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Man fatally shot by deputies on Iron Range
A 19-year-old man is dead after being shot by sheriff's deputies on Saturday on northern Minnesota's Iron Range.The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has been called in to handle the...
Dec 05, 2020
St. Cloud diocese plan approved to settle abuse claims
A bankruptcy court has approved a reorganization plan for the Catholic Diocese of St. Cloud to settle legal claims of clergy abuse survivors.Two years ago, the St. Cloud diocese announced that it plan...
Dec 05, 2020
Japanese space capsule containing bits of an asteroid returns to Earth
This computer-generated image shows the Hayabusa2 spacecraft above the asteroid Ryugu. This weekend, the sample collected by the spacecraft arrived on Earth after a six-year mission.ISAS/JAXA via APA ...
Dec 05, 2020
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Already a heavy December toll
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN A brutal November for COVID-19 deaths continues to spill into Dece...
Dec 05, 2020
Wisconsin says wolf hunting season will be held next November
Wisconsin will resume its wolf hunting and trapping season next November after the animal is dropped from the federal endangered species list, the state announced Friday.The Department of Natural Reso...
Dec 04, 2020
What to do if you test positive for the coronavirus this winter
Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStopAs the cooler weather takes hold, the coronavirus pandemic is blanketing the U.S. with infection rates like we've never seen.As of early December, each day on aver...
Dec 04, 2020
AG Ellison's office, Washington County attorney to review shooting by St. Paul cop
A special prosecutor will review the case of a former St. Paul police officer fired this week after shooting and wounding an unarmed suspect, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Friday....
Dec 04, 2020
Judge: Trump administration must take new DACA applications
The Trump administration must accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protects some young immigrants from deportation, a federal judge ruled Friday, in vaca...
Dec 04, 2020
Sanford Health suspends merger talks with Intermountain
More than a week after Sanford Health parted ways with its longtime CEO, the health system announced that it has indefinitely suspended merger talks with Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare.Sanford He...
Dec 04, 2020
StoryCorps: A family tradition of feeding workers in need
Siblings Luz and Jorge Muoz spoke about how their meal program began, in a recent StoryCorps interview from their home in Queens, N.Y.Courtesy of Jorge MuozWith the help of his family, Jorge Muoz has ...
Dec 04, 2020