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Minnesota has dramatically decreased the total number of veterans experiencing homelessness.

ICE officials say if a federal judge orders a detainee released because the judge finds fault with how the person was arrested, ICE can tell the person they’ll be released, give them their belongings, then immediately re-arrest them.

Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and had the lower lobe of his right lung removed, the Vatican announced Tuesday. The surgery confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma. The 71-year-old was in the operating room for about three hours, with the surgery lasting 90 minutes.

Despite the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, immigrants in the country illegally continue to work in agricultural jobs, including one man who fled political violence in Nicaragua and who is now living on a Minnesota farm.

A novel about “Death” finding connection with the family across the hall is this week’s recommendation from Amy Erickson of Bluebird Books in Detroit Lakes.

The investigation is unique, one advocate says, because it’s a broader look at how Minnesota is doing when it comes to energy affordability and what should be done about it.