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Faith leaders in Duluth rally behind homeless parking program while city weighs appeal
A program in Duluth that provides a secure parking lot for people experiencing homelessness to sleep in their vehicles has been temporarily closed while the city council considers an appeal from neighbors with safety, privacy and other concerns.
Art Hounds: War and healing, celebrating human creativity and a theatrical take on Virginia Woolf
Art hounds recommend a multimedia exhibition grappling with war and healing, an art-and-music night focused on human creativity over AI and a theatrical meditation on identity and gender, co-created by a Minneapolis father-daughter duo.
Authorities in Anoka County are asking the public for any information they may have about the whereabouts of a missing 16-year-old boy. Jordan Collins Jr. — known as “Manny” — was last seen in Columbia Heights on May 8.
After CDC cuts, doctors fear women will lose access to contraception research
A small team of researchers responsible for keeping clinicians up to date on contraception research has been cut. Doctors say they rely on the team’s guidance when advising people about contraception.
Deadline approaching for filing claim in settlement over Minnesota’s tax-forfeited property sales
Some Minnesotans whose property was seized because they didn’t pay property taxes stand to gain thousands of dollars. The settlement stems from a lawsuit involving a Minneapolis woman that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Convicted human smugglers get prison sentences after Indian family’s deaths on Canada-U.S. border
Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand’s sentencing Wednesday in federal court comes more than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying into the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard. 
Bloods member gets life sentence in federal gang crackdown
In October, a jury convicted Bloods member Desean James Solomon and two other men in connection with the murders of two rivals.