 2025 financial outlook following the murder of CEO Brian Thompson. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, says by not revising the financial forecast and acknowledging the scrutiny and changes in business tactics...