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• Successful surgery for Skeeter the giraffe

  29-10-2021 23:56
  
  The Como Zoo giraffe had a broken foot.
  
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• Minneapolis, St. Paul election results 2021: Mayor, city council, charter amendments and other local races

  29-10-2021 23:47
  
  Minnesota election results 2021: Mayor, city council, charter amendments, local races
  
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• Sheriff defends filing of criminal complaint against Cuomo

  29-10-2021 23:44
  
  A New York sheriff on Friday defended his decision to file a criminal complaint against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo without consulting prosecutors or the accuser, a woman who says the Democrat groped her late last year.
  
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• Minneapolis students walk out of class in response to teacher's alleged derogatory comments

  29-10-2021 23:41
  
  On Friday afternoon, students were seen outside the school, calling on leadership to fire the accused staffer.
  
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• US Democratic governors to participate in U.N. climate talks

  29-10-2021 23:35
  
  U.S. governors want a seat at the table as international leaders prepare to gather in Scotland at a critical moment for global efforts to reduce fossil fuel emissions and slow the planet's temperature rise.
  
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• Police: Farmington man killed his mother, father and brother

  29-10-2021 23:30
  
  Prosecutors say there is no known motive for the violence.
  
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• Oregon's biggest city has 'long way to go' repairing its rep

  29-10-2021 22:59
  
  Portland's "badly damaged" reputation – marked by months of destructive protests, a homeless crisis and record year of homicides – is hurting the standing of Oregon's largest city, according to the city's main tourism promoter.
  
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• 2 charged in Easter Sunday crash that killed 2

  29-10-2021 22:56
  
  The investigation showed that both drivers were travelling at speeds of 41 to 64 miles per hour over the posted speed limit.
  
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• US to gauge climate damage from federal oil and gas sales

  29-10-2021 22:54
  
  U.S. government regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling on federal lands on a national scale, as the Biden administration steps up efforts to address climate change, the Interior Department said Friday.
  
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• COVID-19 shots for Minnesota teens increase 38%

  29-10-2021 22:11
  
  The state is offering $200 to teens who get fully vaccinated by end of November. Those wanting the $200 Visa gift card should get their first dose by Nov. 9 in order to complete the two doses needed to qualify.
  
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• KARE 11 Investigates: Deadly pattern at Hennepin jail

  29-10-2021 20:30
  
  The state sanctioned Minnesota’s largest county jail after skipped well-being checks – and falsified records – involving multiple inmate deaths.
  
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• KARE 11 Investigates: No independence in jail death investigations

  29-10-2021 20:27
  
  When a jail inmate dies in Minnesota, counties typically investigate themselves and find they did nothing wrong, despite evidence to the contrary.
  
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• Ahead of Rittenhouse trial, race at the forefront

  29-10-2021 20:25
  
  Kyle Rittenhouse, the aspiring police officer who gunned down three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a protest against racism and police brutality, is white. So were those he shot. But for many, his trial next week will be watched closely as the latest referendum on race and the American legal system.
  
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• KARE 11 Investigates: Shoplifting arrest becomes death sentence for MN teenager

  29-10-2021 20:22
  
  A 19-year-old girl arrested for shoplifting had uncontrolled vomiting that went untreated. KARE 11 investigates why she died in jail four days later.
  
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• KARE 11 Investigates: Jail medical contract awarded based on misleading information

  29-10-2021 20:19
  
  MEnD Correctional Care gets another multi-million, taxpayer-funded contract to provide health care for inmates without disclosing its troubled past
  
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• KARE 11 investigates: Records reveal multiple failures to prevent inmate’s death

  29-10-2021 20:18
  
  Beltrami County jail staff believed Hardel Sherrell was faking paralysis. FBI is investigating why they failed to follow medical orders that might have saved him.
  
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• KARE 11 Investigates: FBI to open investigation into Beltrami County inmate’s death

  29-10-2021 20:17
  
  Records, surveillance tapes show Hardel Sherrell suffered for days in jail before becoming partially paralyzed and dying; his jailers thought he was faking
  
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• Families rally for justice outside jail at center of inmate death scandal

  29-10-2021 20:16
  
  Calling for justice for their loved ones, families held a prayerful protest outside Beltrami County Jail.
  
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• KARE 11 Investigates: Cruel and Unusual

  29-10-2021 20:13
  
  Preventable deaths, botched investigations, falsified records and a suicide crisis. A KARE 11 investigation exposes suspicious pattern of inmate deaths.
  
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• Medicaid issues, not Medicare's, get fixes in Biden budget

  29-10-2021 20:05
  
  Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden's social agenda framework even as divisions force Democrats to hit pause on far-reaching improvements to Medicare.
  
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• Live updates: 3,348 new COVID cases; 16 deaths

  29-10-2021 19:47
  
  Here is the latest data on Minnesota's battle against COVID-19, and increased vaccination and testing across the state.
  
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• COVID-19 shots for Minnesota teens increase 38% with $200 incentive program

  29-10-2021 19:23
  
  The state is offering $200 to teens who get fully vaccinated by end of November. Those wanting the $200 Visa gift card should get their first dose by Nov. 9 in order to complete the two doses needed to qualify.
  
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• Former University of Minnesota gymnast sues school for eliminating his sport, wants team reinstated

  29-10-2021 18:58
  
  The University of Minnesota cut men's gymnastics, tennis and indoor track programs last year.
  
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• GOP Trump critic Rep. Adam Kinzinger won't seek reelection

  29-10-2021 18:35
  
  Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a critic of Donald Trump's who is on the panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack by the former president's supporters, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection next year.
  
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• Man who gave drugs to inmate sentenced to 12 years in prison

  29-10-2021 18:32
  
  A man who smuggled heroin into the Manitowoc County Jail and gave to an inmate who died of an overdose has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
  
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• Hibbing man dies in pedestrian crash

  29-10-2021 18:13
  
  Alcohol was not a factor in the crash, according to authorities
  
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• As COVID cases fall, Halloween brings more fun and less fear

  29-10-2021 17:40
  
  Witches and warlocks, ghosts and ghouls can breathe a little easier this year: Coronavirus cases in the U.S. are on the decline, and trick-or-treaters can feel safer collecting candy.
  
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• Former University of Minnesota gymnast sues school for eliminating his sport

  29-10-2021 17:35
  
  The U cut men's gymnastics, tennis and indoor track programs last year.
  
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• NYC braces for fewer cops, more trash as vax deadline looms

  29-10-2021 16:50
  
  Mounting trash. Closed firehouses. Fewer police and ambulances on the street.
  
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• No more dress-up for Smokey Bear statue in International Falls

  29-10-2021 16:36
  
  City Council nixes shirts, skates, mittens and other non-standard garb.
  
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• California oil spill: Surfing, swimming OK but fishing out

  29-10-2021 16:25
  
  Four weeks after an oil spill washed blobs of crude onto Southern California's coast, surfers have returned to the waves and people play in the surf.
  
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• West, North, South, Park: Why are there so many suburbs named St. Paul?

  29-10-2021 13:45
  
  Many east metro locales are named after Minnesota's capital city, though not all of their names neatly line up with the compass.
  
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• Why do Minnesotans remember the Halloween Blizzard of 1991 so vividly? Memory expert weighs in

  29-10-2021 13:12
  
  "It's like a perfect storm for memory. Every factor that creates a strong memory was present," St. Thomas psychology professor Greg Robinson-Riegler said.
  
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• One man's journey to live as a 'digital nomad'

  29-10-2021 10:46
  
  After giving up most of their possessions, Christopher Elliott and his two sons are on an mission to see the world.
  
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• Wild log second loss of the season after falling 4-1 to Seattle

  29-10-2021 10:42
  
  Minnesota was without top scorer Mats Zuccarello after the winger was placed in the NHL's COVID protocol.
  
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• Anton Lazzaro asks court for his Ferrari, cash back

  29-10-2021 05:16
  
  His attorneys claim the seized property is no longer relevant to the case.
  
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• Minneapolis police ballot question divides Black activists, leaders

  29-10-2021 02:19
  
  Proponents say this is their one shot at addressing policing issues. Opponents argue "ending" police is too much of a risk.
  
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• U.S. Appeals Court upholds ruling that St. Cloud State violated Title IX

  29-10-2021 01:58
  
  But the appeals court is sending part of the argument back to district court.
  
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• Stern judge among key players in Kyle Rittenhouse trial

  29-10-2021 01:55
  
  Jury selection starts Monday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois man accused of killing two people at a police brutality protest last year.
  
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• St. Cloud mayor dedicates time capsule chronicling COVID-19 era

  29-10-2021 01:36
  
  St. Cloud time capsule captures pandemic era for future generations.
  
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• Police vacancies, reform stirring controversy as Golden Valley election approaches

  29-10-2021 01:16
  
  Nearly a dozen officers left in 2021.
  
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• Minnesota U.S. judge strengthens interim ban on law enforcement using force against journalists covering unrest

  29-10-2021 00:16
  
  The order in connection with suit against MPD, patrol and others dismisses contention that it's difficult to tell reporters from rioters.
  
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• Minnesota U.S. judge orders indefinite ban on law enforcement using force against journalists covering unrest

  29-10-2021 00:16
  
  The order in connection with suit against MPD, patrol and others dismisses contention that it's difficult to tell reporters from rioters.
  
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• Faribault couple ID'd as victims in northern Minnesota home explosion

  29-10-2021 00:10
  
  Michael Gramse is listed in serious condition at Essentia Health's St. Mary's Medical Center.
  
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