Ramstad: Fraud in Minnesota has not cost $9 billion, but it’s hurt more
The big number is unpersuasive, but fraud has hurt Minnesota in ways that can’t be counted.
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Modern Times, the restaurant that had no prices, plans to close
The south Minneapolis restaurant that once fed anyone whether they could pay or not had returned prices to the menu but continued to struggle.
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Lynx stars want more from the WNBA’s next commissioner amid unprecedented growth
With Cathy Engelbert stepping down, Napheesa Collier, Cheryl Reeve and others call for stronger player relationships, better protections and leadership to guide the WNBA’s future....
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Summit Brewing Company avoids foreclosure after reaching agreement with new lender
Summit Brewing Company is no longer facing foreclosure after its debt was acquired by a new lender.
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Readers Write: Political ads, sexual violence, the demise of Hourcar, letter writing
These ad makers must think our brains are mush.
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Wrong-way Duluth crash leaves 1 dead, another critically injured
A head-on crash in Duluth took the life of a 74-year old man and sent another man to the hospital for what authorities say are life-threatening injuries....
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Firefighter, 24, died after being struck by a tree battling La. wildfire
The U.S. Forest Service is paying tribute to a firefighter who died in the line of duty this week while battling a wildfire that was burning in Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest....
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Watch: Dog lost in Alaska avalanche miraculously found 2 days later
LouLou survived in the snowy Alaska wilderness for two days before volunteer searchers landed a helicopter, then hiked 20 minutes to where she was patiently waiting for them....
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Wisconsin plane crash: Injured pilot rescued by DNR warden via airboat
An airboat became a lifeline after a plane crash left responders working waist-deep in a swamp near Sextonville, Wisconsin.
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Minneapolis police investigate Friday night shooting on Lake Street
Police are investigating a shooting in south Minneapolis that injured a man Friday night. According to the Minneapolis Police Department, officers responded to a shooting near Lake Street East and Stevens Avenue South around 8 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a man with a n...
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NC teen pleads guilty after years of breeding and training dogs for dogfighting, DOJ says
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to allegations that he and another man bred, trained, and sold dogs to be used in dogfighting and ran at least one kennel where the animals would be raised....
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Pope Leo returns to Vatican, four days after lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo XIV departed a Rome hospital where he underwent surgery for lung cancer to return to the Vatican amid a crowd of well-wishers, responding to a question on how he was by saying, “I am much better, thank you."...