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News from the state of Minnesota

Scientists: Climate-whipped winds pose Great Lakes hazards

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Powerful gusts linked to global warming are damaging water quality and creating a hazard for fish in Lake Erie and...

EXPLAINER: What is the impact of racially diverse juries?

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CHICAGO — Questions around race have been central to the murder case against the former Minneapolis police officer who leaned on George Floyd's neck...

Diverse jury so far for ex-cop’s trial in Floyd’s death

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MINNEAPOLIS — The jurors seated so far in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death are a diverse...

Connecticut’s zoning laws a focus in racial equity debate

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After the police killing of George Floyd, a Connecticut law professor invited architects, planners and land use attorneys to a discussion of how local...

Lawmakers fear turning 144 cities into “micropolitan” areas

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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and congressmen is urging the federal government not to approve recommendations to remove 144 cities from the designation...

EXPLAINER: What’s behind some Chauvin jury questions?

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Potential jurors in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd's death have been asked many predictable questions. Attorneys from...

With sports paused, life altered, athletes make do, make new

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Parker Tuomie and his Minnesota State hockey team were thriving last season, pursuing the program's first NCAA Tournament victory with a fervor that suggested...

Patterns emerge in jury screening for trial in Floyd’s death

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MINNEAPOLIS — The first week of jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death established patterns...

EXPLAINER: Striking jurors in ex-cop’s trial in Floyd death

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As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death screen potential jurors, they're on guard for anything...

Critics call Sen. Ron Johnson’s insurrection comments racist

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MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is being called racist for an interview in which the white Republican said he wasn't worried about the...