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Tribal leaders believe a food truck once owned by famed Sioux Chef Sean Sherman can help connect White Earth members to healthier eating choices — and slow the reservation’s diabetes epidemic. The idea is gaining speed.
The portion of the Stillwater prison where an officer was killed last week will remain closed, the Minnesota Department of Corrections announced Friday, as officials take additional steps to improve safety and security.
The rules are simple at the Adventure Playground. "Be safe, be nice, have fun," said Chris Groth, an instructor, or "play warden," at the Adventure Playground. "Within those rules, basically anything can happen."
U.S. Senate candidate Richard Painter feuded Friday with the DFL Party, whose line he hopes to occupy on the November ballot in his bid to head to Washington.
The U.S. economy had a blockbuster second quarter, with growth surging to a 4.1 percent pace, the Commerce Department said Friday. That was nearly double the first quarter rate of 2.2 percent and the strongest pace in nearly four years.
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa held its sixth annual Ojibwe Language camp this week. Kids from all across the reservation gathered in the remote backwoods of Ponemah to learn about plant medicines, and language and traditional native lacrosse.
NPR has learned a target of the investigation is longtime CEO Leslie Moonves. The statement came after reports emerged that New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow is working on a story about the company. Moonves is also the chairman of CBS.
A federal judge has ruled that state and local governments cannot publicize federal government data about where prescription opioids were distributed — a blow to news organizations seeking to report more deeply on the nation's overdose and addiction crisis.
Sombra is a 6-year-old German shepherd who has been on Colombia's counter-narcotics police force since she was a puppy. And she is so good at her job that drug dealers want her dead.
