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If all the world’s a stage, Joseph Haj is directing

If all the world’s a stage, Joseph Haj is directing

Eleven years and ten seasons into his run at the Guthrie Theater, Joseph Haj reflects on steering one of America’s leading regional theaters through artistic triumphs and turbulent times.
by Jacob Aloi

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MPR News group home investigation roils politics in Minnesota — and Liberia

MPR News group home investigation roils politics in Minnesota — and Liberia

Politicians in Minnesota and commentators in Liberia were stunned to learn the managing director of the West African country’s National Port Authority was simultaneously serving as the assisted living director for three group homes in the northwestern Twin Cities.
by Christopher Peak, Ellie Roth and Jennifer Lu

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Judge orders full review of grand jury materials in St. Paul church protest case

Judge orders full review of grand jury materials in St. Paul church protest case

A federal judge has ordered prosecutors to turn over a broader set of grand jury materials for review in the case against 38 people charged in connection with a January anti-ICE protest at Cities Church.
by Jon Collins

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Properties owned by former Anoka County attorney used in sex trafficking ring were also used for Medicaid fraud, state says

Properties owned by former Anoka County attorney used in sex trafficking ring were also used for Medicaid fraud, state says

Properties owned by a former Anoka County assistant attorney were used in both a sex trafficking ring and as group home sites that stole more than $1 million in Medicaid, according to charges filed Monday. Andrea Sampson, 35, owned three properties used for Medicaid fraud in state charges filed against 30-year-old Salman Ahmed Elmi.
by Ahmed Hassan

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Frank Beard, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer of boogie-rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77

Frank Beard, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer of boogie-rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77

Frank Beard, the drummer for ZZ Top, has died at 77. He passed away Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family by his side. ZZ Top sold over 50 million records and had six No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
by The Associated Press

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Groups targeted by Homeland Security surveillance call on big companies to condemn tactics

Groups targeted by Homeland Security surveillance call on big companies to condemn tactics

Tuesday morning members of community groups and unions targeted by federal surveillance — including some of the 15 anti-ICE activists facing federal conspiracy charges — gathered in downtown Minneapolis to call on large companies, like Target, to use its influence to condemn what they see as a federal crackdown on dissenters.
by Jon Collins

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Walz executive order moves to block copper mining near the Boundary Waters

Walz executive order moves to block copper mining near the Boundary Waters

Four months after Congress reversed a ban on mining over about 350 square miles in the watershed of the northeastern Minnesota wilderness, Gov. Tim Walz has issued a state executive order to block copper-nickel mining in the area.
by Dan Kraker

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