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Almost a year after George Floyd died in south Minneapolis, the Twin Cities began a new period Monday: A time of anxiety and uncertainty until a jury decides whether the police officer who knelt on his neck is guilty of murder. -
Minnesota homeowners have taken $58,000 from a new state program and used it to plant nearly eight football fields worth of pollinator gardens, meadows and flowering trees.
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Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale was remembered Monday as a towering figure in Minnesota's public life and a leading influence on Democratic politics in the final decades of the last century.
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Visitors will soon be able to sleep in the former Duluth City Council chambers when a 13-room boutique hotel opens this summer in the historic Old City Hall.
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A St. Paul man was charged Monday with punching and unintentionally killing a Bloomington hockey coach outside a bar following a dispute over social distance rules.
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Firefighters responded to a large blaze at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in northeast Minneapolis on Monday night.
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Several hundred people rallied in downtown Minneapolis on Monday to call for justice for George Floyd, Daunte Wright and victims of police shootings as the Derek Chauvin jury began deliberations.
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The Twins reported no new positive results after the team went through COVID-19 testing Monday morning. That means the season continues Tuesday with a doubleheader in Oakland.
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BREAKING: Walter F. Mondale, a preacher's son from southern Minnesota who climbed to the pinnacle of U.S. politics as an influential senator, vice president and Democratic nominee for president, died on Monday. He was 93.
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A federal judge on Monday ordered the city of St. Paul to stop enforcing a new tenant protection ordinance, writing that the city's limits on background screening of potential renters are likely unconstitutional.
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The Gophers men's basketball team might never keep all the Chets and Jalens. But if Ben Johnson doesn't find a way to keep the McKinleys and Dawsons, he'll follow his predecessors out the door, Jim Souhan writes.
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Colorado College hockey captain Grant Cruikshank is transferring to the Gophers. Cruikshank, a 5-11 forward from Delafield, Wis., is the son of Olympic speedskaters Bonnie Blair and David Cruikshank.
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Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene flaunt new paths to power, testing GOP leaders.
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Read the judge's instructions for the jury in the Derek Chauvin murder trial.
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The prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines made a heartfelt plea Monday to the international community to help his country recover from a volcanic eruption that has displaced 20,000 people, saying the island nation is "in its midnight hour of need."
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A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus.
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After nearly six hours of closing arguments and rebuttal Monday, two alternates were dismissed and the jury was led away by a deputy for deliberations.
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Facebook on Monday said it planned to limit posts that contain misinformation and hate speech related to the trial of Derek Chauvin to keep them from spilling over into real-world harm.
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A Golden Valley engineering firm is training women and people of color to be road surveyors, construction materials testers and pipeline inspectors in an effort to improve diversity in its workforce. -
Vikings players released a statement Monday afternoon saying "many of us have decided to exercise our right not to attend in-person, voluntary workouts" this offseason, citing COVID-19 and "inadequate safety procedures recommended by the NFL."
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Closing arguments have resumed in the Derek Chauvin trial after a 30-minute lunch break. Watch the proceedings live here.
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Jalen Suggs, the Gonzaga star who played for Minnehaha Academy, said he is declaring for the NBA draft.
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Students from dozens of Minnesota schools walked out of their classrooms this afternoon in a coordinated protest against racial injustice and the killing of Daunte Wright.
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The man in custody in a shooting at a southeastern Wisconsin tavern that left three men dead was expected to appear in court today for a bond hearing.
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Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center can begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, a senior U.S. defense official said.
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Minnesota Senate GOP will take up emergency law enforcement funding, a move that is facing pushback from some legislative Democrats who want the funding tied to police reform.
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COVID-19 ICU numbers are nearing 2021 highs in Minnesota. Meanwhile, vaccination progress continues — with 52% of eligible Minnesotans and 85% of senior citizens at least receiving a first dose.
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Two Minnesota projects are models for 'retrofitting suburbia,' as architects offer ideas on how to adapt 20th-century malls for 21st-century needs.
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WATCH LIVE: Closing arguments for the defense are underway in the Derek Chauvin trial.
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MyPillow of Chaska is suing Dominion Voting Systems for $1.6 billion after Dominion brought a $1.3 billion defamation case against MyPillow and founder Mike Lindell.
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UPDATE: The state just wrapped up closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial, and after a 20-minute break the defense will begin. Follow Rochelle Olson and Chao Xiong for updates.
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An insurance company for the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop.
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Sarah Glover, who served two terms as president for the National Association of Black Journalists, has been named managing editor for the MPR newsroom. -
Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, has reached a new deal with reduced tax breaks for its scaled back project in southeast Wisconsin.
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The original principal cast of "Downton Abbey" are returning for a second film that will arrive in theaters Dec.22.
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WATCH LIVE: The closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin are expected to begin shortly. Watch the livestream.
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Minnehaha Academy's Chet Holmgren, the No. 1 basketball prospect in the nation, will make his college announcement today on the 11 a.m. edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter."
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A suspect was arrested in a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin on Sunday that left three people dead and three injured.
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Luke Bryan won the top award from the Academy of Country Music last night, but female acts owned the night.
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NASA's experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the planet's thin air.
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The death toll has risen to two and a third person is in the hospital with life threatening injuries after their car crashed and burst into flames inside the Lowry Hill Tunnel last night.
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Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, has been transferred to a hospital.
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Good morning! Brisk and chilly today with a thick cloud cover. High: 40.
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Though female country stars didn't compete for the night's top prize — Luke Bryan was named entertainer of the year — they owned Sunday's ACM Awards.
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Timberwolves can't hang with Clippers' long-range shooting, fall 124-105.
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The State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on westbound Interstate 94 in the Lowry Hill Tunnel in Minneapolis.
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Having weeks ago made their first impressions, rival attorneys in the Derek Chauvin murder trial are poised to make their final arguments to jurors Monday in Hennepin County District Court.
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The trial of Derek Chauvin has prompted reflection among staff and clients at the Harbor Light Center, where George Floyd worked as a security guard after arriving from Houston.
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Since assembling last week, Zach Parise, Nick Bonino and Nico Sturm have been the backbone of the three-game win streak the Wild carries into a road trip that begins Monday at Arizona.
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Two people were killed in the fiery crash of a Tesla and authorities say there was no one in the driver's seat, although it is not clear whether the car's driver-assist system was being used.
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To adhere to state restrictions on large gatherings last spring, Minneapolis and St. Paul schools honored 2020 graduates with virtual ceremonies. This year they're hoping seniors can have an in-person, if socially distanced graduation.
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The Legislative Auditor's Office confirmed Friday that it has received multiple complaints about the rates billed to the state for COVID testing and is conducting "preliminary inquiries" into the issue.
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Vandals left a pig's head at the one-time California home of a use-of-force expert who testified on behalf of the officer accused of killing George Floyd, police said.
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Chicago's public high schools were set to reopen Monday for the first time since the nation's third-largest school district went fully remote amid the coronavirus pandemic over a year ago.
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Update: The man shot by police during a Burnsville carjacking Sunday has died. BCA agents are on the scene.
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A crowd in St. Paul called for justice for Daunte Wright and other victims of police-involved shootings on Sunday. In Brooklyn Center, Mayor Mike Elliott declared a citywide curfew starting at 11 p.m. and extending until 6 a.m. Monday.
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A Maryland hotel executive is trying to assemble new financing for a $680 million offer to buy Tribune Publishing after his partner, a Swiss billionaire, pulled out of the bidding for the newspaper chain.
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Ex-Gophers forward Jarvis Omersa becomes third Division I transfer to commit to St. Thomas.
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BREAKING: Police in Burnsville shot an armed carjacking suspect, who then fled from a moving vehicle and appeared to try to carjack a second vehicle on Hwy. 13 in Burnsville on Sunday afternoon.