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Good afternoon! Two federal agencies have denied the renewal of mineral leases near Ely and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, dealing a major blow to the efforts of Twin Metals Minnesota to open an underground copper-nickel mine there. | Forecast
 


Feds to assess St. Anthony police in wake of Castile shooting

The city will be the 16th to enter into a collaborative reform process with the department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, which works to help police departments around the country advance community policing. | Philando Castile

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Chanhassen High principal charged with possessing child porn

Dorway allegedly told investigators his "primary interest" was pornography involving girls ages 11 to 13. Dorway's attorney said there's no indication his client had any inappropriate contact with children.

Jury finds Dylann Roof guilty in S.C. church shooting

A jury in Charleston, S.C., has found Roof, 22, guilty of federal hate crimes charges for murdering nine people in the basement of a historically black church in 2015.

Facebook finally gets serious about fighting fake news

Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, focusing on the "worst of the worst" offenders. | Fake or real?


 
 

Developer to buy house of Wetterling killer, demolish it

A Woodbury real estate developer expects to buy the one-bedroom foreclosed house Friday and tear it down by Christmas.

What's a holiday without lutefisk and a little white lye?

The whitefish is famous for being repulsive - and divisive. But Scandinavian-Americans in the Midwest consider their seasonal smelly-jelly feast to be an important link to their Viking ancestors.

Video: 'We want to live like everyone else,' say orphans from Aleppo

Children trapped in the Syrian city that's under siege have a message for the world.

'Drug Dealer, MD': Misunderstandings and good intentions fueled opioid epidemic

Psychiatrist Anna Lembke says the medical establishment and drugmakers began telling doctors in the 1980s that opioids were effective treatment for chronic pain. "That was patently false," she says. | The Thread

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