Suspect arrested after threats that set off U of M safety alerts

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Students and workers were warned to avoid the campus after threats of gun violence were posted on social media. The suspect was arrested after an apparent standoff in Watson, Minn.
Weather

Winter storm to bring snow, then frigid cold

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Second-graders in Kandice Childs’ class worked during one of the final days at JJ Legacy School in north Minneapolis.
Local

Minneapolis charter school to close Friday amid financial trouble

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Minnesota Child Protection Task Force members listened as Ariana Guerra, policy and advocacy manager with Foster Advocates, spoke Thursday at the Minn
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Minnesota Child Protection Task Force members listened as Ariana Guerra, policy and advocacy manager with Foster Advocates, spoke Thursday at the Minnesota Senate Office Building in St. Paul.

As Minnesota considers child protection reforms, should responsibility fall to state or counties?

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A Star Tribune series exposed failings in the county-run child protection system, and a legislative task force on Thursday discussed the pros and cons of state-run system.
August 27, 1974 Vikings running back Chuck Foreman (44) put a move on a Buffalo Bills defensive player during Minnesota’s 12-13 victory Sunday night
Sports

Fifty years later, Foreman still sees versions of himself in the NFL

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Associate Justice G. Barry Anderson, shown in November as Donald Trump’s attorney Nicholas Nelson argued his case before the Minnesota Supreme Court
Politics

Last Republican Minnesota Supreme Court appointee announces retirement

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Pedestrians crossed the street and skyways along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis on Dec. 13.
Variety

Once celebrated, the skyways of Minneapolis are now being blamed for downtown's empty streets

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Vance Opperman, chief executive at Key Investment, Inc., left, and Dr. Meghan Walsh, chief academic and research officer at Hennepin Healthcare, right
Business

State task force debates need for new University of Minnesota hospital

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Opinion

Fix U.S. budget for short, long term

Even the threat of a government shutdown is damaging to Congress and the nation, U professor argues.

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