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Search warrant leads to rescue of over 40 dogs and puppies from alleged dog fighting operation
Over 40 dogs and puppies were rescued Tuesday from an alleged dog fighting operation in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
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Suspect in World War II Memorial vandalism facing felony charges, taken into custody
Authorities have taken into custody the suspect accused of vandalizing the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, where bubbles filled a fountain and "Clean hands dirty $" was written in red paint....
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Columbia Heights police seek tips after 32 vehicle break-ins in 3 weeks
After a recent spike in vehicle break-ins, Columbia Heights police are now seeking the public’s help. The Columbia Heights Police Department said that, over the past three weeks, 32 cars have been broken into. Authorities said there is no clear pattern in the items being targeted...
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Minneapolis break-ins leave 34 vehicles damaged
Minneapolis police are investigating a string of break-ins that left 34 vehicles damaged.
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Minnesota man skips sentencing for fatal 2024 Ramsey County crash, warrant issued
A Minnesota man convicted of crashing into a parked car, killing the driver during a police chase in 2024 is now wanted by authorities after he skipped his sentencing hearing on Thursday. Lorenzo Leontay Washington, who has been out of jail since posting bail in March, pled guilt...
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Skip Bertman, LSU’s 5-time national title-winning baseball coach, dies at 88
Stanley “Skip” Bertman, who turned LSU’s baseball program into a national powerhouse that won five national championships in the span of a decade, died at age 88 early Friday morning. The former LSU coach and athletic director passed away in a Baton Rouge hospital, LSU spokesman ...
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Luigi Mangione to appear in Manhattan federal court, could plead guilty in CEO shooting case
Accused CEO shooter Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty in federal court, potentially setting up a double-jeopardy fight in his NY state murder trial....
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Flock cameras: Company announces changes to data retention, offense filtering
Public outcry over privacy concerns and potential misuse of Flock cameras has led the company to announce changes to how long it keeps that data and how law enforcement can use it....
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Funday Friday: Minnesota Garlic Festival
It’s Funday Friday on Minnesota Live, and this week’s segment came with a delightfully unexpected twist. When the show reached out to the Minnesota Garlic Festival in Hutchinson, the event organizer replied that everyone would be busy setting up but offered to send a vampire inst...
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Titanic: An Immersive Voyage
The legendary story of the Titanic is one of history’s most captivating tales, and now it’s coming to life in a brand-new immersive experience right here in the Twin Cities. Titanic: An Immersive Voyage brings the deeply personal stories of those on board into vivid focus like ne...
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What’s Happening This Weekend: 8/14
The weekend is just around the corner and there are plenty of exciting ways to fill your calendar. Twin Cities Live reporter Kelli Hanson stopped by to share some fun ideas to help you make the most of your time off. Summer Sizzle! Dirty Dancing Tickets Bookstore Romance Day Bayf...
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Minnesota Bound: Fishing at Totem Resorts in Canada
Descriptive & lively Bill Sherck heads to one of his all-time favorite fishing destinations in today’s Minnesota Bound — the breathtaking Lake of the Woods, where he’s casting lines alongside his family at the beloved Totem Resorts in Canada. Catch the newest episode of Minnesota...
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Backyard Chickens for Beginners
Backyard chickens have become one of the most exciting trends in home farming, and it’s easy to see why so many Minnesotans are jumping in. Tom Tidrick and his grandson Hayden from Anoka Ramsey Farm and Garden stopped by the patio with helpful tips for anyone ready to start their...
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15th Minnesota Costco opens off I-94 in Otsego
Minnesota shoppers in the northwest metro now have a wholesale option just off I-94 in Ostego. A new Costco warehouse held its grand opening ceremony on Friday morning. The 152,000-square-foot store, near the Albertville Premium Outlets, is the 15th Costco to open statewide. Oste...
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Lime instituted restrictions in Minneapolis in response to takeover, bans riders who rode on I-35W
Another Lime takeover appears to be planned for Friday night. Two took place last weekend.
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Minnesota weather: Warm with afternoon clouds and isolated evening showers Friday
Friday stays warm across Minnesota as clouds and humidity increase, followed by a chance of isolated evening showers.
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Storied Boundary Waters outfitter, including waterfront property, listed for $1.8M
Williams and Hall Outfitters, which sits on 3.45 acres in Ely, includes a home for the owners as well as lodging and accommodations for up to 120.
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The 5 best things our food writers ate (and drank) this week
We couldn’t stop talking about this viral pastry sensation, New York-style slice, breakfast sandwich, new Indian restaurant and cocktail program.
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The Vikings believe in Kyler Murray, even though the Cardinals had seen enough. Here’s why.
The former No. 1 pick left Arizona with questions about his work ethic and leadership. But Kevin O’Connell sees a talented quarterback capable of writing a different ending in Minnesota....
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Operation Metro Surge fueled Peggy Flanagan’s landslide Senate primary win
Immigration, not electability, drove a record turnout that helped the progressive Flanagan defeat Rep. Angie Craig by 20 points.
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Minneapolis may close schools again. On the North Side, old fears resurface.
Some families on the North Side, which has the highest concentration of Black students in the city, worry their schools will again be at risk when the school district unveils options for a new “transformation” plan in September....
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Twins savor ‘surreal’ Field of Dreams experience despite loss to Phillies: ‘I’ll never forget it’
The Twins wished they’d played better in Dyersville, Iowa, but reliving childhood dreams, meeting their baseball idols and sharing it all with their families made the trip worthwhile....
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Cheers & Jeers: Royce White coming out of the closet, gangs at the State Fair, vaccines
Plus: Mike Lindell crying election fraud
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10 best matchups of the first two weeks of the Minnesota high school football season
From Class 6A to Nine-Player, these are the must-see games for high school football fans.
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Ken Barlow is forecasting a few showers on Saturday. Sunshine returns on Sunday
Good Friday morning! Most of the day today will be dry across the Twin Cities, but this afternoon and evening a few isolated showers are possible. Saturday will be much more humid with most of the showers expected in the morning, followed by a midmorning break into the afternoon....
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US missionary kidnapped in Niger is released after 9 months in captivity, his organization says
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organization said Friday. Kevin Rideout “is in good health in the care of US officials,” SIM International said in a statement. He will soon be reunited with his extended fami...
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Charges: Suspect admitted he purchased a saw, cut down plate-reading camera in St. Cloud
A suspect has been charged in connection with the destruction of an automated license plate reading camera. Bradley Smith, 18, is facing a felony damage to property charge after he allegedly admitted to investigators that he had cut down the camera in St. Cloud in June. According...
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Luigi Mangione set to appear in court for expected guilty plea in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be in federal court Friday for a hearing at which he's expected to plead guilty in connection with the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to a person familiar with the matter....
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Flags in Minnesota to fly at half-staff for firefighter who died while fighting wildfires
Gov. Tim Walz has ordered all U.S. and Minnesota flags to fly at half-staff at all state buildings in remembrance of Leslie R. Washington. Washington was serving as a member of the K-River 2 crew, a tribal firefighting team assigned to help fight wildfires in Minnesota. While res...
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference in 2024 and gunned him down on a New York City street . Ma...
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‘A celebration of resiliency’: MPD officers reflect on Annunciation shooting nearly 1 year later
In two weeks, the City of Minneapolis announced it will observe a day to remember the lives touched by the Annunciation Church shooting . Last August, two students lost their lives, and 30 other people were injured during a Catholic mass. The City of Minneapolis said that on beha...
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Undercover DHS agents surveilled activists, labor unions during Operation Metro Surge
New court filings are raising questions about the extent of federal surveillance on Minnesotans who protested against Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Operation Metro Surge....
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Hopkins daycare murder-suicide: No domestic violence record, but experts say abuse often goes unseen
Investigators are still working to understand why a man killed his wife, their 7-year-old daughter and a 78-year-old woman at another home before taking his own life at a Hopkins daycare on Wednesday morning....
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Phillies homer 3 times into the Field of Dreams corn in 7-1 win over Twins, with pair from Schwarber
Kyle Schwarber smashed two home runs into the corn behind right field to stretch his major league -leading total to 37, as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Thursday night in the first game at the Field of Dreams movie site in four years. Schwarber sent th...
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Wright County mom charged after letting unlicensed 15-year-old drive, killing woman on sidewalk
A Wright County woman faces felony charges after allegedly letting her 15-year-old daughter drive, leading to a crash that killed one pedestrian and seriously injured another....
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Field of Dreams becomes the Hall of Fame, as 26 members come out of the corn for Phillies-Twins game
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Major League Baseball came back to the Field of Dreams carrying a big piece of Cooperstown. The pregame pomp before the Minnesota Twins played the Philadelphia Phillies — adjacent to the farmland where the 1989 fantasy was filmed — featured 26 members of t...
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Field of Dreams welcomes Hall of Fame, as 26 members come out of the corn for Phillies-Twins game
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Major League Baseball came back to the Field of Dreams carrying a big piece of Cooperstown. The pregame pomp before the Minnesota Twins played the Philadelphia Phillies — adjacent to the farmland where the 1989 fantasy was filmed — featured 26 members of t...
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Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers , according to a directive issued Thurs...
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Faribault head-on crash: Owatonna man charged with drunk driving
A head-on crash in Faribault left two people hurt and a driver facing felony charges, according to a criminal complaint filed in Rice County District Court....
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GOP, DFL Party chairs both find reasons for optimism
The 2026 general election could be the most competitive in Minnesota in at least 20 years, with Republicans and Democrats boasting candidates with solid credentials and name recognition. RELATED: Election takeaways: What we learned from primary night in Minnesota, Wisconsin The r...
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New Mississippi law expands death penalty to include inmates on child sexual battery convictions
A new Mississippi law added sexual battery of a child under 12 to the list of crimes eligible for the death penalty.
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Michele Tafoya on fraud, affordability, immigration and Minnesota's US Senate race
Michele Tafoya joined FOX 9 All Day on Thursday, two days after winning the Republican nomination in the race for the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota, to discuss her campaign....
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Woman wearing 'Force to be reckoned with' shirt captured in nationwide manhunt
Isabelle Rose Johnson was captured Thursday in the Florida Panhandle following a nationwide manhunt connected to a death investigation.
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Red Lake Nation authorities, FBI investigating an officer-involved shooting
The Red Lake Nation Department of Public Safety said an officer-involved shooting Thursday morning is being investigated. Details regarding the officer-involved shooting were not provided by the department, other than that it had occurred Thursday morning and was being investigat...
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Isanti standoff: BCA names Anoka County deputy who fired shot at armed suspect
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has named the deputy involved in a recent use-of-force case in Isanti, where a standoff ended with an arrest and no injuries....
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As Minnesotans organized against ICE, DHS spied on meetings, subpoenaed bank records, court filings say
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security spied on Minnesota churches, unions, libraries and schools in its investigation of individuals and groups who opposed the federal government’s immigration crackdown earlier this year, according to a new court filing. Kevin Riach, a defense...
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Minneapolis, St. Paul property tax hikes proposed: How much more you could pay
Property owners in Minneapolis and St. Paul could soon see higher taxes and fewer city services as both cities’ mayors roll out their latest budget plans....
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Florida State University hit with federal civil rights investigation over race, sex-based scholarship programs
The Equal Protection Project's complaint targets 32 Florida State University scholarships it alleges discriminate based on race or sex via donors.
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Grocery chain Lidl recalling spice mix over salmonella concerns
Lidl’s recall involves Vitasia Chinese Style brand Asian Style Wok Spice Mix, which was distributed in store locations in multiple states including Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania....
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Check your bathroom cabinet: Hair mousse recalled over explosion risk
A hair mousse was recalled over a packaging defect that could cause cans to leak or explode, following an injury report.
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Feeding Our Future defendant sentenced to 33 months
A defendant in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud case was sentenced Thursday to 33 months in prison. Ahmed Mohamed Artan pleaded guilty to wire fraud in June 2025. After nearly three years in prison, he will spend one year on supervised release. Artan is scheduled to turn hims...
