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 Seals and sea lions adapt to a new, year-round home at Como Zoo
Harbor seals are getting used to one of the new pools at Como Harbor, part of a custom-built, 250,000-gallon outdoor tank that's been in the works for nearly a decade.
Minnesota State Fair disbands its police as reopening approaches
Minnesota State Fair officials are looking for a new police force after fair officials decided to eliminate the department following the departure of the current police chief.
After last year's unrest, some businesses rebuilt. But many have not recovered
Minneapolis business advocates say rebuilding, especially for properties that were leveled by fire, will take five to 10 years. City officials and fundraising groups have calculated the total cost at around $500 million to be shared by 1,500 businesses. But fundraisers have only secured a fraction of what they say they need.
Photos: In Minneapolis, a celebration of George Floyd
On the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, people gathered at the site of his death to find community, support, learn and dance.
Moment of silence marks year since George Floyd’s death
George Floyd was honored Tuesday with a moment of silence in the city where he died at the hands of police, a death captured on wrenching bystander video that galvanized the racial justice movement and continues to ripple a year later.
Daunte Wright killing: MN attorney general takes over ex-cop's prosecution
Brooklyn Center’s mayor asked Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office to take over the prosecution of Kimberly Potter as it did in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis cop recently convicted of murder in the killing of George Floyd.
All Lakeville school buildings are closed Friday due to what the school district is calling an “active threat” under investigation by the Police Department.
Three days of events to mark one year since George Floyd’s murder
National civil rights leaders and family members of Black people killed by police officers around the country will headline a three-day series of events starting Sunday in Minneapolis to mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.