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At long last, spring has arrived to stay
Ice is melting out of the lakes. Lawns in the Twin Cities are starting to turn green. And thunderstorms boomed through most of southern and central Minnesota late yesterday. There's also a chance of some rainfall Thursday, according to the team at UpDraft. | Forecast | NewsCut
Pair of Republicans make two new gun proposals
A pair of suburban Republicans in the Minnesota House introduced two gun proposals Wednesday, perhaps too late for action this year but also a recognition that the issue could be potent in the fall campaign.
Superior, Duluth mayors to refinery: Stop using toxic chemical
Saying the chemical is too much of a risk, the mayors of Duluth and Superior, Wis., are calling on Husky Energy to stop using hydrogen fluoride at the company's Superior refinery following last week's explosion and fire.
Health law clinic guides patients through broad legal hurdles
Students help clients obtain waivers and making sure the forms are filled out correctly. In the process, they learn about all the things that can affect health. For example, they might help a client take on a landlord who isn't dealing with black mold.
Will Final Four hoops deliver a big bounce to Minneapolis?
How much of an economic boost will the Twin Cities get from the men's college basketball championship in Minneapolis next year at U.S. Bank Stadium? That depends on whom you ask.
Giuliani Stephens picks rural lawmaker as running mate
Republican candidate for governor and Woodbury Mayor Mary Giuliani Stephens has picked a rural state legislator to be her lieutenant governor running mate.
WH lawyer working on Mueller probe to retire
White House lawyer Ty Cobb will retire at the end of the month, the White House said Wednesday, further shaking up President Donald Trump's legal team as the president intensifies his attacks on the special counsel's Russia investigation.
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David Fahrenthold on using instincts and persistence to investigate Trump
Washington Post politics reporter David Fahrenthold didn't set out to investigate Donald Trump's charitable giving, but a curious incident during Trump's presidential campaign piqued his curiosity and led to a powerful series of stories and ultimately, the Pulitzer Prize.
Two accused of illegally snaring wolves, bear in northern Minn.
Two trappers have been charged in Itasca County with illegally setting snares and failing to check them, catching and killing wolves, bear and deer.
Cambridge Analytica, firm at center of Facebook scandal, will close
The data firm at the center of Facebook's privacy scandal is declaring bankruptcy and shutting down.
NewsCut: MN Supreme Court: OK to pull license of driver refusing unconstitutional search
When Tyler Johnson was told by a police officer in North Branch in November 2015 that he could be charged with a crime and lose his driver’s license if he did not agree to urine or blood testing because of a suspicion that he was driving under the influence, he was getting some bad information. Forcing someone to submit to a test would be unconstitutional without a warrant, according to the U.S. Supreme Court and Minnesota Court of Appeals. But the Minnesota Supreme court disagrees. Bob Collins has more on NewsCut
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