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Nation

SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck in space until next year

SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year.
September 28, 2024
World

17 people have been killed in 2 mass shootings in the same street in South Africa

Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place at two homes on the same street in a rural town in South Africa, police said Saturday.
September 28, 2024
Business

Ramstad: Solving the Minnesota Paradox will take a whole different discussion on race

Minnesota's schools will need to desegregate, more housing will need to be built and even basic assumptions about one another have to change.
AuthoredEvan Ramstad
September 28, 2024
Light and dark arrows pointing in opposite directions over a file photo of white and black school children in the 1950s.
Twin Cities

Minneapolis man dies after being struck by SUV while riding electric scooter

Authorities say an SUV struck Benjamin Walker late Thursday afternoon.
September 28, 2024
Nation

Asheville has been largely cut off after Helene wrecked roads and knocked out power and cell service

Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina's largest mountain city largely cut off Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath of destruction across southern Appalachia that left an unknown number dead and countless worried relatives unable to reach loved ones.
September 28, 2024
Wolves

Wolves stun NBA by sending Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks

Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and Keita Bates-Diop are headed to Minnesota, along with a draft pick.
September 28, 2024
News & Politics

Abrupt closure of one of Minnesota’s largest peer recovery providers leaves hundreds in limbo

The state has been investigating substance use disorder service provider Kyros amid billing fraud allegations. Other recovery organizations are scrambling to help its vulnerable clients and staff.
September 28, 2024
News & Politics

Minnesota colleges weigh effects of affirmative action ruling on enrollment

This is the first admissions cycle after the Supreme Court’s mid-2023 ruling that limited colleges’ ability to consider race in admissions. But some say it’s too soon to tell the effects.
September 28, 2024
Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., July 2014
Elections

Trump is set to respond to Harris on immigration during his visit to a small Wisconsin town

A day after Vice President Kamala Harris discussed immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, former President Donald Trump is expected to respond by again linking her to illegal border crossings at an event in a western Wisconsin river town.
September 28, 2024
Elections

Walz is attending a Michigan-Minnesota college football game before final prep for Tuesday's debate

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is set to make his final major campaign appearance before the coming week's debate at a football game between the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday.
September 28, 2024
Minneapolis

After bloody stretch, Whittier neighborhood leads Minneapolis in gun violence

The diverse community feels neglected amid a surge of shootings and robberies that has disproportionately affected immigrant residents.
September 28, 2024
Vikings

Vikings' Van Ginkel brings 'pure joy' to his Iowa hometown

New Vikings linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel is closer to his Rock Valley, Iowa home than he's ever been in his NFL career. And when flooding devastated the town this summer, he went to work to rebuild it.
September 28, 2024
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