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Good morning! And now we dig out . Back-to-back snowstorms dumped more than 8 inches of snow in the Twin Cities. Temperatures drop today, making it feel more like February than early April. The National Weather Service says temperatures will continue to average 20 to 30 degrees below normal through the weekend. More snow is possible Thursday afternoon or evening and again on Sunday. Hang in there! Spring will show up sometime! |  Forecast  
As mental health calls rise, Rochester cops try a social worker in the squad
When officers encounter people in a mental health crisis, they must often choose between taking them to the emergency room or jail. A promising new Rochester police approach aims to avoid both scenarios.
The night Uncle Clarence went out to kill a white man
Composer Davu Seru uses his art to bring together two families whose lives were changed in the aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination. | How to remember MLK this week in Minnesota | Understanding King's legacy 5 decades later
Minnesota joins suit to remove citizenship question from 2020 census
Minnesota is one of 17 states and seven cities that filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
U.S. proposes tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued a list targeting 1,300 Chinese products, including industrial robots and telecommunications equipment.

Suspect in YouTube shooting angry that her videos had been 'de-monetized'

Police say a female suspect, identified as Nasim Aghdam, 39, died at the scene of the shooting. A San Francisco hospital received three wounded people from the incident, a spokesperson says.

Liberal cruises in Wisconsin court race, and Dems see hope

Liberal judge Rebecca Dallet's runaway victory in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race cheered Democrats eager for more evidence their party is ready for a winning fall in midterm elections.

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A star named Icarus: U of M researchers discover farthest star ever seen

Nicknamed Icarus, it's 9.3 billion light years from earth. It was detected with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

A cat from Mankato befriends a bullied boy in Oklahoma

Madden Humphreys was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. He also has complete heterochromia iridum, which gives him two different colored eyes. That makes him a target for the most vicious animal on earth: kids at school.

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