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Stories from February 29, 2024

Miles apart, Biden and Trump tour U.S.-Mexico border highlighting immigration as an election issue

Miles apart, Biden and Trump tour U.S.-Mexico border highlighting immigration as an election issue

Three hundred miles apart, President Joe Biden and likely Republican challenger Donald Trump walked the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas Thursday, dueling trips underscoring how important immigration has become for the 2024 election and how much each man wants to use it to his advantage.
by The Associated Press

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What an unseasonably warm winter will mean for farmers this year

What an unseasonably warm winter will mean for farmers this year

The warmest winter on record has also brought some of the lowest snow cover on record to much of Minnesota. What does the lack of snow mean for Minnesota’s soils and farmers this year?
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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Iowa star Caitlin Clark declares for WNBA Draft, will skip final season of college eligibility

Iowa star Caitlin Clark declares for WNBA Draft, will skip final season of college eligibility

Iowa's Caitlin Clark, who is on the verge of becoming the all-time NCAA scoring leader in college basketball, announced Thursday that she will leave the Hawkeyes after this season and enter the WNBA Draft.
by The Associated Press

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Review: ‘On Beckett’ at the Guthrie

Review: ‘On Beckett’ at the Guthrie

Bill Irwin, an acclaimed American actor with a deep history of engaging with Samuel Beckett’s works, both on and off Broadway, is currently presenting “On Beckett” at the Guthrie Theater.
by Max Sparber

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Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza

Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza

Health officials in Gaza say over 100 are dead after Israeli troops fired on a crowd that was trying to pull food from the convoy. Israeli officials said the crowd had approached in a threatening way.
by The Associated Press

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‘The Caitlin Clark effect,’ getting ready for the boy's high school hockey tourney and other sports headlines

‘The Caitlin Clark effect,’ getting ready for the boy's high school hockey tourney and other sports headlines

The Barn was rocking Wednesday night, but for an opposing player. And we’ll check in on how the Timberwolves are doing in the middle of a 7-game homestand.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Breaking down Minnesota's budget surplus

Breaking down Minnesota's budget surplus

The forecast figure sets the tone for discussions during the remaining months of the legislative session, although leaders have already been trying to contain expectations on how much they’ll do between now and May’s adjournment.
by Cathy Wurzer and Dana Ferguson

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Texas wildfire smoke drifts toward Minnesota

Texas wildfire smoke drifts toward Minnesota

It won’t be anything near the scale of the thick haze that blanketed Minnesota for so many days last summer — but some smoke from massive wildfires in Texas could drift across the Upper Midwest over the next couple of days.
by MPR News Staff

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Thank You, Stranger: In 2020, we all avoided strangers, but some stepped up during a scary circumstance

Thank You, Stranger: In 2020, we all avoided strangers, but some stepped up during a scary circumstance

Sophie Wahlstrom was on a run when she fell and broke her leg. It was the height of the pandemic, she didn’t have her phone on her, and most strangers were wary to interact with others.
by Ellen Finn

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Florida is releasing Jeffrey Epstein's grand jury report

Florida is releasing Jeffrey Epstein's grand jury report

Jeffrey Epstein was a wealthy financier, who was charged with paying dozens of underage women over many years for sex. He died in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
by Greg Allen

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Why are more people homeless and sleeping outside?

Why are more people homeless and sleeping outside?

Why are more people sleeping outdoors, in the skyways and on buses and trains? MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the rise in homelessness and what it would take to get people into shelter.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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New book tells untold story of Eliza Winston, an enslaved woman’s battle for freedom in Minnesota

New book tells untold story of Eliza Winston, an enslaved woman’s battle for freedom in Minnesota

St. Cloud State University Professor Christopher P. Lehman shares the struggle for freedom of Eliza Winston, who escaped her captors in 1860 while traveling with them in the free state of Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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14 protestors calling on Walz to divest from Israel cited for trespassing at his residence

14 protestors calling on Walz to divest from Israel cited for trespassing at his residence

About a 100 people had gathered to call on the state to cut financial ties with Israel, ahead of Thursday’s State Board of Investment meeting, where dozens of Minnesotans also urged divestment from accounts that benefit Israel.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Cari Spencer

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A wildfire scorching the Texas Panhandle has grown to the largest in state history

A wildfire scorching the Texas Panhandle has grown to the largest in state history

A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history. Authorities say the Smokehouse Creek fire grew Thursday to nearly 1,700 square miles of scorched rural ranchlands and destroyed homes.
by The Associated Press

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Wrapping up Minnesota's warmest winter on record

Wrapping up Minnesota's warmest winter on record

It’s the last day of February and meteorological winter — both were the warmest ever recorded in the Twin Cities and statewide. More records will fall this weekend. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Gaza's death toll now exceeds 30,000. Here's why it's an incomplete count

Gaza's death toll now exceeds 30,000. Here's why it's an incomplete count

Gaza's health ministry announced Thursday that 30,035 Palestinians have been killed in the war. A close look at how the ministry counts those killed reveals a system buckling under the weight of war.
by Aya Batrawy

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How genetically modified pigs could end the shortage of organs for transplants

How genetically modified pigs could end the shortage of organs for transplants

Scientists are optimistic that gene-edited animals could provide a new source of organs for transplantation. Pig organs modified to minimize rejection are now being tested in humans.
by Rob Stein

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Special election Thursday for House District 27B to replace Rep. Kurt Daudt

Mourners filled Grace Church in Eden Prairie Wednesday to honor the three fallen first responders who were shot and killed earlier this month in a standoff in Burnsville. And there's a special election Thursday for Minnesota House District 27B.
by Phil Picardi

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Memorial for Burnsville officers, paramedic hits a nerve with first responders community

Memorial for Burnsville officers, paramedic hits a nerve with first responders community

Family members of first responders tearfully watched Wednesday’s memorial to Burnsville police officers Matthew Ruge and Paul Elmstrand and firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth. Many thought about their own loved ones and reflected on the dread they feel every day.
by Matt Sepic, Sarah Thamer, Nicole Ki and Jon Collins

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'Message has been received': Biden's campaign reacts to 'uncommitted' votes

'Message has been received': Biden's campaign reacts to 'uncommitted' votes

In Michigan, a push to encourage voters to send President Biden a message about his refusal to call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza may have worked. Here's how his campaign moves forward.
by Mary Louise Kelly, Erika Ryan and Kathryn Fox

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Iowa’s Caitlin Clark excites crowd of women's basketball fans at U of M

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark excites crowd of women's basketball fans at U of M

The most closely followed player in women’s college basketball toppled one record and is closer to an even bigger goal. Caitlin Clark has scored more points than any other woman in history playing for a major college, and her Iowa Hawkeyes handily defeated the Minnesota Gophers 108-60 Wednesday night.
by Peter Cox

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As women’s sports rise, Minnesota’s first women’s sports bar takes its shot

As women’s sports rise, Minnesota’s first women’s sports bar takes its shot

A Bar of Their Own is set to open Friday in Minneapolis with TVs tuned to women’s sports. Observers see the launch as a reflection of the growing economic muscle of women’s sports. The bar’s owner hopes that tapping into that momentum will sustain it.
by Sam Stroozas

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Bemidji State University study seeks to discover the secrets of urban deer life

Bemidji State University study seeks to discover the secrets of urban deer life

Minnesota’s rural-urban divide doesn’t just affect people. Take deer for example, they are now a fixture in many Minnesota communities. While some people love them, others see them as pests, and dangerous when mixed with traffic. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Art Hounds: The scent of art, the poetry of Bly, Gilbert and Sullivan

Art Hounds: The scent of art, the poetry of Bly, Gilbert and Sullivan

“Do Not Forget Us:” Poets, Writers and Musicians Against the War(s), Cheryl LeClaire-Sommers' exhibit “Scents to Scenes” and Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Utopia, Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress.”
by Emily Bright

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