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‘Just another Native’: Minneapolis Indigenous women demand emergency response to violence
Despite making up less than 1% of the population, 10% of Minnesota’s missing women were Native. At a public safety forum, ...
Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Ryan lands on All-Star roster as an injury replacement
Twins outfielder Byron Buxton has a traveling companion for next week’s All-Star Game back in his home state of Georgia: ...
Science Museum of Minnesota to lay off 43 workers
The Science Museum of Minnesota is laying off 43 full-time employees, a 13% workforce reduction.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after two years at the helm of Elon Musk's social media platform
X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she's stepping down after two bumpy years running Elon Musk's social media platform.
The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades
The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over.
Readers Write: Texas floods, climate change, security at the Capitol
Strib Voices publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. A July 9 letter blames ...
Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing 'witch hunt' trial against country's former president
President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, ...
Russia batters Ukraine with more than 700 drones, the largest barrage of the war, officials say
Russia fired more than 700 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, topping previous nightly barrages for the third time ...
Former Wisconsin clerk who failed to count ballots broke laws, the state’s elections commission says
A ''confluence of errors'' including unlawful actions by the former clerk in Wisconsin's capital city led to nearly 200 ...
Funeral planned for northern MN boy who died from July Fourth firework
The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office said witnesses saw Turner pointing a large, lit firework away from himself before it ...
Hundreds gather at high school stadium to honor the many lost to Texas deadly floods
Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas on Wednesday evening to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the ...
Heroics of Texas camp counselors cast spotlight on those who oversee millions of US kids each summer
As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm. Some died trying to keep their campers safe.