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Minn. farmers: Cashing in on the carbon bank, fighting climate change?

President Joe Biden wants U.S. farmers to be the first in the world with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The details around how they might achieve that goal are still unclear, but one idea getting a lot of attention involves paying farmers to store carbon in the soil — as a way to reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Hortman: Walz will likely agree to give up emergency powers to end session

Republicans have long sought an end to the emergency powers Gov. Tim Walz has been using during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the DFL House speaker says the governor is likely to end the emergency as part of a deal to pass a new state budget.

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Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Trends solid as hospitalizations, cases fall

New cases, active cases and hospital admissions are all trending at low levels not seen since the pandemic’s earliest weeks. The vaccination pace, however, continues to crawl.

Residential housing accounts for about a fifth of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. Renovating old homes like this one can improve lives as well as help fight climate change.

What's the best way to help the climate and people, too? Home improvement

President Joe Biden wants to spend $200 billion renovating old homes or building affordable new ones. It's a move that would fight climate change in a way that makes people's lives better.

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'Heart wrenching': St. Cloud State professor of 31 years was victim of Sunday shooting

A longtime professor at St. Cloud State University was killed this weekend in what police described as a random incident. Edward Anthony Ward, 68, was named Monday afternoon as the victim of a fatal shooting that took place Sunday morning in the 2600 block of Island View Drive in southern St. Cloud.

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After Dinkytown shooting, U of M to increase police presence

The University of Minnesota Police Department will immediately assign additional officers on overtime to both Dinkytown and Marcy-Holmes neighborhoods, where many students live.

Outside a mobile Covid-19 vaccination center in Bolton, U.K., earlier this month, where the Delta variant, first identified in India, is driving up hospitalizations. This dangerous variant of the coronavirus is quickly spreading in the U.S., too, a new scientific analysis shows, and only broad vaccination is likely to stop it.

Delta variant of the coronavirus could dominate in U.S. within weeks

More contagious than other variants, and maybe more likely to cause severe disease, delta is spreading so fast it could cause yet another U.S. surge this summer or fall, according to new research.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters Monday she doesn't expect to see the "magical 10 votes" from Republicans needed to advance Democrats' sweeping election overhaul legislation.

Democrats' sweeping voting rights legislation is headed for failure in the Senate

The bill passed by a near-party-line vote in the House in March, but without 10 Republicans on board, the Senate legislation hits a roadblock.

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Tornado sweeps through suburban Chicago, causing damage

The storm Sunday night damaged more than 100 homes, toppled trees, knocked out power and caused multiple injuries.

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Carl Nassib becomes first active NFL player to come out as gay

The Las Vegas Raiders defensive end announced the news on Instagram, saying he wasn’t doing it for the attention but because he felt representation and visibility were important.

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Minnesota State Patrol, Capitol police to wear bodycams

While cameras are now standard for many local Minnesota police officers, the state has been slower to deploy them to its forces. A bill including body camera funding is expected to be brought up for votes later this week.

Former NHL player Tom Kurvers dies at 58 from lung cancer

Former NHL player and Minnesota Wild assistant general manager Tom Kurvers died Monday after a battle with lung cancer, the team and University of Minnesota-Duluth said. He was 58.

A tram drives through an empty downtown Lisbon, Portugal, on Friday. Portuguese authorities banned all weekend travel in and out of the capital to cut down on any further spread of the coronavirus to other parts of the country.

Europe watches with worry as the delta variant spreads fast in the UK and Lisbon

Cases remain low in Spain, Germany and France, but health ministers there say the fast spread of the delta coronavirus strain elsewhere shows a serious threat.

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard celebrates completing a lift at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. Hubbard has been named to New Zealand's team at the Tokyo Olympics.

New Zealand weightlifter will be the first openly trans competitor at the Olympics

But her selection is not without controversy. Some argue that because Laurel Hubbard went through male puberty, she will have an unfair advantage over her competitors.

A bid for tenure by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been opposed by a leading donor of the journalism school, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman.

UNC journalism school tried to give Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure. A top donor objected

The star New York Times reporter's bid for a tenured professorship has run aground on racial politics and an approach to journalism that runs counter to the donor whose name adorns the school.

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New wood products plant projected to bring 150 jobs to NE Minn.

In a major boost to the state’s wood products industry, North Carolina-based Huber Engineered Woods has announced plans to build a $440 million manufacturing facility in northeastern Minnesota. The plant is projected to bring more than 150 jobs to the region.

Supporters of Iranian president-elect Ebrahim Raisi celebrate after he won the presidential election in Tehran on Saturday.

Iran's new hardline president, Ebrahim Raisi, will present new challenges for Biden

The election of a cleric with allegiance to Iran's Supreme Leader will pose unique challenges for the Biden Administration. Most notably, when it comes to the Iran nuclear deal.

The Supreme Court sides with NCAA athletes in a narrow ruling

The court ruled that NCAA rules are not reasonably necessary to distinguish between college and professional sports. Still, the ruling could be potentially transformative.

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Lynx stars Fowles, Collier earn spots on Olympic basketball team

Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will also try and become the first five-time Olympic gold medalists in basketball as they lead the U.S women's team at the Tokyo Games.

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How to manage post-pandemic social anxiety

Social anxiety is significantly more common in women. Experts told The 19th how to manage it as many reenter society.