Minneapolis high school sends off low-income graduates with high hopes for success
Cristo Rey students are graduating into uncertain world, but prepared to shine.
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Young Duluth activists hold nightly protests at lynching memorial
Duluth site of killings in 1920 has become a gathering place.
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Which state has the best claim to Paul Bunyan?
The earliest reliable account a logging-camp tale was from — brace yourself, Minnesotans — Wisconsin. But Minnesota figures prominently in Paul Bunyan's journey after that.
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Metro briefs: Hennepin County plans for massive absentee voting effort this fall
Hennepin County will encourage voting through the mail this year rather than in person to keep voters and election workers safe from COVID-19, Ginny Gelms,…
Twin Cities rebuilding begins with donations, pressure on government
Business owners assess damages, physical and emotional.
Marchers take 'DefundMPD' message to Minneapolis streets
Organized by the Minneapolis-based advocacy group Black Visions, the event began at Bottineau Field Park, passed by the police union headquarters and ended outside Mayor Jacob Frey's home.
Exhausted Minneapolis citizen patrols still wary, but seek a calmer path forward
A week out from the height of the violence, a fragile calm is descending as neighbors reach for a new normal.
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Minnesota briefs: Appeals court rejects pay raise for Freeborn County sheriff
Freeborn County Sheriff Kurt Freitag won’t be getting a pay raise after all. Freitag, sheriff since 2015, appealed his salary last year, as sheriffs have…
Minnesota's online schools attract interest amid pandemic
State concerned about online charter schools' math scores.
Fewer new COVID-19 cases in Minn. bolster the case for a virus plateau
But health officials urge caution and continued social distancing, even as the state opens up more.
Third Precinct served as 'playground' for renegade cops
Even before George Floyd was killed, the south Minneapolis precinct had a reputation for being home to police officers who played by their own rules.
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Floyd's death raises questions about Minneapolis police leadership
Medaria Arradondo, the city's first black police chief, now finds himself in a harsh national spotlight, the face of a mostly white department that killed another black man.
Brooks: The kids are watching as we face hard questions about George Floyd
They know what happened to George Floyd, as well as to too many black men and women before him.
As Trump blames antifa, protest records show scant evidence
Scott Nichols, a balloon artist, was riding home on his scooter from the protests engulfing Minneapolis last weekend when he was struck by a rubber bullet fired from a cluster of police officers in riot gear.
The Latest: Atlanta protests have festive air with music
TOP OF THE HOUR:— Atlanta protests punctuated by music take on an almost festive feel.— Thousands demonstrate again in New York City.— Jesse Jackson calls…
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Big crowd weaves through Minneapolis streets during "DefundMPD March"
A large crowd marched the streets of Minneapolis Saturday during the "DefundMPD March" sponsored by a group called Black Visions.
At Kmart in Minneapolis, the blue light special's last gleaming
Kmart's liquidation sale stopped soon after it started with discounts ranging from 25% to 75% off merchandise as it wound down to the planned June 30 closure. Instead, the looting and violence that followed the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police accelerated the closing.
2 men fatally shot in Minneapolis in separate incidents
Both died of apparent gunshot wounds on Thursday night. One victim's body was found in a car parked near North Memorial Health Hospital.
Famed Twin Cities artist Seitu Jones creates George Floyd stencil for free download
The stencil offers artists another way to show solidarity
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Terrell Towers, who worked behind scenes to help Minnesota businesses grow, dies at 73
His civil service career spanned more than three decades, including two stints in state economic offices and a stint with a Minneapolis city agency.
East Bethel woman dies in one-vehicle crash in Clear Lake
The driver's child was injured in the one-vehicle crash on Hwy. 10.
Virus deaths rise by 22, including victim in 20s, as Minn. cases appear to plateau
Among the dead was a Ramsey County resident age 20 to 29 — the youngest pandemic victim thus far in the state.
Twin Cities metro police blotter, June 7
ANDOVER MAY 18 Vandalism. Eggs were thrown at a shed and SpaghettiOs dumped on a vehicle in a driveway in the 16100 block of…
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