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Black authors expo uplifts writers, promotes healing through storytelling

Black authors expo uplifts writers, promotes healing through storytelling

The expo started in 2017, first hosted at the NEON building in north Minneapolis. Attendance has quadrupled over the years, according to organizers. Saturday’s event marked its first in-person expo since the start of the pandemic.
by Feven Gerezgiher

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U of M police ask for help finding missing student

U of M police ask for help finding missing student

The University of Minnesota Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 19-year-old last seen leaving the 17th Avenue Residence Hall Saturday around 2:40 a.m.
by MPR News Staff

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U of M researchers want your videos of deer-gut scavengers

U of M researchers want your videos of deer-gut scavengers

University of Minnesota researchers want hunters’ videos of their deer guts — part of a broader effort to learn about the different scavengers who eat them, and the role those millions of pounds of deer guts left behind every year play in the ecosystem.
by Dan Kraker

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Ask a Bookseller: 'Night of the Living Rez'

Ask a Bookseller: 'Night of the Living Rez'

In this week’s Ask a Bookseller, Beth Leonard of Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick, Maine recommends the short story collection “Night of the Living Rez” by Morgan Talty, an author from Maine and a Penobscot Nation citizen.
by Emily Bright

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Authorities seize 22 dogs from Anoka County animal rescue group

Authorities in Anoka County seized 22 dogs from an animal rescue group in the city of Andover on Friday, as part of the investigation into the discovery of eight dead dogs in Cottage Grove, Minn., last weekend.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota's Emmer seeking House speaker nomination

Minnesota's Emmer seeking House speaker nomination

“I'm running for Speaker of the House to bring our conference together and get back to work,” Emmer said in a social media post Saturday morning.
by Peter Cox

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14-year-old wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge for developing skin cancer-treating soap

14-year-old wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge for developing skin cancer-treating soap

As part of the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge, Heman Bekele developed Melanoma Treating Soap. It won him the competition and its grand prize of $25,000 in St. Paul this month.
by Gracie Stockton and Cathy Wurzer

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