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People stand outside a home with large panels on the roof.

How to avoid ‘bad actors’ in booming solar industry

Advocates of solar energy say there are plenty of reputable companies to choose from in Minnesota. Following some basic tips can help you avoid a scam.
  • Report:Solar could power 40% of U.S. electricity by 2035
  • This springMinnesota's high winds spark a jump in green energy production
Augustana Health Care Center

Nursing home makeover boosts efforts to reduce homelessness

A continuum of amenities, along with support staff on site, aims to help people get their lives back in order and make lasting change.
Photo of father and child

Art Hounds: Photographer's art reflects on parenthood and the pandemic

Form + Content Gallery in Minneapolis celebrates 15 years with its “Thoughtful Dialogue” exhibit. Photographer Andy Richter’s exhibit “Walking with Julien” is on view both at Artspace Jackson Flats in Minneapolis and on storefronts in Northeast Minneapolis where the photographs were taken. And Duluth Dylan Fest caps the city’s “Year of Dylan” with a week-long festival of music.
A map of the U.S. showing significant net undercounts in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, plus net overcounts in Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Utah

These 14 states had significant miscounts in the 2020 census

The states were not counted equally well for population totals used to determine their share of political representation and federal funding for the next 10 years, a new Census Bureau report shows.
Pro-abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C., on May 14. While most U.S. adults favor some restrictions on abortion, according to our new poll, most also say they do not support overturning Roe v. Wade.

Poll: Two-thirds say don't overturn Roe; the court leak is firing up Democratic voters

Seven-in-10 U.S. adults say they support some restrictions on abortions, and Americans are split on 15-week bans and whether abortion-inducing medication should be allowed to be mailed to homes.
  • With Roe in doubtSome fear tech surveillance of pregnancy
A woman shops for baby formula in Annapolis, Md., on May 16. Only a handful of companies supply baby formula in the country, a factor that has contributed to the current shortages being experienced in parts of the country.

How the U.S. got into this baby formula mess

Just a handful of formula makers dominate the industry so a single plant shutdown can lead to empty shelves.
  • WednesdayBiden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage
  • America's baby formula shortage8 key questions, answered
A man points to a point on a map.

Decades after taking it, feds set to return Minnesota land to Leech Lake band

The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will soon get back nearly 12,000 acres wrongfully taken in the ‘40s and ‘50s. As they plan for the land’s future, tribal leaders say their fight has also helped strengthen bonds with the Cass County government.
  • MoreHoping to ease tribal homelessness, Leech Lake band takes back its land
  • North Star JourneyCelebrate Minnesota's communities
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George Floyd killing: Ex-cop pleads guilty to aiding, abetting manslaughter

As part of his plea deal, Thomas Lane will have a count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder dismissed. Lane and ex-Minneapolis cops J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were previously convicted on federal counts of violating Floyd's rights.
  • Full coverageThe murder of George Floyd
Jennifer Carnahan, chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota, speaks.

Family suing widow of late U.S. lawmaker for medical expenses

Family members of the late U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota say his widow, Jennifer Carnahan, hasn’t come through on a promise to pay back medical expenses related to his cancer treatments.

Shooter wounds 2 at Fargo restaurant, later kills himself

A convicted felon shot and wounded a 21-year-old woman and her 8-month-old child in an altercation that began inside a crowded restaurant in south Fargo.

U.S. case of monkeypox reported in Massachusetts man

The case is the first in the U.S. this year. Last year, Texas and Maryland each reported a case in people who traveled to Nigeria.
President Biden signed the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021 on Monday, outlawing the manufacture and sale of crib bumpers and certain inclined infant sleepers.

A new federal law bans baby sleep products linked to nearly 200 infant deaths

President Biden signed the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021 on Monday, outlawing the manufacture and sale of crib bumpers and certain inclined infant sleepers.

Elderly man incompetent for murder trial

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling that an elderly South Dakota man accused in a 1974 fatal stabbing of a woman from Willmar isn’t competent to stand trial.
Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary is too close to call between David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz.

With a key race too close to call, here are 4 takeaways from Tuesday's primaries

The five statewide primaries once again tested former President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican side — with mixed results. Here's what we learned on Tuesday.
Jersey is a one-year-old female mixed breed. She is available for adoption at the Pike County Animal Shelter.

Black shelter animals weren't getting adopted. A photographer had an idea: glam shots

Maggie Epling heard that black cats and dogs often struggle to get adopted. In a push to fix that, she is taking glamour shots of these dark coated beauties at an animal shelter in Pike, Kentucky.
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Interrogation, uncertainty for soldiers abandoning Mariupol

Russia says that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops who doggedly defended a giant steelworks in Mariupol have surrendered. The plant became a symbol of their country’s resistance. Meanwhile, a Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since the start of the war pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a Ukrainian civilian.
A group of women pose for a photo at a formal ceremony

U.S. Soccer equalizes pay in milestone with women, men

The U.S. Soccer Federation has reached milestone agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally. That makes the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.
Lynx Fever Basketball

Lynx win first game of season after 0-4 start

After second straight 0-4 start, Minnesota finally gets win, edging Los Angeles in final seconds. The Lynx found a way to turn things around last season and finished with the third-best record in the league. Las Vegas leads the AP WNBA power poll with Washington right behind the Aces. The Lynx are at the bottom of poll.
  • Lynx beat Sparks 87-84McBride scores 24, makes late layup
A baseball player completes a followthrough on a swing.

A's snap out of offensive funk to beat Twins 5-2

Seth Brown hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, Sean Murphy followed with a two-run single and the Oakland Athletics ended their four-game losing streak against the Twins, beating Minnesota 5-2 on Tuesday night.
A mural of George Floyd at the intersection where he was murdered in Minneapolis, Minn.

Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography reveals how he lived

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, “His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.”
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