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Fort Snelling National Cemetery

Generations of Minnesotans remember sacrifice of service members at Fort Snelling National Cemetery

A solemn ceremony honoring fallen Minnesota troops Monday touched on service through generations. The Memorial Day tribute at Fort Snelling National Cemetery included music from the 34th Infantry Division Red Bull Band and remarks from political and military leaders.
Rocky outcropping on the St. Croix River covered in trees

Authorities ID teen who drowned in St. Croix River at Interstate State Park

A body pulled from the St. Croix River near Taylor Falls was identified as D'Andrea Sanvig, who fell at Interstate State Park last month after hiking and losing his footing.
A partially-collapsed apartment building

No fatalities reported in Iowa as officials plan to demolish partially collapsed building

A six-story apartment brick building in eastern Iowa partially collapsed Sunday. There were no confirmed fatalities and no known people still trapped the morning after.
President Biden talks to reporters outside the White House

Debt ceiling deal: What’s in, what’s out of the bill to avert US default

The details of the deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy were released Sunday in the form of a 99-page bill that would suspend the nation’s debt limit through 2025 to avoid a federal default while limiting government spending.
Two uniformed people place flags in a veterans cemetary

5 things to know about Memorial Day including its controversies

It’s a day of reflection and remembrance of those who died while serving in the U.S. military. The holiday is observed in part by the National Moment of Remembrance, which encourages all Americans to pause at 3 p.m. for a moment of silence.
Scientists are studying police camera footage to understand why some car stops of Black men escalate and others don't.

For Black drivers, a police officer's first 45 words are a portent of what's to come

A Black driver is more likely to face being searched, handcuffed, or arrested when a police officer's first words are commands rather than a greeting or an explanation.
Liam Hendriks in front of a media background and "struckout cancer" tee

Ex-Twins player Liam Hendriks to return to White Sox after non-Hodgkin lymphoma recovery

Hendriks led the American League with a career-high 38 saves in his first year with Chicago. He was third in the majors with 37 saves and made his third All-Star team in 2022, but he noticed some lumps on his neck last summer.
A small black bear

Rare bear attack injures woman near Nisswa, Minn.

Since 1987, this is only the tenth bear attack involving serious injuries documented by the DNR.
Person campaigns in front of crowd

Trump’s welcome of Scott into 2024 race shows his calculus: The more GOP rivals, the better for him

Trump’s team has long believed the more candidates who enter the Republican primary contest, the better for him. They are operating under the assumption that no other candidate will be able to consolidate enough of the anti-Trump vote to take him down.
Morels close-up

It’s mushroom foraging season in Minnesota. Are you out hunting yet?

The season to forage for morels in Minnesota is nearing its end, meaning this long weekend might be your last chance to look for them. But don’t worry — this is just the beginning. 
President Biden at a Memorial Day service

Biden marks Memorial Day lauding generations of fallen US troops who ‘dared all and gave all’

President Joe Biden lauded the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who “dared all and gave all” fighting for their country and called on Americans to ensure that their “sacrifice was not in vain” as he marked Memorial Day with the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema speaks during their picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa on April 4, 2023. Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in the country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad.

A new anti-gay law in Uganda calls for life in prison for those who are convicted

The bill, signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni on Monday, calls for life imprisonment for anyone convicted of homosexuality. It drew swift condemnation from rights groups around the world.

HyLife H-2B employees face unknown future

As the auction selling the HyLife pork processing plant in Windom launches, about half of the plant’s 1,000 workers face an uncertain future.
Musician corook wears a shift, jacket, and tie, as well as their signature frog bucket hat. They hold a keyboard over their shoulder.

Flooded with online hate, the musician corook decided to keep swimming

Made famous on TikTok, “if i were a fish” is a silly, fun ode to self-acceptance and self-confidence from the musician corook.
Blue Jays Twins Baseball

Twins' Baldelli will soon be managing twins at home, too; wife expecting in September

Rocco Baldelli will have his hands full managing even more twins near the end of this season. The manager of the Minnesota Twins and his wife, Allie, are expecting twins of their own in September.
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A woman stands among reconstructed tipis

'It feels awesome': Heather Boyd makes history as first woman and first Anishinaabe to lead Grand Portage National Monument 

Boyd is the first female and Anishinaabe superintendent to lead the federal site on the ancestral homelands of the Grand Portage Anishinaabe.
Missing woman shown in pictures

Missing person alert issued for Bemidji woman

Chessna Lalgie, also known as Samara McLean, was reported missing on Thursday, but police say her family hasn't seen her since February.
woman with gray sweatshirt

University of Minnesota Police seek missing woman

Sophie Christina Gant was last seen on Thursday in Dinkytown, near the intersection of University Avenue and 15th Avenue SE.
First-aider practising chest compressions on a CPR training dummy.

A 'natural death' may be preferable for many than enduring CPR

Despite its reputation as a lifesaver, for the elderly and medically frail, CPR may cause more harm than good. It's why many doctors opt not to receive it themselves.
Headstone with American flag

‘He’s home’: Missing 73 years, Medal of Honor recipient’s remains return to Georgia

According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, more than 7,500 Americans who served in the Korean War remain missing or their remains have not been identified. That’s roughly 20 percent of the nearly 37,000 U.S. service members who died in the war.
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