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Helping kids feel safe after the Minneapolis mass shooting
Many parents are worried about how their children will cope with the mass shooting. Sarah Jerstad, psychologist and medical director of outpatient mental health services at Children's Minnesota, shared how to help children process and manage their feelings of distress related to school shootings.
Children killed in Minneapolis mass shooting identified, authorities still unsure of motive
Family identified the two children shot Wednesday as Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10. Of the 18 wounded, 15 were children as young as 6. Three parishioners in their 80s were also shot at Annunciation Catholic Church.
Art Hounds: Ojibwe teachings at Tettegouche, immersive fabric at Mia and a punk rock revolution on stage
Art Hounds recommend the monthly artists’ shows and the artist-in-residency work at Tettegouche State Park, “Mihrabs: Portraits of Arab American Women” and “The Mother: A Punk Rock Musical.”
From bee yard to table: How a Minnesota beekeeper makes State Fair ribbon-winning honey
Andrea Setsvold of Afton, Minn., has been beekeeping since 2016. She loves the hobby, and now, she has another reason to love it: entering the work of her and her honeybees into the Minnesota State Fair.  
CDC director is out after less than a month; other agency leaders resign
"Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," the Department of Health and Human Services wrote in a social media post. Her lawyers said she had neither resigned nor been told she was fired.
The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.
‘It’s unthinkable:’ Thousands gather to mourn Annunciation shooting victims at vigils
Thousands gathered Wednesday evening to remember and pray for the victims of a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School earlier that day.
Pro-DEI organizers fired up to maintain Target boycott as promises go unfulfilled
Organizers of a Target boycott that began in January are pointing to their tactics as a hopeful sign that actions against corporate retailers can still make a deep impact.
Democrat Catelin Drey's victory in Iowa special election breaks GOP supermajority
A Democrat has won a special election for an Iowa state Senate seat in a district that had been held by Republicans and had voted heavily for President Donald Trump in 2024, adding to the Democratic Party's hope that it can flip more seats during the 2026 midterm elections.