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Fourth of July 2025: Where to watch fireworks and celebrate across Minnesota

Fourth of July 2025: Where to watch fireworks and celebrate across Minnesota

From big-city riverfront displays to small-town parades and daytime fireworks, here’s a list of when and where to celebrate Independence Day in 2025.
by Nicole Johnson

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As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world’s largest ’dark sky reserve’

As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world’s largest ’dark sky reserve’

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has fended off the light glow that washes out starry nights.
by Carlos Morales

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Federal investigation finds Harvard violated civil rights law

Federal investigation finds Harvard violated civil rights law

The Trump administration has issued a notice of violation accusing Harvard University of “deliberate indifference” toward Jewish and Israeli students.
by Elissa Nadworny

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Judge OKs sale of 23andMe — and its trove of DNA data — to a nonprofit led by its founder

Judge OKs sale of 23andMe — and its trove of DNA data — to a nonprofit led by its founder

The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe’s services won’t be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
by John Ruwitch

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This doctor specializes in diagnosing child abuse. Some of her conclusions have been called into question.

This doctor specializes in diagnosing child abuse. Some of her conclusions have been called into question.

Dr. Nancy Harper is a leading child abuse pediatrician who testifies in trials across the Midwest. She’s claimed to have never incorrectly diagnosed a shaken baby syndrome case, but some judges and juries seem to seem to disagree

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