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Cleanup continues at scene of train derailment in Raymond

Cleanup will continue Friday at the scene of Thursday’s train derailment and fire in the western Minnesota community of Raymond. Crews have started moving some of the 22 derailed cars to better access the handful still burning.
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People hold signs and yell

As lawmakers dole out record surplus, many say they need more

With a historic budget surplus and a longer-than-usual stretch before the legislative deadline to adjourn, groups that feel short-changed by DFL budget targets are asking for more.
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25 in Waco, Texas.

Trump uses indictment to unify GOP, even as his vulnerabilities are glaring

After the indictment news broke, the Trump GOP machine rolled out a political playbook meant to insulate him with his base. It may work, but his brand is toxic with much of the rest of Americans.
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Google raters get ready for a rally at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters on Feb. 1, 2023.

Google's 'Ghost Workers' are demanding to be seen by the tech giant

Google has a massive workforce of subcontractors to help maintain its search engine and now they're asking for more labor rights.
Three people work at a clinic's reception desk

Minnesota rushes to re-up hundreds of thousands at risk of losing Medicaid after pandemic

Starting Saturday, states can kick people off Medicaid who were allowed to stay in the program during the COVID-19 pandemic. They can stay but only if they sign up. Minnesota officials say it’s a daunting challenge to navigate those affected through the bureaucracy.
People and horses standing in a river.

A Park Rapids Treaty Rights and Anishinaabe Culture Museum will open this summer

Winona LaDuke, an activist and member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabe, is leading a team to open Giiwedinong: The Museum and Cultural Center of the North this summer. The museum, located in a former Carnegie Library building in Park Rapids, Minn., will focus on treaty rights, Anishinaabe culture and water protection.
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Former Rep. Gabby Giffords joins Minnesota leaders to urge new gun laws

DFLers at the Capitol said they were ‘cautiously optimistic’ that they could pass a pair of gun measures this year. And they planned to call out Republicans if they voted against them.
Officials announced Thursday plans to return Lolita — an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years — to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest. Here, trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995.

After 50 years, a Florida aquarium plans to return Lolita the orca to her home waters

The 57-year-old orca was captured over 50 years ago at the age of 4 from the Pacific coast near Seattle. She retired last spring from performing in exhibition shows.
Gwyneth Paltrow and her attorney Steve Owens smile after the reading of the verdict in her lawsuit trial on Thursday in Park City, Utah.

Gwyneth Paltrow wins her ski crash case — and $1 in damages

The Utah jury quickly sided with the Oscar-winning actress -turned-lifestyle guru on Thursday, saying that she wasn't at fault and that she was the victim in the 2016 ski slope collision.
Joe Biden

President Biden set to visit Minnesota Monday

Details were scarce but the White House said Biden will tout his economic agenda as part of his nationwide Investing in America tour.
Map: Wright County

The new place to live in Minnesota? Wright County

The population of central Minnesota’s Wright County has grown by more than 4 percent since 2020, making it the state’s fastest growing county according to new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau today.
A man sits down wearing a blue suit

Donald Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

A lawyer for Donald Trump said Thursday he's been told that the former president has been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.
Train cars pile up, surrounded by snow

What to know about what spilled, burned in the Raymond train derailment

The train cars that ran off the tracks contained ethanol and corn syrup. What dangers do they pose?
President Biden on Thursday called on banking regulators to take more steps to reduce the risk of mid-sized bank failures.

Biden asks banking regulators to toughen some rules after recent bank failures

President Biden on Thursday urged banking regulators to take additional steps to reduce the risk of more mid-sized bank failures like Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
A lit sign featuring The Triple Rock Social Club with neon signs

The Triple Rock Social Club sign has moved to Las Vegas

When The Punk Rock Museum officially opens in Las Vegas — a date mooted, after many delays, for this April 1 — chances are that you’ll see a lot of the Twin Cities on display.
Activists post signs Wednesday as they protest outside a migration detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a day after dozens of migrants died as a result of the fire.

Mexico investigates 8 workers and officials over the fatal fire at a migrant facility

Authorities said Wednesday that they're looking into the actions of eight people for possible misconduct at the detention center, where a fire killed 39 men.
An undated ID photo of journalist Evan Gershkovich, detained in Russia on charges of espionage

Russia arrests 'Wall Street Journal' reporter, accusing him of espionage

Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Services.
Aerial view of train cars piled up on the snow and vehicles passing by

Evacuation ends after train cars derail, catch fire in western Minnesota

Cars carrying ethanol and corn syrup left the tracks early Thursday, leading officials to evacuate the small town of Raymond, about 90 miles west of the Twin Cities. People were being allowed to return home as of noon. No injuries were reported.
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Emergency responders are seen near a site where two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night during a routine training mission in Trigg County, in southwestern Kentucky, on March 30, 2023.

Casualties reported after Army helicopters crash in Kentucky

Two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night in southwestern Kentucky during a training mission, the U.S. Army said in a statement. The status of the crew members wasn't immediately known.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Taiwan's president arrives in the U.S. amid warnings from China

Taiwan's president is in the United States as part of a multi-day itinerary that will take the leader of the Asian democratic island through Central and North America.
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