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MN Shortlist, Feb. 13–19: Love songs, hard truths and a long winter

MN Shortlist, Feb. 13–19: Love songs, hard truths and a long winter

February refuses to pick a lane. The week toggles between romance and reckoning, spectacle and intimacy: Valentine’s cabaret one night, Iron Range existentialism the next. From touring Ukrainian ballet to hometown roots tributes and museum shows that question the ground they stand on, these picks point somewhere to look when winter starts to drag.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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Frey calls on feds, state to help pay ICE surge costs in Minneapolis

Frey calls on feds, state to help pay ICE surge costs in Minneapolis

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday estimated the financial and economic cost to the city from the surge of federal immigration agents to be at least $203 million and said he’ll ask state and federal authorities to help foot the bill.
by MPR News Staff

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Lindsey Vonn hopes to go home after another surgery following crash in Olympic downhill

Lindsey Vonn hopes to go home after another surgery following crash in Olympic downhill

Lindsey Vonn says she will have another surgery on her broken left leg Saturday at the Italian hospital treating her “and then I can potentially leave and go back home.” Vonn posted a video message on Instagram following her horrific crash in the Olympic downhill at the Milan Cortina Games. 
by The Associated Press

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What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend

What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire Saturday. Democrats say they won't help approve more funding until new restrictions are placed on federal immigration operations after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis last month.
by The Associated Press

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Journalist Don Lemon set to be arraigned in Minnesota church protest case

Journalist Don Lemon set to be arraigned in Minnesota church protest case

Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned in federal court in Minnesota on Friday, along with four other defendants indicted for their alleged roles in disrupting a service at a Southern Baptist church in St. Paul where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official was a pastor.
by The Associated Press

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‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged

‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged

As federal immigration agents descended on Columbia Heights families, the school superintendent expected to stay silent. Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and silence was no longer an option.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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A shared pulse: Minnesota musicians unite West African and Irish traditions

A shared pulse: Minnesota musicians unite West African and Irish traditions

A Minnesota band brings together West African drumming and Celtic melody on its debut album “Badenya,” finding a shared rhythmic language that bridges musical traditions from Guinea to Ireland.
by Jacob Aloi

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Upcoming marches and events honor, remember missing and murdered Indigenous relatives

Upcoming marches and events honor, remember missing and murdered Indigenous relatives

Indigenous communities and allies will gather on Feb. 14 to bring awareness to the epidemic of Indigenous people who have gone missing or have been murdered in acts of violence. Marches in Bemidji, Duluth and Minneapolis will be held on Saturday. 
by Chandra Colvin

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Minnesota sues after CDC cuts millions of dollars in public health grants

Minnesota sues after CDC cuts millions of dollars in public health grants

A judge issued the temporary restraining order Thursday after Attorney General Keith Ellison and other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the federal Office of Management and Budget.
by Erica Zurek

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