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Searchers locate two of three shipwrecks from 1914 Lake Superior tragedy

Searchers locate two of three shipwrecks from 1914 Lake Superior tragedy

Three ships from a giant lumber company’s fleet foundered in a Lake Superior storm in 1914, with the loss of all 28 crew members. Now, more than a century after the tragedy, searchers have found two of the three vessels.
by Tim Nelson

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Missing Columbia Heights 13-year-old found safe

The Anoka County Sheriff's Office says a missing teenager has been found. The department tweeted that the missing 13-year-old girl from Columbia Heights has been located. It did not provide additional information.
by MPR News Staff

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Researchers reveal U’s painful past with Minnesota’s Indigenous people

Researchers reveal U’s painful past with Minnesota’s Indigenous people

A massive new report details the University of Minnesota’s long history of mistreating the state’s Native people and lays out recommendations, including “perpetual reparations,” to improve relations between the U and Minnesota’s 11 tribal nations. 
by Dan Kraker and Melissa Olson

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Rochester Public Schools says data was breached

In a statement to parents, the district confirmed that some district data was accessed by an “outside actor,” but stopped short of saying who is affected.
by Catharine Richert

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St. Paul joins effort to clear racial real estate covenants

St. Paul joins effort to clear racial real estate covenants

The University of Minnesota’s Mapping Prejudice project has identified nearly 33,000 properties that have race-based restrictions written into their very legal basis in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties.  
by Tim Nelson

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Abortion drug still available in Minnesota despite conflicting rulings

Abortion drug still available in Minnesota despite conflicting rulings

Judges in Texas and Washington issued dueling rulings late Friday on mifepristone — a drug commonly used in medication abortions — spurring confusion about what comes next.
by Dana Ferguson

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Twin Cities rapper Lewiee Blaze wants to give you goosebumps

Twin Cities rapper Lewiee Blaze wants to give you goosebumps

The Twin Cities rapper aims to spread “truth, love, peace, freedom and justice” through his music.

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Uptown washout leaves 8-foot-deep sinkhole in Minneapolis intersection

Uptown washout leaves 8-foot-deep sinkhole in Minneapolis intersection

A car-sized chunk of pavement collapsed around a manhole on a street in Minneapolis over the weekend, leaving a gaping sinkhole. It likely was caused by erosion around massive storm and sanitary sewer pipes that run under the street. 
by Tim Nelson and Kerem Yücel

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