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New Beyoncé album accompanies the Lion King movie remake

New Beyoncé album accompanies the Lion King movie remake

While the movie has been panned, critics have been much kinder to the music, which Beyoncé described in a Good Morning America interview as "a love letter to Africa."
by Cathy Wurzer

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Riverboat performance lets audience navigate a murder mystery

Riverboat performance lets audience navigate a murder mystery

A story set just before the Civil War plays out on the Jonathan Padelford, where actors and audience members plumb the depths of criminal behavior.
by Sophia Sura

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Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care

Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care

The difficulty of finding psychiatrists willing to work in prisons is forcing the institutions to provide care via video to populations with high rates of mental illness.
by Alisa Roth

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Today will likely be the hottest-feeling day of the year

Hot and humid. Nay, infernal and steaming. Nay, extremely infernal and very boiling. The heat wave hitting the Midwest this week will likely make today the hottest-feeling day of the year with feels-like temperatures surpassing 110 degrees in some parts of the state.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'Toughest' job in government? Wheelock on what's next at DHS

Acting Human Services Commissioner Pam Wheelock told MPR News on Friday there are no “smoking gun” issues in the wake of the resignation of commissioner Tony Lourey, and that she's focused on providing stability.
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Artist explores truth through piece that will wear away at Mia

Artist explores truth through piece that will wear away at Mia

Artist Jonathan Herrera Soto printed 200 faces of Mexican journalists — all murdered or missing and presumed dead — on the floor of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. In coming months he expects the portraits will wear away, but raise questions about the nature of truth.
by Euan Kerr

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Home in Minnesota, Omar pledges to continue as Trump's 'nightmare'

Home in Minnesota, Omar pledges to continue as Trump's 'nightmare'

Supporters of the Democratic congresswoman greeted her at the airport ahead of a town hall event in Minneapolis. Her trip follows days of racist remarks against her by President Trump and his supporters.
by Cody Nelson

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'The link between Sinatra and rock & roll': Dion turns 80

Dion DiMucci is now 80 years old. Known throughout his career by only his first name name, Dion was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Bruce Springsteen has called him the link between Frank Sinatra and rock & roll.
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New book by Minnesota author goes behind the scenes of the Apollo program

Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. "Eight Years to the Moon" tells the stories of some of the scientists and engineers who got the astronauts there and back safely.
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