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State officials: One person likely behind hoax school shooting calls in Minnesota

State officials: One person likely behind hoax school shooting calls in Minnesota

State public safety officials now say there were at least 15 “swatting incidents” across Minnesota on Wednesday, in which schools were targeted by a series of hoax calls claiming there was a shooting or someone with a gun. Investigators believe a single person made the calls.
by MPR News Staff

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Home prices see biggest drop in 9 years, thanks to higher mortgage rates

Home prices see biggest drop in 9 years, thanks to higher mortgage rates

The super-heated housing market is cooling off. Home prices have fallen about 6 percent since their peak in June. The pace of sales also fell for the seventh straight month.
by Chris Arnold

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St. Paul City Council approves changes to rent control ordinance

St. Paul City Council approves changes to rent control ordinance

St. Paul City Council members Wednesday approved a series of changes to the city's rent control ordinance, but opponents to the changes say it will disproportionately affect people of color and those living on a fixed income.
by Sarah Thamer

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A conversation with the new curator of U of M's LGBTQ archive library

A conversation with the new curator of U of M's LGBTQ archive library

A few decades ago, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter in Little Falls, Minn., started collecting documents and objects related to LGBT culture and communities. They were concerned those artifacts might be lost to history and with them an understanding of the history of LGBT communities.
by Melissa Townsend, Britt Aamodt and Sam Stroozas

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Construction complete: Bemidji's Paul and Babe statues reopened for visitors

Construction complete: Bemidji's Paul and Babe statues reopened for visitors

Visitors to Paul Bunyan Park can resume taking unobstructed selfies with Bemidji's Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues as the final construction phase draws to a close.

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Cooler weather kicking Minnesota fall colors into drive

Cooler weather kicking Minnesota fall colors into drive

Autumnal equinox on Thursday? Northern Minnesota highs falling into the 50s? Those are the ingredients for a fall color explosion.
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Police respond to hoax shooting calls in multiple Minnesota schools

Police respond to hoax shooting calls in multiple Minnesota schools

Law enforcement said schools across Minnesota were the subject of calls alleging an active shooter or shooting Wednesday. The calls were believed to be “swatting,” which is when someone calls police to report a fake emergency at a real address.
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Minnesotans with Puerto Rico ties remember Maria, work to help recovery from Fiona

Minnesotans with Puerto Rico ties remember Maria, work to help recovery from Fiona

The Twin Cities Puerto Rican community is working to help the island recover from Hurricane Fiona. They gathered Tuesday to mark the fifth anniversary of another major storm, Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico.
by Vicki Adame

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Fire causes damage — again — at one of the oldest buildings in Minneapolis

Fire causes damage — again — at one of the oldest buildings in Minneapolis

Minneapolis firefighters responded around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday to the John H. Stevens House in Minnehaha Regional Park, which reportedly was the first wood frame house on the west bank of the Mississippi River in what was to become Minneapolis.
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MLB now owns twins.com, after twin brothers held onto the URL for decades

MLB now owns twins.com, after twin brothers held onto the URL for decades

Major League Baseball now owns the website twins.com, a site that had been owned by twin brothers Durland and Darvin Miller since 1995, according to reporter Ben Lindbergh.
by Lisa Ryan

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