Stories from June 21, 2025

No break from the heat: muggy night ahead
Record-setting heat during the day is carrying over into a very warm Saturday night, with overnight lows only dipping into the upper 70s to low 80s. Little relief from the heat is expected through the night.
A tornado that swept through a rural town in North Dakota left at least 3 people dead
Three people are dead and a regional airport has been heavily damaged after powerful winds including a tornado swept across the upper U.S. Midwest. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner said at a news conference Saturday that two men and a woman were killed late Friday at two locations in the town of Enderlin, North Dakota.
GOP's food stamp plan is found to violate Senate rules. It's the latest setback for Trump's big bill
The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Republican proposal that would shift some food stamp costs from the federal government to the states would violate the chamber’s strict rules.
Israel and Iran's war enters its ninth day as talks fail to reach a breakthrough
With the war between Israel and Iran now in its second week, the two countries continued to trade missile attacks on Saturday, and Iran's foreign minister warned against a U.S. strike on Iran.
U of M prof sees 'changes and continuities' in Iran as Israeli attacks continue
Iran’s supreme leader is facing threats from Israel as Iranian strikes wound over 200 Friday. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is weighing what role the U.S. will have. Arash Davari, a University of Minnesota political science professor writing a book on the 1979 revolution in Iran, said there’s “changes and continuities.”
Dakota nation announces collaboration to boost well-being for Native American girls
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is partnering with Girls on The Run Minnesota to provide a grant to enhance Native girls’ health and wellness through physical activity and education. 
Severe storms cause major damage across northern Minnesota
Severe storms with winds of more than 100 mph left major damage across a wide swath of northern Minnesota overnight. The storms also produced tornadoes across eastern North Dakota, with authorities reporting at least three people killed.
Extreme heat warning with dangerous heat indices
An extreme heat warning is in effect as dangerously high heat index values between 105 and 110 are expected, driven by soaring temperatures in the upper 90s to low 100s and oppressive humidity with dew points in the 70s.
Reporters for Voice of America and other U.S. networks fear what's next
Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for Voice of America and its sister news outlets wonder what happens to them now that the Trump administration has gutted their parent agency.
Four dozen guns, 5 body bags and a second police vehicle found in search of Boelter property
Judges Friday unsealed a number of search warrants from the investigation into Vance Boelter. Boelter is suspected of killing former DFL Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as shooting and seriously wounding DFL State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.
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