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New Minnesota Supreme Court council begins work to prevent child abuse
A new Minnesota Supreme Court council on Child Protection and Maltreatment Prevention has begun its work. State lawmakers voted to form the group after a Minnesota Star Tribune investigation found hundreds of children were abused after the state’s child protection system returned them to their parents.
Fans cheer on three Minnesotans in Paralympic wheelchair basketball semifinals
The U.S. women’s wheelchair basketball team is heading to the Paralympic gold medal match, after their close win against China in Friday’s semifinal, 50-47. Fans and former coaches met in St. Louis Park to cheer on the team’s three Minnesotan players.
Let the hues begin: Fall foliage colors coming to Minnesota in 3, 2, 1 ...
Fall is near! As we approach autumn, when can Minnesotans expect those vibrant oranges, reds and yellows? What affects that vibrancy? And how will this year stack up to other seasons?
Resident assistants face new pressures, responsibilities in post-COVID college life
Colleges rely on resident assistants to help support students during the school year, but the job has become more complex in an era when student mental health needs have leaped. With the new school year starting, RAs and their trainers say the demands have never been greater.
In west-central Minnesota, an effort is underway to get more people involved in political and civic leadership. The nonpartisan rural democracy initiative runs programs that help people learn how to run for office or take action in areas deemed “leadership distressed.”
Author of ‘The Parrot and the Igloo’ examines the history of climate change deniers
David Lipsky, author of “The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial,” talks about the history of climate change and those who deny the science behind human-caused climate change. 
Appetites: Robots food runners take load off restaurant staff
Three years ago Sawatdee Thai Restaurant got a robot food runner named DeeDee to help with pandemic employment stresses. Now the company, which operates four Twin Cities restaurants, has two of them and says they’re an invaluable part of the team.