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Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate

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Democrats' first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety.

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Failed search for UMD chancellor cost more than $160,000

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Kasson-Mantorville senior Wyatt Deno, center, had been diagnosed with a dangerous brain tumor in 2011.

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A decade after rare brain tumor, Minn. student set to graduate

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Did the Twin Cities population grow or shrink during the pandemic?

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More COVID-19 'test-to-treat' sites coming to Minnesota

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Crosses with the names of Tuesday’s shooting victims outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday. — Jae C. Hong, Associated Press

Police: Texas gunman was inside the school for over an hour

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The gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school was inside for more than an hour before he was killed in a shootout, law enforcement authorities said Thursday amid mounting public anger and scrutiny over their response to the rampage.

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli will still be able to carry 14 pitchers on the roster, after MLB and the players union agreed Thursday to not enforce the

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Twins manager Baldelli rejoices on extended time to use 14 pitchers

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Karen Stromme and Gary Holquist are both retiring from the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Athletics Department in June.

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Two staples of UMD Athletics announce June retirements

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Jessie Diggins and Wade Poplawski are getting married on a farm on Sunday.

Olympian and Afton native Jessie Diggins getting married on Sunday

The Olympic medalist and World Cup champion in cross country skiing will be marrying her longtime boyfriend on a farm in the Twin Cities area.

Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,”

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Ray Liotta, 'Goodfellas' and 'Field of Dreams' star, dies

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Jake Abrahams, Frank Bures and Hunter Smoak, from left, reunited after Bures wrote about being dumped from his canoe and of his then-unknown rescuers.

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A surprise reunion: canoeist meets up with kayaking rescuers who saved his life

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The Minneapolis Third Police Precinct building burned on May 28, 2020, during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd.

After two years, MPD family's wounds also remain fresh

Even those closest to us can't quite understand why certain aspects of the 2020 riots have had such a visceral effect.

Jake Abrahams, Frank Bures and Hunter Smoak, from left, reunited after Bures wrote about being dumped from his canoe and of his then-unknown rescuers.

The Minneapolis City Council reappointed three longtime staff to department heads Thursday, May 26, 2022. They postponed a vote on the city coordinato

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