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Pro-Palestinian, Jewish groups gather at Capitol to weigh in on state's Israel investments

The state invests $116.3 million in Israel through pensions and other investments. Pro-Palestinian groups want the state to divest those funds, while Jewish groups argue against the move.

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Native American Heritage Month is ending. Here's how our Native News team celebrated

Native American Heritage Month is observed in Minnesota to recognize the land it is on, the many contributions by Native people, and the relationship between tribes and the state. MPR’s Native News team celebrated the month by spending time in community, while sharing events with the public through social media channels.

Sunspot AR3500 erupted on Nov. 28th

Solar storms may bring northern lights, especially Thursday night

Coronal mass ejections can blast Earth’s magnetosphere with solar energy and excite different gasses like nitrogen and oxygen. The result can be vivid auroras in the nighttime sky. Keep an eye on the northern night sky the next two nights.

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UMD mourns unexpected death of student athlete

Ryan Reed, 22, was a senior linebacker. He died on Tuesday, according to the university.

Man charged in fatal stabbing at Edina bus stop

A Minneapolis man has been charged with murder in a fatal stabbing at a bus stop in Edina on Nov. 22, in what the victim’s family called a “random act of violence.”

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Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.

School districts across the country will be able to order free COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting in early December.

Free COVID tests headed to nation's schools

Starting in early December, about 19,000 school districts will have the chance to order free rapid COVID tests from the federal stockpile for their students, staff and others in the community.

Families of the hostages, and their supporters, call for the release of all the hostages during a demonstration outside The Kirya ahead of the war cabinet meeting on the fifth day of the temporary truce on Tuesday in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Mediators work to extend Israel-Hamas truce as final planned hostage swap nears

U.S. and Israeli officials are in Qatar working on a new cease-fire extension. Separately, Hamas released two hostages it said were Russian citizens at the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd face felony charges for refusing to meet Arizona's deadline for certifying 2022 election results.

Arizona GOP county officials face charges after refusing to certify election on time

Republican officials of Arizona’s Cochise County face criminal charges after they risked more than 47,000 people’s votes for the 2022 midterm elections by refusing to certify them by the deadline.

Participants walk in support and in memory of those lost, during American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Walk at Montrose Harbor on October 21, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

Suicide rates rose in 2022 overall but declined for teens and young adults

Provisional data from 2022 showed a bright spot in the trend of rising suicides in the U.S.

This photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, from a remote camera set by biologist Chris Stermer, shows a wolverine in the Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2016, a rare sighting of the elusive species in the state. Scientists estimate that only about 300 wolverines survive in the contiguous U.S.

U.S. moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges

The North American wolverine would receive threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal. Warming temperatures are expected to shrink the mountain snowpack wolverines rely on.

From left to right: former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on Israel, Ukraine and China

Foreign policy doesn't always make headlines in presidential campaigns, but with the U.S. involved in two foreign wars — and facing a rising adversary in China, voters are paying more attention.

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With new coach, Wild beat Blues 3-1 to end seven-game slide

Joel Eriksson Ek and Frederick Gaudreau scored in the first period and the Minnesota Wild ended a seven-game slide by beating St. Louis 3-1 Tuesday.

In this Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs during the 85th annual Christmas tree lighting at the New York Stock Exchange in New York.

A judge awards Aretha Franklin's properties to her sons, citing a handwritten will

The decision Monday came four months after a Detroit-area jury said the document was a valid will under Michigan law, despite scribbles and many hard-to-read passages.

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Timberwolves top Thunder 106-103 despite Edwards injury

Rudy Gobert had 17 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks, and the Minnesota Timberwolves withstood an injury to Anthony Edwards to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 106-103 in the NBA In-Season Tournament.

Teresa Cox-Bates and her husband John Bates, along with their kids Eli, Ava and Issac. Teresa says HealthySteps has helped her face her own childhood trauma and be a better parent.

How can we break the cycle of childhood trauma? Help a baby's parents

HealthySteps is an intervention where new parents get practical help with their lives, allowing them to create stable, nurturing bonds with their babies. It all starts at the baby's checkups.

One of two MV22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft arrives at the Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 3, 2013.

U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashes off coast of southwestern Japan

Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported that rescuers found three people near the crash site, but their condition is unknown.

Life expectancy in the U.S. is up in 2022, but it's still lower than before the pandemic.

U.S. life expectancy starts to recover after sharp pandemic decline

A CDC analysis of 2022 data finds that U.S. life expectancy is improving after being knocked backwards during the COVID emergency. But it's still lower than it was pre-pandemic.

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Man serving life for 2004 murder makes his case for innocence

A man serving life in prison for a 2004 murder got the rare chance on Tuesday to argue in court for his exoneration. Attorneys from the Great North Innocence Project are asking a judge to overturn the conviction of Marvin Haynes in the shooting death of Harry “Randy” Sherer.

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Judge recommends against key permit for NewRange copper mine, formerly known as PolyMet

A state administrative law judge says the mine’s planned method of storing reactive mine waste is not “practical and workable.” It’s another blow to the $1 billion precious metals mining project proposed for northeastern Minnesota.

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