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Suni Lee says she was pepper sprayed in racist attack in Los Angeles
The St. Paul native and Olympic gold medalist said people in a car passing her group of friends also yelled anti-Asian slurs.
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Suni Lee says she was pepper sprayed in racist attack in Los Angeles
Lee, the Olympic gold medalist from St. Paul, said unknown assailants yelled anti-Asian slurs and pepper-sprayed her in the latest high-profile case of hate-driven violence against Asian Americans.
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Defense rests its case at Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial
The judge indicated closing arguments could be held Monday.
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Biden salutes veterans as the 'spine of America'
He marked his first Veterans Day as president in a wreath-laying ceremony followed by at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Minnesota among states where booster shots are popular as coronavirus rages
Several northern, mostly rural states with few mask mandates and low vaccine rates are leading the nation in booster shots.
Weather
Atmospheric river soaks Pacific Northwest as 'November witch' socks Dakotas, Minnesota
There's a blizzard warning through Friday evening for northeast South Dakota and a sliver of west-central Minnesota.
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White House says 900K kids got vaccine in Week 1
It's the first gauge of the pace of the school-age vaccination campaign.
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Missing Stillwater girl, 41 years a Texas Jane Doe, ID'd via DNA
She was a Jane Doe in Texas for years until new technology cracked case.
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Coronavirus rise in northern states including Minnesota may signal fifth wave
Dramatic drops in caseloads in the Deep South have been offset by increases in the Mountain West and the northern tier of the country.
Politics
High court skeptical of Texas death row inmate prayer demand
Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Tuesday about a Texas death row inmate's demand that his pastor be allowed to pray out loud and touch him during his execution.
Business
Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg's 'metaverse' plan
a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone — he promised that "you're going to able to do almost anything you can imagine."
Local
School board members face rising threats, and fear spreads
Members are increasingly being threatened by angry parents upset about masks and studies.
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Festival attendees react to Houston concert crowd surge that killed 8
An estimated 50,000 people were at Astroworld, a sold-out, two-day event at the NRG Park stadium. It was not clear what set the crowd in motion.
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Trapped in a pandemic funk: Millions of Americans can't shake a gloomy outlook
For so many voters in this November of discontent, the state of the union is just … blech.
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Omar only House member in Minnesota delegation to break party ranks on bipartisan infrastructure bill
The House voted Friday to pass a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure package.
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Obituaries
Margaret York, who as LAPD homicide detective was model for 'Cagney & Lacey,' dies at age 80
The cause was a series of illnesses, said her husband, Judge Lance Ito.
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