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The Current: Billy Bragg talks about "City of Heroes" and shares words of solidarity for Minnesota

The Current: Billy Bragg talks about "City of Heroes" and shares words of solidarity for Minnesota

Musician and activist Billy Bragg spoke with The Current host Zach McCormick about his song, “City of Heroes,” dedicated to the city of Minneapolis, and shared words of support to Minnesota as resistance continues all across the state.

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Meet the Minnesota winter Olympians and Paralympians heading to Milano Cortina

Meet the Minnesota winter Olympians and Paralympians heading to Milano Cortina

Almost 40 athletes who are heading to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic games have connections to Minnesota. Whether they call this state home or just train or play sports here, here’s your chance to learn about the Minnesota ties at the Milano Cortina Games.
by Noah Bloch

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Minnesota women beat No. 10 Iowa for 5th straight victory

Minnesota women beat No. 10 Iowa for 5th straight victory

Grace Grocholski scored 21 points, Mara Braun added 16 and Minnesota beat No. 10 Iowa 91-85 on Thursday night for its fifth straight victory. The Gophers (17-6, 8-4 Big Ten) have the program’s longest winning streak in Big Ten play since the 2018-19 season. 
by The Associated Press

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Fear in Minnesota’s Somali community deepens, hampering progress on measles vaccination

Fear in Minnesota’s Somali community deepens, hampering progress on measles vaccination

Public health officials say a measles crisis has long been brewing in Minnesota. For years, the state’s large Somali community has been fertile ground for the myth that the measles vaccine causes autism. Data show autism rates in Somali 4-year-olds are high.
by The Associated Press

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In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families

In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families

For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them. 
by The Associated Press

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Lindsey Vonn tests injured left knee in Olympic downhill training, pumps fist after successful run

Lindsey Vonn tests injured left knee in Olympic downhill training, pumps fist after successful run

A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course.
by The Associated Press

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U.S. Olympic hockey history has been given an outsized boost from a tiny, proud Minnesota town

U.S. Olympic hockey history has been given an outsized boost from a tiny, proud Minnesota town

The small town of Warroad, Minnesota, has had an outsized impact on the history of hockey in the U.S. The inclusion of Brock Nelson on the men's Olympic team this year makes eight players from Warroad to go to the Winter Games. 
by The Associated Press

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Amid surge, some greater Minnesota sheriffs plan to continue cooperation with ICE

Amid surge, some greater Minnesota sheriffs plan to continue cooperation with ICE

More than half a dozen Minnesota counties have signed agreements to assist ICE to varying degrees, from detaining people in county jails to helping federal agents find and arrest people suspected of immigration violations or other crimes.
by Kirsti Marohn

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‘Ice Out for Good’: Art and censorship in the Minnesota snow

‘Ice Out for Good’: Art and censorship in the Minnesota snow

A new snow sculpture in Minneapolis features the face of Renee Macklin Good with a blindfold that says “ICE OUT,” and it references two snow sculptures that were disqualified from competitions last month for their references to the ICE surge.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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MN Shortlist, Feb. 6-12: Systems under pressure, repetition and the art of consequence

MN Shortlist, Feb. 6-12: Systems under pressure, repetition and the art of consequence

From experimental theater that fractures a café ritual to legacy dance that still insists on urgency, these events ask what happens when we interrogate the structures we’ve inherited and decide whether they remain fit for purpose.
by Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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