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Fatal stabbing at Harding High leaves students, staff ‘heartbroken,’ ‘helpless’
Teachers and students are planning a candlelight vigil Monday evening at Harding High School in memory of the student killed last week. District leaders have also asked police to increase their presence around five city high schools.
South Minneapolis-raised Bobby Marshall joined the NFL as a quarterback in 1920, and went on to become a team captain and eventually a coach.
‘Opportunity to make history’: Communities of color look to lawmakers to close gaps
In Minnesota, people of color and Indigenous people face disparate outcomes when it comes to income, housing, academic opportunities and more. Some DFL state lawmakers said this is the year to make progress in shrinking those gaps.
Racial equity funds spurred by murder of George Floyd bear fruit
After the police murder of George Floyd, foundations and corporations pledged millions to spur economic development in Black communities and rebuild Lake Street. This year, about $100 million-worth of projects funded by those initiatives will open or break ground, according to Star Tribune reporter Dee DePass.
Best-selling authors on Big Books and Bold Ideas
This week on Big Books and Bold Ideas, we revisit three conversations MPR News host Kerri Miller had with young authors who hit the big time with their novels.
‘Rusty’ batteries could hold key to Minnesota's carbon-free power future
Two Minnesota utilities plan to install iron-air battery storage systems as they transition to clean energy sources. The batteries are made of iron, an element that’s abundant around the world — including in Minnesota.
How to spot and combat climate misinformation and disinformation
There’s a lot of climate information out there – as well as climate mis- and disinformation. So how can we tell what’s credible science and what isn’t?