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Minnesota on track to house all homeless veterans in 2016

Minnesota on track to house all homeless veterans in 2016

State officials say Minnesota is on track to find permanent addresses for all its homeless veterans this year, thanks in part to a major data-collection effort launched in 2014.
by Matt Sepic

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Listen: What it's like to be Muslim in Minnesota

Listen: What it's like to be Muslim in Minnesota

They are students, activists, welders and artists. They've lived in Egypt and Yemen and north Minneapolis. They are daughters and brothers and fathers. Here, they share their experiences of being Muslim in Minnesota.
by Doualy Xaykaothao and Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Minnesota Holocaust survivor Eva Gross shares her story

Minnesota Holocaust survivor Eva Gross shares her story

When Eva Gross was 16-years-old, she was forced onto a train in Hungary bound for Auschwitz. Now, she travels the country sharing her experiences.
by MPR News Staff

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Leveling the playing field with Promise Neighborhoods

Leveling the playing field with Promise Neighborhoods

Two experts on Promise Neighborhoods explain how providing children with comprehensive services from birth through college-age can help reduce the achievement gap.
by MPR News Staff

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Report: Minnesota domestic violence deaths jumped in 2015

Report: Minnesota domestic violence deaths jumped in 2015

At least 34 people were killed in domestic violence deaths last year in Minnesota, leaving at least 17 minor children motherless, the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women said Tuesday.
by MPR News Staff

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Justices won't let North Dakota enforce tough abortion law

The Supreme Court will not allow North Dakota to enforce a law banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
by The Associated Press

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Nearly 50 dogs rescued from farm soon ready for adoption

Nearly 50 dogs rescued from farm soon ready for adoption

The Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley says the 23 adult dogs and 24 puppies -- mostly hounds, setters and pointers -- were living in a hog barn in rural Carver County.

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Jury gets civil suit tied to 2012 Minneapolis police shooting

A civil rights lawsuit against two Minneapolis police officers over the 2012 shooting death of an African-American man went to a federal jury Friday. The case may draw more scrutiny depending on the verdict.
by Brandt Williams

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Activists: Police officer's offensive Facebook post wasn't his first

Activists: Police officer's offensive Facebook post wasn't his first

Sgt. Jeff Rothecker admitted this week that he'd left comments on Facebook advising motorists to run over protesters during a march and rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But a Twin Cities-based activist group said he'd made similarly offensive social posts in the past.
by Jon Collins

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