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Minneapolis Park Board pushes forward to rename streets around Bde Maka Ska
The Minneapolis Park Board is pressing ahead with plans to rename four streets around Bde Maka Ska, also known as Lake Calhoun. The move comes despite legal uncertainty over the name of the lake itself.
Rally exhorts Minn. lawmakers to agree to take up gun bills
Gov. Tim Walz continued on Wednesday to call for hearings on stalled gun legislation before next year's session.
Emails to tribes: DHS previously advised billing rates it now calls ‘overpayments’
Two Minnesota tribes are pushing back on what the Department of Human Services calls overpayments of more than $25 million over the last five years for chemical dependency treatments covered by Medicaid.
Mayors push Senate to return to Washington for gun bill vote
More than 200 mayors, including two anguished by mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, are urging the Senate to return to the Capitol to act on gun safety legislation amid criticism that Congress is failing to respond to back-to-back shootings that left 31 people dead.
Ask a farmer: Mitchell Hora of 'Field Work' answers your questions
Farm Fest is in full swing, an exciting time for those in the agriculture business, but also a great opportunity to share with consumers what it’s like to work on a farm and live a farmer’s life. Mitchell Hora, co-host of the “Field Work” podcast, answered a few questions we got from farm-curious readers. 
After World Cup win, other U.S. women's sports leagues ask, 'what about us?'
Will the latest U.S. victory in the Women's World Cup lead to a surge of popularity in other women's pro sports leagues? Executives and players hope so.
Scientists discover prehistoric giant 'Squawkzilla' parrot, as big as small child
Scientists are adding a new creature to a list of giant, prehistoric animals that were previously unknown: The Heracles inexpectus. The flightless bird weighed 15 pounds, was about 3 feet tall and probably feasted on other parrots. Study lead Trevor Worthy made the discovery after examining two 19 million-year-old leg bones.
To slow global warming, U.N. warns agriculture must change
The way we produce food and manage land must change radically if humans hope to avoid catastrophic global temperature rise, according to a new report by the United Nations panel on climate change.
Charges: Man charged in girl's death put hot stove in van
A 6-year-old girl badly injured in a van fire Tuesday outside a Fridley Walmart has died and her 9-year-old sister is in critical condition, Anoka County prosecutors said Wednesday as they charged a man they say was camping in the parking lot and left a hot cook stove in his van, triggering the fire.
5 years after Ferguson, racial tension might be more intense
Five years after 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on a steamy August day, racial tension remains palpable and may be even more intense.
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