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U targets brain cancer with new form of radiation therapy

10:23am

GammaTile Therapy was federally approved last year and is marketed as a more focused form of radiation that could reduce damage to healthy tissue and resulting side effects.

Nation

Police: Aurora attacker used gun he shouldn't have owned

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With her daughter Abigail and husband John at her side, Amy Klobuchar made her first campaign appearance as a presidential candidate in Eau Claire, Wi

Local

At Eau Claire rally, Klobuchar vows to govern 'from opportunity,' not 'chaos'

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Politics

Trump tests presidential power, declares emergency at border

Science

Is benefit of having trees 'oversold' in green space planning?

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US military planes land near Venezuela border with aid
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Snow too thick to plow keeps skiers from California resorts
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U football player kicked off team after being charged with assaulting police officer
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Strong apartment market continues to push up rents in Twin Cities
February 15

Runner who suffocated mountain lion with his foot describes the attack
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Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington, has been expelled from the priesthood after he was found guilty of sexual abuse. H — Robert Franklin, Associated Press

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

3:15pm

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and defrocked, as calls rose Saturday for Pope Francis to reveal what he knew about the once-powerful American prelate's apparently decades-long predatory sexual behavior.

The Gophers' Jordan Murphy (3) drove to the basket against the University of Indiana's Juwan Morgan (13) during the first half of Gophers game Saturda

Sports

Gophers roll to 84-63 win over Indiana, ending 4-game losing streak

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The expansive gardens created by Diane and John Harvey include a 3,000-gallon koi pond.

East Bethel couple created a luscious landscape where they 'vacation' at home

Over the years, the ambitious couple turned their property on Coon Lake into a verdant playground.

Engaged St. Paul couple Jenny Ries and Craig Hirschey contacted Hershey Co., maker of Reese’s Pieces and Hershey’s bars, about the coincidences in

Variety

With these sweet names, Minnesota couple is 'Hershey PR team's dream come true'

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The American bison, or buffalo, was once prolific across the western U.S. before the years immediately following the Civil War, when they were killed

Business

American Indians still haven't recovered from costs of buffalo slaughter, study shows

9:35am

Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans reminded the governor and all the legislative leaders who were copied on the memo that varian

Business

Schafer: In light of 2017 law, Minn. needs to take a look at its income tax

8:34am

Opinion

President Donald Trump, speaking Friday in the White House Rose Garden, where he announced that he is declaring a national emergency to get more funds

Trump created his own emergency

There's no crisis at the border, yet the president couldn't accept legislative compromise.

Sports

Local

Hwy. 169 runs through the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation. It’s a busy highway and a popular path for reservation residents to take.

Business

Variety

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Romero headed to Twins bullpen

01:22Twins righthander Fernando Romero, who made 11 starts for Minnesota last season, says Saturday he accepts the team's decision to make him a reliever instead.