Yuen: Is everything we know about teaching kids wrong?
She helped transform how schools teach reading. Now, Emily Hanford is challenging the way we teach just about everything.
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15-year-old arrested in Florida A&M shooting that wounded 11 after homecoming game
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has been charged in a weekend shooting that wounded 11 people at Florida A&M University following the school’s homecoming football game, police said Monday. Investigators say a fight broke out before the shooting Saturday night, and it a...
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Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola suffers minor injuries in car crash
Alaska Democratic Senate candidate nominee Mary Peltola and her family were injured in a two-vehicle collision in Anchorage Saturday night, prompting her campaign to adjust upcoming schedule commitments in the final stretch of the midterm race....
business
Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic files papers to sell shares to the public for the first time
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic filed papers Monday for what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock ever even as its top executive warns that advanced AI could pose an existential threat to humanity. The filing sets up the San Francisco...
government
A key race on your ballot you know the least about
On November 3, Minneapolis voters will fill five seats on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education. Most of the choices will be unfamiliar. School board candidates don’t run TV ads. They rarely make the news. And when voters list what’s driving their choices, education u...
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Ken Barlow says today will be much more like October!
Good Monday morning! Rain is finally falling across much of Southern MN this morning. The rain is of the showery type and not steady. Steadier rain is on the way this afternoon. The roads are wet this morning, but the rain hasn’t been heavy enough to cause any puddles. This after...
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Minnesota weather: Wet, cloudy and cool Monday
A wet, chilly Monday is ahead across Minnesota as scattered morning showers give way to steadier afternoon rain, with temperatures mostly in the 40s.
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Thousands of observers are expected to descend on polling places to monitor the vote on Election Day
Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day driven by concerns that President Donald Trump will further leverage the vast resources of the federal government to interfere with a midterm that could hobble his final two years in offi...
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Twin Cities suburbs took down Flock cameras. Counties are putting them up.
County sheriffs are adding more license plate readers, creating friction over how the technology is used across jurisdictions.
business
One of Minneapolis’ hottest sushi tickets is putting down roots
After years of sold-out pop-ups, Sushi by Baaska is ready to open a Mill District restaurant with omakase, wagyu and enthusiasm.
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What are the Lynx worth? The answer is more complicated than you might think.
The Lynx have an estimated $355 million valuation, but experts say shared ownership with the Timberwolves and limited financial transparency complicate things....
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Climate change nearly tripled size of Boundary Waters wildfires, study suggests
Researchers estimate that global warming intensified July’s fires, producing enough additional smoke pollution to contribute to nearly 500 premature deaths....