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Justice Ginsburg's death touches off a battle

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, August 23, 2013.
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A women's rights champion, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the Supreme Court's second female justice. She died at home in Washington at age 87, likely reshaping the 2020 campaign.
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High numbers of new COVID cases concern Minn. health officials

They suspect that social gatherings over Labor Day and the start of school may have contributed to those numbers.
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1970s Mpls. activists saved Milwaukee Avenue's modest homes from teardown

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Low mortgage rates continue to fuel hot Twin Cities housing market

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President Trump danced down the catwalk to "YMCA" Friday night in Bemidji as his supporters cheered him on after his speech there.
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Trump, Biden stress jobs as they bring campaigns to Minnesota

At a Bemidji rally, President Donald Trump also had a warning about refugees. It came hours after Democratic challenger Joe Biden flew into Duluth. Union, working class voters were the focus of the visits to a region of shifting political inclinations.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, photographed in her U.S. Supreme Court chambers in 2013, died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreas cancer. Sh

The remarkable RBG

Justice's death is likely to lead to a pitched pre-election battle over her successor.

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