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This Black northern Minnesota inventor changed the world. Many Minnesotans don’t know him

This Black northern Minnesota inventor changed the world. Many Minnesotans don’t know him

Frederick McKinley Jones invented refrigerated shipping, allowing trucks and trains to move food worldwide. The self-taught engineer who lived in Hallock held dozens of patents that transformed America, yet Minnesotans might be hard-pressed to recognize his name.
by Dan Gunderson

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Zelenskyy says progress made on reaching an agreement with the U.S. on rare minerals deal

Zelenskyy says progress made on reaching an agreement with the U.S. on rare minerals deal

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a contentious U.S. proposal that would have seen $500 billion worth of profits from Ukrainian rare minerals given to the United States as compensation for its wartime assistance to Kyiv has been taken off the table. 
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How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium

How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members consider it a disaster.
by John Bartlett

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Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman's prize at NAACP Image Awards

Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman's prize at NAACP Image Awards

Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during President Donald Trump’s tenure. 
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The 31st SAG Awards are today. Here's what to know

The 31st SAG Awards are today. Here's what to know

The 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night should offer the final clue in an unusually unpredictable Oscar race.
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Hundreds of thousands attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 5 months after his killing

Hundreds of thousands attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 5 months after his killing

Hundreds of thousands of people have packed into a stadium in Beirut and the streets outside for the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital.
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Beekeepers say catastrophic honeybee losses are cause for alarm

Beekeepers say catastrophic honeybee losses are cause for alarm

Commercial beekeepers across the country are reporting sudden deaths of honey bee colonies. One industry official called the losses unprecedented.
by Dan Gunderson

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