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Body recovered in Wyoming lake is believed to be a Minnesota kayaker missing for over a year

Body recovered in Wyoming lake is believed to be a Minnesota kayaker missing for over a year

A recovery team has found a body believed to be a Minnesota kayaker who disappeared at Jackson Lake in western Wyoming more than a year ago. Grand Teton National Park officials said Tuesday that 43-year-old Wesley Dopkins of St. Paul was last seen alive paddling on the lake on June 15, 2024. 
by The Associated Press

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Colorful photos of a colorful child: Remembering Fletcher Merkel

Colorful photos of a colorful child: Remembering Fletcher Merkel

The photos of Fletcher Merkel, who died in the mass shooting last month at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, were shared with reporters ahead of his funeral Sunday at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church.
by Todd Melby and Nicole Ki

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Northeast Minneapolis fire destroys multiple buildings

Northeast Minneapolis fire destroys multiple buildings

The Minneapolis Fire Department says crews were dispatched to 15th and Central Avenues Northeast at about 4:13 a.m. and discovered a vacant building on fire. The fire at the three-story building spread to two adjacent buildings.
by MPR News Staff

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Children's Minnesota releases its last Annunciation shooting victim from hospital

Children's Minnesota releases its last Annunciation shooting victim from hospital

Lydia Kaiser was injured while protecting a younger student during a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church. A Children’s Minnesota spokesperson said she was discharged from the hospital Saturday afternoon.
by Feven Gerezgiher

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Duluth man charged with starting the Camp House Fire — by leaving a campfire unattended

Duluth man charged with starting the Camp House Fire — by leaving a campfire unattended

A 27-year-old Duluth man has been charged with leaving a campfire unattended in May that grew out of control into the Camp House Fire, which destroyed more than 150 structures near Brimson, Minn.
by Dan Kraker

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Portugal observes national day of mourning as Lisbon streetcar death toll rises to 17

Portugal observes national day of mourning as Lisbon streetcar death toll rises to 17

The streetcar’s crumpled wreckage was still on the downtown road where it crashed Thursday. Officials declined to speculate on whether a faulty brake or a snapped cable may have caused the accident.
by The Associated Press

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'There is no message': The search for ideological motives in the Minneapolis shooting

'There is no message': The search for ideological motives in the Minneapolis shooting

The FBI is calling the attack at a Minnesota Catholic church an act of domestic terrorism driven by "hate-filled ideology." Extremism analysts say the picture may be more complex.
by Odette Yousef

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The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, ‘ground zero’ for Hurricane Katrina

The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, ‘ground zero’ for Hurricane Katrina

While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
by Debbie Elliott

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