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Minneapolis City Council pushes back George Floyd Square construction
The Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to delay a plan for street construction at George Floyd Square, the intersection on the city’s south side where a Minneapolis police officer murdered Floyd in 2020. Instead, the council opted to consider a pedestrian-only plaza.
Art Hounds: Chamber singers, dreamy art and an arts retreat
This week, Art Hounds recommend the Worthington Chamber Singers’ Christmas concert, “Dreams and Abstract Schemes” and the Tofte Lake Center.
Military superstar and ‘thrill-seeker’ from Minnesota wins Rhodes Scholarship
Sarah Cao is a Minnesotan and collegiate military superstar. Her long resume includes work with the Pentagon, diving out of planes and commanding over 1,600 cadets. Now, she’s adding Rhodes Scholar.
Media ethics expert 'concerned' as social media influencers become a go-to source for news
Americans are increasingly putting trust in social media personalities as sources of news. But a majority of these news influencers have no news affiliation or journalism background.
Frigid temperatures to follow Wednesday wind, snow
Wind and even some snow began to whip wildly in the Twin Cities metro Wednesday morning and much of the state faces a wind advisory for the afternoon.
Minneapolis musician raises money through song for people affected by sarcoma
Ben Cook-Feltz will throw his fourth-annual “Holiday Shindig” Sunday at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. The event will raise money to support people with sarcoma, a rare bone and tissue cancer.
How to talk with children about racialized trauma
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the authors of an illustrated children’s book aimed at helping families have conversations about generational trauma.