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June 30, 2025 3:45 PM

St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center will now be Grand Casino Arena

The downtown St. Paul hockey arena hosts NHL and PWHL games, concerts and several state high school championship tournaments.

by Peter Cox

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June 30, 2025 11:25 AM

Canada ditches digital tax after tariff threat from Trump

Canada scrapped a digital services tax that would have hit U.S. tech companies such as Google and Amazon after President Trump halted trade talks and threatened higher tariffs on Canadian imports.

by Scott Horsley

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June 30, 2025 9:00 AM

The challenges of opening and running a restaurant

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what it takes to start and manage a restaurant — and keep it open.

by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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June 28, 2025 4:00 AM

General Mills reports lower sales and profit this quarter

The maker of well-known products like Lucky Charms, Cheerios and Bisquick reported lower sales and profit in its fiscal fourth quarter and for its fiscal year.

by Chris Farrell

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June 26, 2025 4:23 PM

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91

Moyers' career ranged from youthful Baptist minister to deputy director of the Peace Corps, from Johnson’s press secretary to newspaper publisher, senior news analyst for “The CBS Evening News” and chief correspondent for “CBS Reports.”

by The Associated Press

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June 25, 2025 11:55 AM

Why a war in the Middle East hasn't sparked an oil crisis

Global crude oil prices are now lower than they were before Israel attacked Iran earlier this month. A price spike did occur, but it was short-lived — unlike oil crises of the past.

by Camila Domonoske

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June 24, 2025 11:13 AM

Minneapolis restaurant Stepchld closing after five years

Chef-owner Kamal Mohamed said multiple factors including rising food, labor and rent costs led to the closure.

by Jaylan Sims

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June 24, 2025 9:14 AM

TikTok bans #SkinnyTok. But content promoting unhealthy eating persists

The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was promoting extreme weight loss. But eliminating this kind of content is not easy.

by Katia Riddle

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June 24, 2025 4:00 AM

Mankato small businesses try to stay afloat after last year’s historic floods

There are areas that still haven’t been cleaned up since the previous flood and some businesses are slowly recovering, while city officials find ways to fund infrastructure projects responding to more frequent storms.

by Hannah Yang