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Senator Al Franken Resigning Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
The Democratic senator of Minnesota announced his plans to resign, a day after a sixth woman accused him of misconduct and dozens of his colleagues called for him to step down.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder and One of The Greatest Natural Disasters in American History
When a Trillion Locusts Ate Everything in Sight. By Caroline Fraser.
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Hate group memorial to victim removed
Minneapolis police have removed a memorial created by a white nationalist group to honour an Australian woman killed by a Somali-American officer. Identity Evropa said it created the "shrine" to Justine Damond after a prosecutor suggested there was not enough evidence to bring charges. Damond, 40, was killed after calling police to report a woman screaming outside her Minneapolis home in July.
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Court of Appeals rules a transgender man's discrimination lawsuit against Starbucks can proceed
The Minnesota Court of Appeals reinstated a transgender man's discrimination lawsuit Tuesday alleging that employees at Starbucks coffee shops in Eden Prairie and Edina refused to serve him. Earlier this year, Hennepin County District Court threw out the complaint because the plaintiff, Paul Bray, 43, didn't prove the discrimination was based on his transgender status. The district court also ruled that Bray's right to sue over allegations from July 2013 had expired under the one-year statute of limitations established by the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA).
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Minnesota Will Also Sue The FCC for its Net Neutrality Repeal
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson tells Minnesota Public Radio that her state will be joining the growing roster of states who plan to sue the Trump FCC for their rushed, unpopular repeal of net neutrality. The FCC faces numerous lawsuits over the repeal in the new year, once the order formally hits the federal register in January. The lawsuits will focus on how the FCC lied repeatedly about the justifications for the repeal...
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Garrison Keillor’s Accuser Described ‘Dozens’ of Offenses Over ‘Period of Years’
In a letter to listeners, Minnesota Public Radio pushed back on Mr. Keillor’s account that all he’d done was touch a woman’s back. The network cut ties with him last year.
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Medical pot helps with chronic pain, Minnesota patients report
The medicinal chemicals are concentrated in the flowering buds of a cannabis plants. In Minnesota’s first report card on cannabis and chronic pain, more than 60 percent of patients responding to a state survey said they benefited greatly from using pot in inhaled or pill forms.
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How a $10 Billion Experimental City Nearly Got Built in Rural Minnesota
A new documentary explores the “city of the future” that was meant to provide a blueprint for urban centers across America. By Lorraine Boissoneault.
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'Historic' blizzard slams into Minnesota; 15 inches possible
Snow falling at 1 to 2 inches per hour and 50-mph wind gusts are creating whiteout conditions. Eight to 15 inches of snow is expected, and travel is discouraged. Flights are grounded at MSP Airport, and Sunday events are now getting called off.
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Bill would remove statute of limitations for sex offenses in...
If American culture is finally grappling with the realities of sexual abuse, the law may not be far behind. A bill introduced in the Minnesota Legislature last month would remove the statute of limitations for felony sex crimes, meaning victims can report when they are ready and not when the law says they need to be, supporters say. "Reporting one's own experience to the police is a choice that every survivor deserves, and they deserve to have that choice their entire lives," Sarah Super said at a Capitol news conference March 8.
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Raccoon triumphs over skyscraper in a climb that captivated the internet, celebrates with cat food
The #MPRraccoon somehow found itself trapped on a building ledge — and apparently decided the only way to go was up.
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More Than 200 People Infected by Parasite Linked to Del Monte Vegetables
Two hundred twelve people have been infected with an intestinal parasite in four upper Midwest states after reportedly eating pre-packed vegetable trays under the Del Monte Fresh Produce brand, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The trays were purchased at various retailers including Kwik Trip or Kwik Star convenience stores. The outbreak was first tracked by the CDC in mid-June, and is most severe in Wisconsin. As many as 54 cases have also been reported in Minnesota...
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Minnesota State Fair Butter Heads
Every year, an artist puts on a show sculpting butter-based busts.
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City rallies behind teen's hotdog stand
After a complaint threatened to shutter a young boy's hotdog stand, US city officials decided instead to rally behind him to keep it open. Jaequan Faulkner, 13, has been selling hotdogs outside his home in North Minneapolis, in the Midwestern state of Minnesota, since 2016. His stand was at risk of closure after someone reported him for not having a permit, local media say. Instead, city staff helped him obtain a permit and get back to work on Monday.
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Teen escapes from the Mayo Clinic after hospital won't let her go
One winter afternoon last year, Duane Engebretson sat in his stepdaughter's hospital room at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, trying to figure out how she could escape. Alyssa Gilderhus, 18 and a senior in high school, had been a patient at Mayo for about two months, ever since having a ruptured brain aneurysm on Christmas Day.
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Birds on berries are getting drunk and disorderly but police say they'll sober up soon
A group of youthful residents who are unable to handle their alcohol have been drifting around the town Gilbert, Minnesota, looking disoriented and narrowly avoiding getting hit by cars. But these aren't teenagers getting drunk. Instead, it's the local bird population. "The Gilbert Police Department has received several reports of birds that appear to be 'under the influence' flying into windows, cars and acting confused," said Police Chief Ty Techar in a statement. An early frost meant that berries had fermented earlier than usual, he explained, and birds were eating them and getting drunk.
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Minnesota organization donates 10,000 books to help restore demolished Iraqi library
The generosity of Minnesotans reaches far and wide, now extending all the way to a library in Iraq. This week, thousands of books arrived at the library at the University of Mosul, a shipment organized by the Minneapolis-based Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project (IARP). The library was destroyed when ISIS militants occupied the city in 2014. The library had stood as a cultural and educational epicenter in Iraq until ISIS fighters demolished the building. They methodically destroyed almost all of the one million books, manuscripts and historic maps inside.
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'We are not robots': Amazon warehouse employees push to unionize
As Amazon’s workforce has more than doubled over the past three years, workers at Amazon fulfillment center warehouses in the United States have started organizing and pushing toward forming a union to fight back against the company’s treatment of its workers.
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Guy Spends 6 Months Recreating A Van Gogh Painting Using Plants In A 1.2-Acre Field
Can you imagine seeing a Van Gogh painting sitting right off the freeway on your morning commute or aerial ride? One field in Egan, Minnesota got exactly this when the 64-year-old artist, Stan Herd, transformed it into Van Gogh’s 1889 “Olive Trees.” Herd has been doing similar types of artworks or ‘earthworks’ since 1981. His most recent project took six months and spans 1.2 acres. Plenty of mowing, digging, and planting was involved. All of which were sponsored by the Minneapolis Institute of Art. It can even be seen from the Minneapolis airport.
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Minnesota Could Be The First State To Pass A ‘Right To Repair’ Bill
Minnesota is closer than ever to becoming the first state to pass a “right to repair” bill, which would give independent repair shops access to fix electronics. Currently, consumers who have issues with devices ranging from smartphones to high-tech tractors can only bring broken devices to an authorized dealer, who will diagnose the problem, order parts and presumably fix it. Independent repair shops see that as unfair, saying it hurts their business as well as the consumers’ pocketbook.
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