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• Gen. Lee statue comes down in former Confederate capital

  08-09-2021 23:45
  
  A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond for generations was taken down, cut into pieces and hauled away Wednesday, as the former capital of the Confederacy erased the last of the Civil War figures that once defined its most prominent thoroughfare.
  
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• St. Paul's Hmong Cultural Center vandalized with white nationalist graffiti

  08-09-2021 23:43
  
  St. Paul's Hmong Cultural Center was covered with white spray paint,weeks before its museum was set to open to the public.
  
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• St. Paul's Hmong Cultural Center vandalized

  08-09-2021 23:43
  
  The graffiti is associated with a white nationalist group.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Biden overstates UAW support of electric cars

  08-09-2021 23:39
  
  President Joe Biden glossed over important details and oversimplified the facts in his boast about support from the United Auto Workers union for his effort to dramatically increase sales of electric vehicles by decade's end.
  
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• Child shot and wounded in Minneapolis' Sumner-Glenwood neighborhood

  08-09-2021 23:38
  
  The child was rushed to an area hospital inunknown condition.
  
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• Boy shot and wounded in Minneapolis' Sumner-Glenwood neighborhood

  08-09-2021 23:38
  
  The child was rushed to an area hospital inunknown condition.
  
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• Boy, 12, fatally shot in Minneapolis' Sumner-Glenwood neighborhood

  08-09-2021 23:38
  
  The boy was shot during an argument that escalated into gunfire.
  
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• Superior considers tourism marketing revamp

  08-09-2021 23:26
  
  Opponents compare move to Duluth's controversial split with Visit Duluth.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to burning business during protest

  08-09-2021 23:00
  
  A federal judge sentenced a Madison man Wednesday to five years in prison for trying to burn down a jewelry store during a police brutality protest last year.
  
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• Minnesota firefighters to help with hurricane recovery efforts in Louisiana

  08-09-2021 22:58
  
  Local firefighters will get the chance to rest and assess damage to their own homes.
  
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• Man accused in Milwaukee shooting added to most wanted list

  08-09-2021 22:54
  
  A man accused of killing two people and wounding three others at a holiday picnic in Milwaukee more than 15 years ago has been added to the FBI's list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, federal authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Minnesota House Majority Leader Rep. Winkler explores run for Hennepin County Attorney

  08-09-2021 22:53
  
  The field of possible candidates now grows to four.
  
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• Elizabeth Holmes drawn as villain, underdog as trial begins

  08-09-2021 22:50
  
  Prosecutors and defense attorneys sketched dueling portraits of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes as her trial got underway Wednesday, alternatively describing her as a greedy villain who faked her way to the top and as a passionate underdog whose spent years trying to shake up the health care industry.
  
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• Deadly crash between motorcycle, vehicle in St. Paul

  08-09-2021 22:31
  
  Officers say they tried saving the motorcyclist, a man in his 40s, but he died at the crash site.
  
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• Former candidate for sheriff charged again for child porn

  08-09-2021 22:26
  
  A former candidate for Outagamie County sheriff has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing child pornography while he was appealing a previous conviction for distribution of child porn, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
  
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• Waikiki resort mandates vaccination for workers, guests

  08-09-2021 22:20
  
  A resort in the famed tourist mecca of Waikiki will be the first in Hawaii to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for all employees and guests.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in collision at busy intersection in St. Paul's Highland Park

  08-09-2021 22:10
  
  The rider was a man in his 40s, police said.
  
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• Vikings extend contract of OT Brian O'Neill

  08-09-2021 21:31
  
  The big right tackle has been the bright spot on a unit that has struggled in recent seasons.
  
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• Man arrested after St. Paul apartment fire displaces 19 people

  08-09-2021 21:27
  
  The man allegedly followed someone into the apartment building with a knife, then poured a substance.
  
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• Former Lakeville South softball coach sentenced in theft from youth sports Booster Club

  08-09-2021 21:16
  
  According to Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena, Eric Carlyle Heflin, 66, was sentenced to 60 days of Electronic Home Monitoring and two years of probation.
  
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• Idaho patients in hospital halls amid COVID rationed care

  08-09-2021 20:45
  
  Amid the Idaho coronavirus surge that prompted officials to authorize hospitals to ration health care, Army soldiers sent to one hospital have traded their fatigues for personal protective equipment to help treat a flood of infected patients.
  
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• Brooklyn Park counselor to serve 3½ years after admitting he shot, killed friend

  08-09-2021 20:43
  
  "I was provoked," he told the court, but added that "self-defense does not justify my actions"
  
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• Brooklyn Park behavioral counselor to serve 3½ years in prison after admitting he intentionally shot, killed friend

  08-09-2021 20:43
  
  "I was provoked," he told the court, but added that "self-defense does not justify my actions"
  
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• St. Cloud man pleads not guilty to animal cruelty, sexual assault charges

  08-09-2021 20:33
  
  In two separate cases, the 22-year-old faces felonies for reportedly slitting a dog's throat and raping a woman.
  
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• Unlicensed motorist charged with hitting 2 pedestrians, killing one in downtown Minneapolis

  08-09-2021 20:31
  
  The two pedestrians were sent flying through a large glass window, according to the charges.
  
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• Sen. Gazelka joins governor's race, attacks Walz on pandemic

  08-09-2021 20:30
  
  Republican state Sen. Paul Gazelka joined the Minnesota governor's race Wednesday, accusing Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of failed leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest that followed the death of George Floyd last summer.
  
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• 9/11 Day co-founders plan CNN special to generate good deeds

  08-09-2021 20:14
  
  For years, David Paine and Jay Winuk have wanted to turn 9/11 into something positive, as counterintuitive as that might sound.
  
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• LIST: Minnesota employers looking for fall workers

  08-09-2021 19:40
  
  Here are some of the companies and organizations looking for workers as fall sets in.
  
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• Minnesota reports 654 COVID-19 hospitalizations, stable test positivity

  08-09-2021 19:10
  
  State health officials monitoring for any COVID-19 upticks from State Fair, return to K-12 classes.
  
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• Ramsey County attorney says he won't prosecute cases arising from low-level traffic stops

  08-09-2021 19:09
  
  The county policy aligns with efforts in many East metro communities to scale back or stop conducting traffic stops for equipment infractions.
  
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• COVID-19 surge in the US: The summer of hope ends in gloom

  08-09-2021 19:00
  
  The summer that was supposed to mark America's independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March.
  
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• Live updates: COVID cases top 5,700 in Minnesota over holiday weekend

  08-09-2021 18:51
  
  Here is the latest data on Minnesota's battle against COVID-19, and the effort to vaccinate every state resident against the virus.
  
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• BIG FISH! DNR certifies new catch-and-release records for northern pike, muskie

  08-09-2021 18:45
  
  A 15-year-old from Illinois now holds the Minnesota northern record, while a Wisconsin man tied the existing catch-and-release mark for muskies.
  
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• An ex-boyfriend of woman killed arrested in her death

  08-09-2021 18:44
  
  An ex-boyfriend of a Rhinelander woman found fatally shot in June was been arrested in Illinois, according to Oneida County sheriff's officials.
  
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• Ramsey County ends felony prosecutions from low-level stops

  08-09-2021 18:18
  
  Ramsey County Attorney John Choi is planning to announce a new policy Wednesday to end felony prosecutions stemming from low-level traffic stops.
  
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• KARE in the Air: Stillwater Lift Bridge

  08-09-2021 18:12
  
  Our summer drone series takes us above the oft-observed and photographed span that lets walkers and bikers across the St. Croix River.
  
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• Gazelka enters MN governor's race, attacks Walz on pandemic

  08-09-2021 18:05
  
  Republican state Sen. Paul Gazelka joined the Minnesota governor's race Wednesday, attacking Democratic Gov. Tim Walz for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest that followed last summer's death of George Floyd.
  
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• 9/11 artifacts share 'pieces of truth' in victims' stories

  08-09-2021 18:05
  
  For nearly six years, Andrea Haberman's ashen and damaged wallet lay mostly untouched in a drawer at her parents' Wisconsin home, along with a partly melted cell phone, her driver's license, credit cards, checkbook and house keys. Flecks of rust had formed on the rims of her eyeglasses, their lenses shattered and gone.
  
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• YOUR PHOTOS: First day of school 2021

  08-09-2021 17:53
  
  Kids and teachers across Minnesota are heading back to school!
  
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• Woman injured after truck hits Amish buggy in northwest Wisconsin

  08-09-2021 17:52
  
  The 21-year-old woman in the buggy was taken to a hospital, but her injuries weren't life-threatening.
  
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• Stories from you: Remembering 9/11

  08-09-2021 17:12
  
  On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Minnesotans share their stories from the day that changed America.
  
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• Minnesota study finds no increase in miscarriage risk with COVID-19 vaccines

  08-09-2021 17:02
  
  The report looks at patients from Bloomington-based HealthPartners along with large medical centers across the country.
  
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• Sartell man arrested following five-hour standoff with police

  08-09-2021 16:54
  
  Officials said the suspect was known to them from previous domestic assault incidents.
  
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• Shrine to replace church destroyed on 9/11 nears completion

  08-09-2021 16:50
  
  The domed sanctuary rising in Lower Manhattan, where workers are busy installing translucent Greek marble in time for a ceremonial lighting on Sept. 10, bears little resemblance to the modest parish church that John Katsimatides had discovered years ago.
  
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• Democrats say Fort McCoy refugees are being properly vetted

  08-09-2021 16:27
  
  Several Democratic members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation who toured Fort McCoy say they're confident Afghan refugees arriving at the Wisconsin base are being properly vetted before they resettle across the country.
  
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• Virginia cuts Confederate Gen. Robert Lee statue into pieces

  08-09-2021 15:50
  
  A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as work crews hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia's capital city for more than a century.
  
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• Statue of Confederate Robert E. Lee taken down in Virginia

  08-09-2021 15:25
  
  A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as work crews hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia's capital city for more than a century.
  
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• Former Renaissance Festival supervisor admits to sexually assaulting 3 female teen workers

  08-09-2021 14:56
  
  The 31-year-old has pleaded guilty and could receive a sentence as long as 19-plus years.
  
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• Minneapolis students head back to class as district redesign takes effect

  08-09-2021 14:54
  
  Many other metro districts are also starting the year Wednesday.
  
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• Court weighs drug distributor's insurance coverage fight

  08-09-2021 14:49
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court is deciding whether the insurance company for a drug distributor should be forced to provide a legal defense in the company's fight against government lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic.
  
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