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Historic St. Paul house to be deconstructed, preserved in public-private deal

Historic St. Paul house to be deconstructed, preserved in public-private deal

Plans are in the works to take apart and eventually rebuild St. Paul’s historic Justus Ramsey House at a different site on West Seventh Street. The agreement, which includes public money, came after a judge on Tuesday halted the building’s demolition.
by MPR News Staff

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Historic St. Paul house, facing demolition, wins reprieve

Historic St. Paul house, facing demolition, wins reprieve

The Justus Ramsey House on West Seventh Street dates back to the 1850s and has ties to Minnesota’s first territorial governor and St. Paul’s Black community. A judge’s temporary restraining order Tuesday stopped the building’s destruction.
by Peter Cox and Kerem Yücel

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Author Katie Hickman on the women of the American West

Author Katie Hickman on the women of the American West

Old West mythology is full of dust-covered cowboys, lonesome gun slingers and gold-seeking prospectors. But if you only know the men’s side of the story, you only know part of it.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Alan Page brings back 'Testify' exhibit to spark conversations on race

Alan Page brings back 'Testify' exhibit to spark conversations on race

Alan Page is again sharing his popular and provocative exhibit of African American art and artifacts with the public. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the former Minnesota Supreme Court justice and his daughter about the importance of remembering America’s painful racist history.
by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Nicole Johnson

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Excavators say they've found a previously unknown Egyptian royal tomb in Luxor

Excavators say they've found a previously unknown Egyptian royal tomb in Luxor

Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the tomb may date back to the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, which occurred between 1550 B.C. and 1292 BC.
by Joe Hernandez

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