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Taiye Bello, former Gopher basketball standout, dies

Taiye Bello, former Gopher basketball standout, dies

Taiye Bello, a former Gopher women's basketball player, has died. Bello played forward for the Gophers from 2016-2020. In her junior year, she averaged more than 11 rebounds per game.
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Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job since Trump took office on Jan. 20. 
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Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires

Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires

The timing is uncanny for Pico Iyer’s new book “Aflame: Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire. In it, he talks about how he sought refuge in a Benedictine monastery in California's central coast after the fire. He recounts how his interaction with the monks and practice of silence gave him a clear perspective on what matters most in life.
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As Trump vows to embrace fossil fuels, U.S. climate policy won't change quickly

As Trump vows to embrace fossil fuels, U.S. climate policy won't change quickly

President Trump's first weeks in office included executive orders that aim to stop or roll back former President Biden's ambitious climate agenda and redirect the country's attention to fossil fuels.
by Jeff Brady

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Minneapolis announces applicants in Peoples’ Way redevelopment plans

Minneapolis announces applicants in Peoples’ Way redevelopment plans

The city bought the 13,980 square-foot property in June 2023 and is now looking for a nonprofit group to redevelop the site for community use. Applicants must have the capacity to develop improvements to the property that could range from renovation to construction of a new multi-story building.
by Regina Medina

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Democrats elect Minnesota‘s Ken Martin as DNC chair on first ballot

Democrats elect Minnesota‘s Ken Martin as DNC chair on first ballot

Ken Martin of Minnesota is the new chair of the Democratic National Committee. Members of the DNC elected Martin on the first ballot in a vote outside of Washington D.C.
by Dana Ferguson

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CWD detected in two new areas of the state

CWD detected in two new areas of the state

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported the discovery of chronic wasting disease in two new areas of the state. The deer infected with the always-fatal disease were identified during testing of samples gathered during the recent firearms season.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash, 2 others identified

Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash, 2 others identified

At the request of the family, the Army is not going to release the name of the female member of the Black Hawk crew killed in Wednesday's crash. The withholding of the name is a highly unusual move.
by Tom Bowman and Quil Lawrence

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Woman from Minnesota among D.C. plane crash victims

Woman from Minnesota among D.C. plane crash victims

Family confirmed that Wendy Jo Shaffer, a wife and mother living in North Carolina, graduated from Mahtomedi High School.
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