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Minneapolis City Council enacts labor standards board

Minneapolis City Council enacts labor standards board

The Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to create a labor standards board. The new board would advise the City Council on labor policies. Labor advocates celebrated the move, while some business owners have criticized the idea.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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PWHL joins video game roster for NHL 25 in holiday update

PWHL joins video game roster for NHL 25 in holiday update

Fans of women’s hockey and of the video game franchise EA SPORTS NHL 25 will soon be able to play the game with all six teams of the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
by Matt Mikus

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Two Carlton County races end in ties — winners determined by chance

Two Carlton County races end in ties — winners determined by chance

The race for Mayor in the city of Wrenshall, and for one of two city council seats in Kettle River, both ended in dead heats. According to state statute, an election that ends in a tie is decided by lot.
by Dan Kraker

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Senate Republicans concerned with Gaetz nomination ask to access House ethics probe

Senate Republicans concerned with Gaetz nomination ask to access House ethics probe

Senators are calling for access to a House Ethics Committee probe into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., following his nomination to be the next Attorney General under president-elect Donald Trump.
by Deirdre Walsh, Lexie Schapitl and Elena Moore

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Suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend

Suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend

Senior defense officials say suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend that the Pentagon has struggled to abate. The increase is a setback after the deaths dipped slightly the previous year.
by The Associated Press

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Stargazers can see the final supermoon of the year this weekend

Stargazers can see the final supermoon of the year this weekend

The next supermoon — which appears larger and brighter than a regular full moon due to its proximity to Earth — will not be visible for nearly a year.
by Chandelis Duster

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Significant snow potential emerging for Minnesota next week

Significant snow potential emerging for Minnesota next week

It’s still early, but multiple forecast models are cranking up a strong rain-to-snow event across much of Minnesota next week.

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Satire slinger The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families

Satire slinger The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families

The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday.
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Minnesota Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback

Minnesota Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback

Minnesotan Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team in an attempt to race again at age 40. Thursday’s announcement comes more than six years after Vonn’s last Olympics.
by The Associated Press

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