Nancy Yang
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The Minneapolis man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend outside her North Side home less than three weeks after she filed a protective order against him is now facing first-degree murder charges.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Minneapolis man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend outside her North Side home less than three weeks after she filed a protective order against him is now facing first-degree murder charges.
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Love this: Pearl Jam kicked in to buy a Zamboni machine for the Two Harbors Youth Hockey Association after the group's executive director sent the band's official fan club a handwritten request in the style of a concert poster
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Love this: Pearl Jam kicked in to buy a Zamboni machine for the Two Harbors Youth Hockey Association after the group's executive director sent the band's official fan club a handwritten request in the style of a concert poster
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It's the best time of the year when @npr.org releases its best books of the year
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's the best time of the year when @npr.org releases its best books of the year
Manny said he would walk faster if he weren’t with Beef, who he said looks at him “in a very tender way” during walks, but he doesn’t mind slowing down.
“I have patience for him,” Manny said, “because he is my friend.”
“I have patience for him,” Manny said, “because he is my friend.”
Meet Beef the bulldog, who takes slow walks with his 78-year-old friend
“Join Beef on his 30 minute 0.2 mile walk,” wrote the English bulldog’s owner, America Miranda.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Manny said he would walk faster if he weren’t with Beef, who he said looks at him “in a very tender way” during walks, but he doesn’t mind slowing down.
“I have patience for him,” Manny said, “because he is my friend.”
“I have patience for him,” Manny said, “because he is my friend.”
Though Trump said he is ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in Minnesota “immediately,” there is a formal process involved. “The president doesn’t have the power to remove TPS immediately,” said a local immigration attorney. www.startribune.com/minnesota-so...
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Though Trump said he is ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in Minnesota “immediately,” there is a formal process involved. “The president doesn’t have the power to remove TPS immediately,” said a local immigration attorney. www.startribune.com/minnesota-so...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has revived home visits for citizenship applicants. Attorneys say it’s a fear tactic.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has revived home visits for citizenship applicants. Attorneys say it’s a fear tactic.
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Now that we’re getting a Mummy 4 with Brendan and Rachel and acting like the third one never existed, how about we get a new Speed with Keanu and Sandra and pretend Speed 2 never happened?
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Now that we’re getting a Mummy 4 with Brendan and Rachel and acting like the third one never existed, how about we get a new Speed with Keanu and Sandra and pretend Speed 2 never happened?
In the 50 years since their arrival, Hmong Americans have reshaped Minnesota. The Twin Cities now boasts the nation’s largest metro population of Hmong, at 90,000 and growing. www.startribune.com/first-hmong-...
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In the 50 years since their arrival, Hmong Americans have reshaped Minnesota. The Twin Cities now boasts the nation’s largest metro population of Hmong, at 90,000 and growing. www.startribune.com/first-hmong-...
Take a look inside one of Minnesota’s largest legal marijuana harvests to date. www.startribune.com/prairie-isla...
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Take a look inside one of Minnesota’s largest legal marijuana harvests to date. www.startribune.com/prairie-isla...
Waymo said it will test the technology with people stationed behind the wheel in Minneapolis, even if they aren’t really driving. Ultimately, though, the company plans to launch driverless robotaxis.
Is that legal in Minnesota? That’s not really clear. www.startribune.com/waymo-autono...
Is that legal in Minnesota? That’s not really clear. www.startribune.com/waymo-autono...
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Waymo said it will test the technology with people stationed behind the wheel in Minneapolis, even if they aren’t really driving. Ultimately, though, the company plans to launch driverless robotaxis.
Is that legal in Minnesota? That’s not really clear. www.startribune.com/waymo-autono...
Is that legal in Minnesota? That’s not really clear. www.startribune.com/waymo-autono...
The new order came hours after WaPo reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The new order came hours after WaPo reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
Team Fries! Fries should come with burgers, no ifs and or whats about it.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Team Fries! Fries should come with burgers, no ifs and or whats about it.
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NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
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It's heeeeeeeeeere
Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company, is bringing its fleet of autonomous electric vehicles to Minneapolis.
Ridesharing without a driver? It's coming to Minneapolis
Testing will begin Thursday morning. No date has been set to start offering rides to passengers.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's heeeeeeeeeere
In his head, he heard a voice: Be a helper. And so children and teachers saw Devin O’Brien lead the charge, sprinting toward the danger — just like his uncle 24 years before, on the September morning that forever changed O’Brien’s life and the arc of US history.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In his head, he heard a voice: Be a helper. And so children and teachers saw Devin O’Brien lead the charge, sprinting toward the danger — just like his uncle 24 years before, on the September morning that forever changed O’Brien’s life and the arc of US history.
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Minnesota’s Republican House members joined their colleagues in overwhelmingly approving a petition to release government files on deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Minnesota House Republicans vote to release Epstein files
Tom Emmer, the House majority whip, said he decided to vote in favor of it to let the “facts speak for themselves.”
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November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Minnesota’s Republican House members joined their colleagues in overwhelmingly approving a petition to release government files on deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
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Update on the federal operation at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul, including an interview with Erik Alarcon, who says his family members were taken into custody.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Update on the federal operation at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul, including an interview with Erik Alarcon, who says his family members were taken into custody.
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Video by Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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France Avenue near Southdale in Edina was designed for cars.
But that easy access for drivers zipping in and out of the shopping district increasingly collides with the city’s hopes to build apartments in the area and make it friendlier to walkers and cyclists.
But that easy access for drivers zipping in and out of the shopping district increasingly collides with the city’s hopes to build apartments in the area and make it friendlier to walkers and cyclists.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
France Avenue near Southdale in Edina was designed for cars.
But that easy access for drivers zipping in and out of the shopping district increasingly collides with the city’s hopes to build apartments in the area and make it friendlier to walkers and cyclists.
But that easy access for drivers zipping in and out of the shopping district increasingly collides with the city’s hopes to build apartments in the area and make it friendlier to walkers and cyclists.
Hundreds of people have seen their immigration case dismissed, only to be arrested outside a Fort Snelling courtroom and placed in expedited removal.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hundreds of people have seen their immigration case dismissed, only to be arrested outside a Fort Snelling courtroom and placed in expedited removal.
While Minnesota isn’t subject to the raging wildfires in the West or the hurricanes of the Gulf Coast, our seasons are changing. Snow is becoming wetter and heavier and melts more frequently in winter.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
While Minnesota isn’t subject to the raging wildfires in the West or the hurricanes of the Gulf Coast, our seasons are changing. Snow is becoming wetter and heavier and melts more frequently in winter.
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Ngl anytime a store worker anywhere starts talking to me inside the store, I think they think I'm shoplifting
Brooks: Smile! Time for mandatory fun on your Target run
Why would Target force Minnesotans to make prolonged eye contact?
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November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ngl anytime a store worker anywhere starts talking to me inside the store, I think they think I'm shoplifting
Bankruptcies are up across the U.S., a sign Americans are running out of road as the cost of living continues to rise. Filings in Minnesota have jumped more than 20% each of the past three years, outpacing the country as a whole.
More Minnesotans file for bankruptcy than U.S. average, a recession red flag
As high prices persist and wages fail to keep up, consumers are dealing with mounting debt in an already slowing economy.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Bankruptcies are up across the U.S., a sign Americans are running out of road as the cost of living continues to rise. Filings in Minnesota have jumped more than 20% each of the past three years, outpacing the country as a whole.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is among the 40 airports nationally slated to see air traffic reductions because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, a move analysts predict will cause massive disruptions.
MSP targeted for flight reductions amid federal government shutdown
Delta is starting to scale back operations at the airport, but uncertainty lingers about who will be affected and how
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November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is among the 40 airports nationally slated to see air traffic reductions because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, a move analysts predict will cause massive disruptions.
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Kaohly Her will be the first Hmong mayor of St. Paul. We asked her how she wants people to pronounce her name.
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Kaohly Her will be the first Hmong mayor of St. Paul. We asked her how she wants people to pronounce her name.