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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

Sahan JournalJul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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Minnesota’s Impaired Waters List

Minnesota’s Impaired Waters List The post Minnesota’s Impaired Waters List first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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....

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026

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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....

FOX 9 KMSP (FOX)Jul 8, 2026

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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...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Jul 8, 2026