A night for familiar names at U.S. swim trials. Ledecky, Murphy, King and Grimes win
It was a night for familiar names at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. American backstroke star Ryan Murphy is headed to his third Olympics. So is breaststroke queen Lilly King. And the most prominent name of all, Katie Ledecky, locked up a second in...
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Waite Park Faces Potential Years-Long Effort and $20 Million Cost to Address PFAS Contamination in Water
(KNSI) - It may be years before Waite Park is able to take the final steps to address PFAS contamination in its water as part of a treatment facility upgrade that could cost as much as $20 million. Public Works Director Bill Schluenz tells KNSI News ...
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Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
President Joe Biden is taking an expansive election year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. It comes after the Democratic president's own aggressive crackdown at the southern borde...
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Thailand's Senate approve a landmark bill to legalize marriage equality
Thailand’s Senate approve a landmark bill to legalize marriage equality
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National security experts warn that extreme weather threatens elections this year
National security professionals are warning that there's a growing threat to global elections — one that is on par with disinformation, foreign interference and even the threat of political violence.
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In the Boundary Waters, tragedy highlights work of all-volunteer rescue squad
One month ago Tuesday, two canoeists survived a harrowing plunge over a Boundary Waters waterfall. Two disappeared. For the next 16 days, members of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad searched for them.
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At the Minnesota Capitol, some moderates hang it up as more partisan candidates emerge
Across the country, state legislatures are becoming more politically polarized. That’s led some moderate Minnesota lawmakers to step down.
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Historic Lake Street building burned in Floyd protests will reopen on Juneteenth
After three years of restoration, the historic Coliseum Building in south Minneapolis is set to reopen on Wednesday as a part of the Soul of the Southside Juneteenth festival.
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Stock market today: World shares mostly gain after Wall St rallies to new records
Shares are mostly higher in Europe and Asia after U.S. stocks rallied to more records, with gains for technology companies pushing the benchmarks higher
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Georgia father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car
Georgia prison records show that a father has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder
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