After a stormy winter, most of Minnesota has seen an unusually quiet spring. While there’ve been some torrential rains and scattered reports of high winds or hail, overall it’s the quietest it has been in the region for more than a decade. Clinic, physicians challenge revised North Dakota abortion laws in ongoing lawsuit. Attorneys for the Red River Women's Clinic and several physicians filed their amended complaint on Monday in state district court. The Denver Nuggets have won the NBA Finals for the first time in the team's history. The Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat by a score of 94-89, winning the best-of-seven series in five games. The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted. Fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Pulse nightclub victims remembered on 7th anniversary of massacre. Across central Florida, the 49 victims killed and dozens more survivors of the massacre at a gay-friendly nightclub were remembered with the unveiling of a 44-foot wide mural. The U.S. says it wants to rejoin UNESCO after exiting during the Trump administration. The U.S. could reenter the cultural and educational body several years after it pulled out of the group citing an "anti-Israel bias" and other concerns.
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