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Debates get race for Minnesota governor off to a roaring start

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Keith Ellison seeks to reassure voters after domestic abuse allegation

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During a Friday news conference about the shooting death of Billy Hughes, St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said his goal is to release future bodycam
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During a Friday news conference about the shooting death of Billy Hughes, St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said his goal is to release future bodycame videos with 72 hours.

Video shows gun raised before St. Paul officers fire fatal shots

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Police Chief Todd Axtell said he released the video amid calls for transparency in the wake of the Aug. 5 shooting, when police were called to William "Billy" Hughes' apartment for a report of shots fired.
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Gilberto Alves Araujo of Johannesburg cheered during Friday night's concert by the Minnesota Orchestra at Regina Mundi Church in Soweto, South Africa.

Minnesota Orchestra's concert in Soweto is an ode to joy in many languages

The performance brought the crowd packed into the historic Regina Mundi Catholic Church to its feet, singing, stepping and clapping.
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Aretha Franklin, at the Kennedy Center in Washington in 2011. In 2015, her performance there brought President Barack Obama to tears.

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Sights and sounds from the Minnesota Orchestra's South Africa tour

01:52With the common theme of music, the Minnesota Orchestra has spent time with musicians from many cities in South Africa in the run up to their final concert.

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