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Workforce Pell Grants launch in Minnesota, but only 2 schools are offering them
An expanded federal grant program is opening doors for Minnesotans seeking fast-track training for in-demand careers, but options are limited for now.
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Brooklyn Park fatal shooting leads to 17-year-old's arrest
Brooklyn Park police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested in the shooting death of a 16-year-old on Sunday at Hartkopf Park.
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Why Americans are flocking to this Florida retirement hot spot
New construction and a softening condo market in this county have stabilized home prices at a $487K median listing despite surging demand.
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Legislative report: 2025 Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
2025-Use-of-Unmanned-Aerial-VehiclesDownload The post Legislative report: 2025 Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News....
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St. Paul homeless encampments to be cleared starting in August, city officials say
Homeless encampments in St. Paul will start to be cleared by the city in August in response to what city officials say are reported incidents of fatal overdoses, sexual assaults, thefts and fires in surrounding communities....
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FBI puts up hefty reward in hopes of capturing Feeding Our Future fugitive who fled U.S.
The agency used the same strategy with another defendant and arrested him within a week.
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Former executive accuses Mayo of cutting corners on AI research
Mayo’s former director of research operations alleges she was sidelined, then terminated, for raising objections over lax standards of studies involving AI....
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St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry: ‘Our city is safer with more people in it’
St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry joined FOX 9's All Day on Wednesday to address Somali gang violence, how they use drones, non-fatal shootings and how they conduct traffic stops since Philando Castile's 2016 death....
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Honda recalls 325K Odyssey minivans over another rear-view camera issue
Hundreds of thousands of minivans are being recalled by Honda over a problem with their rear-view camera, including those that were included in a previous one related to the same issue....
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Feeding Our Future defendant sentenced to 14 months in prison, ordered to pay $1.4M
A Rochester man who pleaded guilty to funneling misappropriated Federal Child Nutrition Program funds into a shell company will now serve more than a year in prison. Mustafa Jama pleaded guilty last year to one count of money laundering and was sentenced on Wednesday to 14 mon...
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Minnesota leaders condemn Trump post targeting St. Paul kindergarten graduation
Interfaith leaders denounced President Donald Trump’s social media attacks on a group of St. Paul kindergarten graduates wearing hijabs in a Wednesday news conference. “Our children deserve to grow up knowing they are fully part of this state and this country, not to be told t...
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Teen arrested, 16-year-old identified in fatal Brooklyn Park shooting
An arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a teenager in Brooklyn Park over the weekend. At around 10:45 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to a shooting at Hartkopf Park and found a 16-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the head. Officers provided aid but he died due...
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MDH: Patient Experiences with Healthcare Discrimination in Minnesota
MDH: Patient Experiences with Healthcare Discrimination in Minnesota The post MDH: Patient Experiences with Healthcare Discrimination in Minnesota first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News....
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Shopping for school supplies? Now is the time to buy them.
As the new school year approaches, parents have to start thinking about buying school supplies. We wanted to know when the best time is to buy school supplies and how much you should expect to pay. Parents of elementary and high school students should expect to spend betwee...
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Police investigating possibly accidental shooting in north Minneapolis
Minneapolis police are investigating a possible accidental shooting on the city’s north side Wednesday afternoon. Officers responded to a reported shooting on the 1200 block of 36th Avenue North just before 2 p.m. and found a male victim in the living room of a home with at le...
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Man pleads guilty in Minnesota Housing Stabilization Services fraud scheme
A man pleaded guilty to wire fraud after being accused of submitting millions of dollars in false claims through a St. Paul company.
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Inver Grove Heights officer 'accidently' fires shot during pursuit
An officer "accidently fired a single shot" during a pursuit of a suspect in Inver Grove Heights.
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5.5x the limit: Driver had potentially deadly BAC, troopers say
The driver registered a 0.441 BAC, which is more than 5½ times the legal limit, according to a post from state law enforcement.
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DOJ: Missouri man pleads guilty to running dog fighting operation, US Marshals rescue 16 dogs from his home
A Kansas City, Missouri man is facing a federal prison sentence and fine after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says he plead guilty to running a dog fighting operation and illegally possessing a firearm after a felony conviction....
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What to know about protecting pets from the New World screwworm fly
Two New World screwworm cases in dogs are among more than 30 confirmed instances in Texas and New Mexico, prompting warnings Wednesday from veterinarians and humane societies that pet owners need to remain vigilant to protect their animals. The parasite reappeared in cattle the U...
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Minnesota’s Impaired Waters List
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Former Star Tribune columnist and reporter Doug Grow dies at 78
Grow worked for the newspaper from 1979 to 2007, and his columns were a “must-read,” those who knew him said.
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Minnesota Aurora fans can fly to Seattle for half price this weekend
Minnesota Aurora FC fans can get discounted flights to Seattle ahead of the club’s national semifinal match on Saturday. Sun Country Airlines is partnering up with the soccer team to offer 50% off specific flights to and from Seattle this weekend. The offer is tied to Aurora’s...
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A new patisserie called Clementine is coming to south Minneapolis
Twin Cities pastry chef Jasmine Weiser Kaysen is branching out on her own with French-inspired desserts, pastries and more.
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John Deere settles antitrust suit, allows farmers to fix equipment at independent shops
Independent repair shops will have access to proprietary John Deere tools for the next 10 years under a settlement between five states and the farm equipment giant, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Tuesday. Ellison, whose office filed an antitrust suit aga...
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Here’s what Minnesota found in its 2026 water quality checkup
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency held a public meeting on Wednesday on statewide water quality. The agency talked about the 2026 impaired waters list, which includes all waters that do not meet state standards. The MPCA focused on newly listed wild rice waters and on sta...
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Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 1,000 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea, making it the largest such outbreak in state history and one of the nation’s largest in years. No deaths have been reported and the source of th...
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Justin Bieber joins Madonna, Shakira and BTS for FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show
Justin Bieber is joining the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show, adding another major name to a lineup that already includes Madonna, Shakira and BTS....
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Cash App’s parent company settles $45M fraud protection lawsuit; Minnesota to get small slice
Cash App’s parent company has agreed to a $45 million multistate settlement to resolve allegations that it misled people about the app’s safety, failed to protect users from fraud and did not provide the fraud help required by law. Minnesota will get approximately $639,000 fro...
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MN fraud: FBI adds second Feeding Our Future suspect to 'Most Wanted Fraudsters' list
A Minnesota man accused of receiving more than $5 million through the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme has been added to the FBI Most Wanted Fraudsters list. The FBI says Fahad Nur has ties to Somalia and may be living there....
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Sheriff: Suspect drove more than 100 mph during Blue Earth County chase that ended in fiery crash
A suspect is now in custody after he allegedly led law enforcement on a high-speed chase through Blue Earth County that ended with a fiery crash in Mankato. The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office said the pursuit stemmed from a Department of Corrections search warrant related ...
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Minneapolis committee holding hearing on drones as first responders
Minneapolis City Council members are holding a public hearing on Wednesday on a police program that would use drones as first responders.
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The tenuous state of a US-Iran ceasefire renews anxiety over high fuel prices
NEW YORK (AP) — The potential unraveling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers from traveling through the Persian Gulf. Oil prices rose to their highest poi...
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$150K reward offered for Minnesota Feeding Our Future fraud suspect
A $150,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of a Minnesota fraud suspect tied to the Feeding Our Future case. Fahad Mohamed Nur, 42, is wanted for his alleged role in the Federal Child Nutrition Program fraud scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Fed minutes: Officials deeply divided over future path of US inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve rate-setting committee agreed to keep its key rate unchanged at its meeting last month, though most officials were split over whether inflation is likely to stay elevated or whether it will cool once the Iran war winds down, according to minute...
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23andMe data breach victims to receive $46.75 million payout
A United States bankruptcy judge ordered genetic testing company 23andMe to pay a nearly $50 million settlement for a 2023 hack that led to the data leak of millions of their customers....
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Fitness, 'looksmaxxing' influencer Connor Murphy reportedly dies in apparent drowning in Thailand
Connor Murphy, a fitness influencer and YouTuber, reportedly died after an apparent drowning in Thailand.
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Inver Grove Heights officer accidentally fires shot during traffic stop
Inver Grove Heights police said an officer accidentally fired one shot during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning after the driver got out and ran away. According to investigators, officers tried to stop a vehicle near South Street and Sixth Avenue South around 3:40 a.m., b...
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Minnesota weather: Rainfall totals from Tuesday night, Wednesday morning storms
Storms moving across Minnesota Tuesday night into Wednesday morning brought widespread rain to parts of the state, with central areas picking up the highest totals....
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Minnesota voter registration audit: Counties missed deadlines, made errors in key cases
A new report highlights how Minnesota counties handled voter registration in 2024, showing strong performance overall but spotlighting some areas that need attention before the next election....
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Brazen pickpockets prey on vulnerable tourists as vacation island is swarmed by millions
As tourists descend on one of Spain's most popular summer destinations, the familiar problem of pickpocketing has emerged.
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Starbucks baristas in Edina vote to unionize, joining growing Minnesota movement
The baristas at the coffee shop in the 50th and France retail district join 16 other Starbucks locations in Minnesota in Starbucks Workers United.
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Opinion | I’m a Democrat. Minnesota’s pardon of this child sex abuser was inexcusable.
Having a family cannot excuse you from the consequences of raping a child.
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Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M after jury found Trump sexually abused and defamed her
NEW YORK (AP) — E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5.8 million that was set aside after a jury found three years ago that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 before he became president and defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack, a federal judge ruled Wedn...
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Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case; Trump appeals
NEW YORK (AP) — Writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million awarded to her after a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump’s lawyers immediately appealed to stop the payment. The president has already depo...
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Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant
Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. A federal judge fined her $5,000 and cited her otherwise law-abiding life in issuing the sentence....
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RandBall: LeBron James is a long shot to come to Minnesota. Then again, so was Brett Favre
The Wolves are one of six teams in the mix for one of the NBA’s best all-time players. Let’s enjoy that dream as long as it lasts.
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‘The Pitt’ leads with 25 Emmy nominations, and ‘Hacks’ breaks record for comedies with 24
''The Pitt'' led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while ''Hacks'' got a graduation party with a record-setting 24 to lead all comedies in its final season as Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday....
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Feeding Our Future fraud: Rochester restaurant scheme defendant to be sentenced
Another defendant in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme will be sentenced Wednesday in federal court.