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The isolation and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic impacted teenagers struggling with mental health issues. Three experts share approaches on what adults, parents and school counselors can do to help kids dealing with anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation.
Teen gets 24 years for murder outside Richfield school
Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, 19, of Minneapolis, admitted in court to shooting and killing 15-year-old Jahmari Rice and wounding another 17-year-old last year outside the South Education Center in Richfield.
Lifeline or logistical problem? Paid leave debate unfurls at Capitol
As Minnesota lawmakers put a proposal for paid family and medical leave through its paces, employers try to get a handle on the implications.
Ag Department sees need to support local food in Minnesota
When the pandemic disrupted food supply chains in 2020, many people scrambled to buy food directly from farmers. That local food movement is still growing. A new initiative hopes to provide more state support for small farmers and local food networks.
A transgender woman was violently attacked at a Minneapolis light rail station Monday morning, leaving her with a broken rib, collapsed lung and internal cranial bleeding.
'A huge win': Minnesota judge rules USA Powerlifting can't bar trans athletes
A Ramsey County District Court judge has ruled that USA Powerlifting illegally discriminated against a transgender woman who was barred from participating in women's powerlifting competitions. 
The reality of later-in-pregnancy abortion is more complex than MN debate lets on
Over the past few months, the issue of later-in-pregnancy abortions has come up frequently in debates on proposed abortion laws in the Minnesota Legislature. About 1 percent of all reported abortions from 2008-2021 took place after approximately 20 weeks gestation.
Another first for Minnesotan Diggins — and the U.S. — in cross-country skiing
Minnesota's Jessie Diggins won the women's 10-kilometer freestyle race Tuesday at the Nordic Skiing World Championships, becoming the first American cross-country skier to claim an individual title at that event.