TOP STORIES
- A grieving family fights for suicide prevention barriers at a Minneapolis hotspot: Kayla Gaebel was 29 years old, with a fiancé and two young children, when she went missing from her Shakopee home last November. The next day, police traced her GPS to the university she’d attended. Security camera footage from the Washington Avenue Bridge showed Gaebel jumping. Read more.
- GOP senators grill Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s attorneys during ethics hearing about her burglary charge: The Woodbury DFLer didn’t answer questions before the bipartisan subcommittee, but her attorney accused GOP senators of a “witch hunt.” Democrats said Mitchell deserves due process. Read more.
- Minneapolis teachers voting on bigger raises, lower special-ed workloads in contract: The two-year deal would provide 4% and 5% salary increases over two years; school support staff members also are voting a pact of their own. Read more.
- Also at stake in Wolves, Lynx ownership fight: Possible damages. As the feud heads toward arbitration following an unsuccessful mediation last week, terms of their contract agreement specify that the side that prevails could seek monetary damages for the ordeal once resolved. Read more.
- Don’t tempt the bears! BWCAW sets new rules to minimize encounters: The new order for the Boundary Waters requires campers to have certified bear containers on the ground and exact parameters for hanging food stores out of reach of bears. Read more.
WATCH THIS
Sparks fly as FedEx cargo plane makes emergency landing after front landing gear fails in Turkey: Officials with the Turkish Transport Ministry said they are investigating why the front landing gear of a FedEx Boeing 767 failed to deploy as the cargo plane landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday. No injuries were reported. See the video.
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TRENDING
Sip these 11 wheat beers all spring and summer long: The grain makes these beers light in body yet rich in texture, making it perfect for patios, the lake — or pretty much anything. Read more.
SPORTS BLINK
How Natalie Darwitz built a pro women’s hockey team in a few months: PWHL Minnesota GM Natalie Darwitz has constructed a roster, negotiated contracts, hired coaches, made a trade, swept floors and unpacked smelly equipment — anything to get the team off the ground. Read more.
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WORTH A CLICK
Gloria Estefan to christen the USS Miami, the Navy’s newest nuclear submarine: “US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced Tuesday evening that a new nuclear-powered attack submarine will be named USS Miami and that Gloria Estefan will be the sub’s sponsor,” Mauricio Maldonado reports for CBS News Miami. Read more.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
May 8, 1967: Alan Page, center, the Vikings’ rookie defensive lineman (and future Minnesota Supreme Court justice), was flanked by Vikings head coach Bud Grant, left, and new assistant coach Bob Hollway. Page, the 6-foot-4, 260-pound defensive lineman from Notre Dame, was presented to the local news media at the Vikings’ office in Bloomington. He said expected to be a regular in the Vikings’ defensive four in his rookie season. (Photo: John Croft/Star Tribune)
