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Twin Cities Arab Film Festival highlights Palestinian, Sudanese works
The festival, which marks Mizna’s 25th year, includes a documentary featuring “Succession” star Hiam Abbass and closes with Sudan’s official entry to the Academy Awards.
September heat and turning leaves: Where to catch fall colors
The Minnesota DNR’s fall colors map suggests leaves are in the beginning stages of turning colorful across northern Minnesota with the start of notable color in the Iron Range and near North Dakota, as well as a sprinkle along the southern border of Minnesota.
Police fatally shoot suspect in ‘cold-blooded’ killing of artist in St. Paul’s Lowertown
St. Paul police say the suspect in an apparently random homicide in the city’s Lowertown neighborhood on Wednesday evening was fatally shot by police early Thursday as officers tried to arrest him southwest of the Twin Cities.
‘Re/Clamando’ un espacio para el arte latino y latine
Una nueva exposición en Saint Paul busca honrar las contribuciones de artistas latinas y latines no binarios a la escena artística de Minnesota.
New Minneapolis ordinance aims to increase housing downtown
The ordinance allows for conversion projects to undergo administrative review instead of Planning Commission approval. This approach reduces review time by up to two months and eliminates public hearings from the process.
Woman sentenced to 20 years in murder of Minneapolis real estate agent
Elsa Segura was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday in connection with the 2019 killing of Monique Baugh, a Minneapolis real estate agent. Elsa Segura admitted to arranging a fake house showing with Baugh knowing that her co-defendants planned to kidnap and harm her.