Stories from July 2, 2023

Drone Photo Award winners capture the extraordinary beauty of the ordinary
A rice field, a playground, piles of garbage — cameras from above cast a lens at earthly images with surprising, even dazzling results. Here are some of the winners from the 2023 Drone Photo Awards.
Grocery workers ratify new contract with Lunds & Byerlys
Workers voted Saturday at 10 store locations across the western Twin Cities metro. The union and Lunds & Byerlys reached a contract agreement last week after the union threatened to strike over unfair labor practices.
France has a 5th night of rioting over teen's killing by police amid signs of subsiding violence
Young rioters clashed with police and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France saw a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of a teenager. Overall violence overnight Saturday appeared to lessen from previous nights.
A sun-splashed and warm Sunday in most areas
It’ll be a pleasant and summery Sunday across most of Minnesota, but a few spots will see some rain. We have the details.
Discharged over sexual orientation, military still owes thousands of vets
Twelve years after repeal of the ban on gay and lesbian troops serving openly, no one in the military or Veterans Administration knows how many vets are still without the benefits they're owed.