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• Judge: Cameras will be allowed inside courtroom for Kim Potter trial

  09-11-2021 23:52
  
  Kim Potter will stand trial in Hennepin County on first- and second-degree manslaughter charges in the shooting death of Daunte Wright.
  
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• Minneapolis police officer makes first court appearance for fatal crash

  09-11-2021 23:04
  
  The family and the attorney representing Leneal Frazier's family speaks following MPD officer Brian Cummings' first court appearance.
  
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• Petition calls on Minneapolis to repave Midtown Greenway, saying it's 'botched'

  09-11-2021 22:57
  
  About half of the storied bike path was repaved, but some aren't happy with results.
  
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• Petition calls on Minneapolis to repave Midtown Greenway, say it's 'botched'

  09-11-2021 22:57
  
  About half of the storied bike path was repaved, but some aren't happy with results.
  
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• Petition calls on Minneapolis to repave 'dangerously bad' Midtown Greenway

  09-11-2021 22:57
  
  About half of the storied bike path was repaved, but some aren't happy with results.
  
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• 'Botched' repaving of Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis brings complaints

  09-11-2021 22:57
  
  About half of the storied bike path was repaved, but some aren't happy with results.
  
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• Belarus TV: American facing Jan. 6 riot charges seeks asylum

  09-11-2021 22:20
  
  An American who faces criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riotat the U.S. Capitol is seeking asylum in Belarus, the country's state TV reported, in a move that could further heighten tensions between the turbulent former Soviet nation and the United States.
  
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• Partisan issues drove turnout in Minnetonka school board election

  09-11-2021 22:15
  
  Conservative school board slates focused on COVID mandates and race theory lost in several metro districts.
  
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• Partisan issues drove record turnout in Minnetonka school board election

  09-11-2021 22:15
  
  Conservative school board slates focused on COVID mandates and race theory lost in several metro districts.
  
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• Reward offered for missing Bismarck High School senior

  09-11-2021 22:14
  
  The father of a missing Bismarck High School senior is offering a reward for information that helps authorities find his son.
  
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• Minneapolis dad offers reward for missing Bismarck High School senior

  09-11-2021 22:14
  
  The father of a missing Bismarck High School senior is offering a reward for information that helps authorities find his son.
  
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• Ex-probation officer gets life in prison for helping to plot Mpls. Realtor's murder

  09-11-2021 21:56
  
  She is the the third of five suspects charged in case be sentenced to life in prison.
  
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• General Electric to split into 3 public companies

  09-11-2021 20:20
  
  General Electric, the storied American manufacturer that struggled under its own weight after growing to become a sprawling conglomerate, will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, healthcare and energy.
  
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• Prosecution rests its case at Rittenhouse murder trial

  09-11-2021 20:00
  
  Prosecutors have rested their case against Kyle Rittenhouse after 5 1/2 days of testimony in which they sought to portray him as the instigator in the shootings that left two men dead and a third wounded during street protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  
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• Rittenhouse trial highlights rise of livestreamed video

  09-11-2021 19:50
  
  When Andrew Mercado found himself in the middle of a protest following George Floyd's death in Minneapolis last year, he was just figuring out how to livestream on Facebook. A few months later, though, thousands watched as he streamed footage from the Wisconsin streets where Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people.
  
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• Pathologist: Rittenhouse shot first man at close range

  09-11-2021 19:45
  
  The first man killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha was shot at close range of just a few feet and had soot injuries that could indicate he had his hand over the barrel of Rittenhouse's rifle, a forensic pathologist testified Tuesday.
  
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• COVID cases surge in Minnesota as threat 'remains very high'

  09-11-2021 19:21
  
  Minnesota's COVID-19 indicators showed more cases and hospitalizations, including a surge of newly reported infections over the weekend that exceeded the state's capacity for logging cases.
  
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• Volk Field commander relieved of duties after investigation

  09-11-2021 19:16
  
  There has been a change of command at the Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin.
  
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• Owl habitat cuts by Trump appointees used 'faulty' science

  09-11-2021 19:10
  
  Political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl, U.S. wildlife officials said Tuesday as they struck down a rule that would have opened millions of acres of forest in Oregon, Washington and California to potential logging.
  
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• Max Cleland dies; senator and veteran lost limbs in Vietnam

  09-11-2021 18:20
  
  Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam and later became a groundbreaking Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator from Georgia until an attack ad questioning his patriotism derailed his reelection, died on Tuesday. He was 79.
  
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• Drone video at Rittenhouse murder trial shows first shooting

  09-11-2021 18:10
  
  The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial Tuesday watched drone video that showed Rittenhouse wheeling around and shooting Joseph Rosenbaum at close range during a night of turbulent protests on the streets of Kenosha.
  
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• Oklahoma court overturns $465M opioid ruling against J&J

  09-11-2021 18:05
  
  The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $465 million opioid ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, finding that a lower court wrongly interpreted the state's public nuisance law.
  
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• Minnesota lets public weigh in on adequacy of mining rules

  09-11-2021 18:00
  
  Minnesota regulators began accepting public comments Tuesday on whether the state's regulation of nonferrous mining would provide sufficient protection against environmental damage to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
  
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• KARE in the Air: Mississippi River Valley Bluff Country

  09-11-2021 17:47
  
  When glaciers that covered Minnesota melted 10,000 years ago, moving water carved the deep valleys of the region while sparing the soft limestone bluffs.
  
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• Ramsey County prosecutor announces run for Hennepin County attorney

  09-11-2021 16:51
  
  Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Saraswati Singh is the fourth candidate to run for the post.
  
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• Despite reopening, the US is still closed to many in world

  09-11-2021 16:47
  
  The U.S. says that it's inviting the global community to visit now that the government has ended the ban on travelers from 33 countries.
  
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• Do look down: Scaling one of NYC's tallest skyscrapers

  09-11-2021 16:40
  
  As I climbed the narrow metal steps on the edge of the skyscraper, the safety harness that kept me attached to the building — nearly 1,300 feet up — kept clicking, like a roller-coaster heading toward its first drop.
  
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• Fargo woman sentenced to 7 years for killing boyfriend

  09-11-2021 15:42
  
  A Fargo woman has been sentenced to serve seven years in prison for fatally stabbing her boyfriend.
  
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• #Sunrisers Book Club Review: 'From the Gridiron to the Battlefield: Minnesota's March to a College Football Title and into World War II'

  09-11-2021 15:23
  
  KARE11 Reporter Danny Spewak follows the remarkable story of the 1941 Golden Gophers and the sacrifices the young athletes made during World War II.
  
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• Panel on Enbridge Line 3 pipeline hosted by Minnesotans at UN Climate Change Conference

  09-11-2021 15:22
  
  Indigenous leaders, Minnesota lawmakers, educators and researchers will speak at COP26 Tuesday.
  
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• Man pulled from burning house in north Minneapolis

  09-11-2021 15:10
  
  The victim was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, the fire department said.
  
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• Celebrate Betty White's birthday by watching 10 hours of her work for $1,000

  09-11-2021 14:53
  
  Choice Mutual Insurance is looking for a Betty White superfan to watch 10 hours of TV and film clips to celebrate the actress's upcoming 100th birthday.
  
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• No joke: Comedians, cannabis companies push pot legalization

  09-11-2021 14:45
  
  Big cannabis companies are backing a new, celebrity-infused campaign to enlist marijuana users to pressure members of Congress to legalize pot nationwide.
  
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• KARE in the Air: Winona on the Mississippi

  09-11-2021 14:45
  
  Winona sits on the Mississippi River in the heart of bluff country. One, a 575-foot overlook in Garvin Heights Park, provides a view that stretches 20 to 30 miles.
  
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• Woman killed in McLeod County crash

  09-11-2021 14:33
  
  A Robbinsdale man was hurt in the crash on Hwy. 7 near Lester Prairie.
  
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• Storied General Electric to split into 3 public companies

  09-11-2021 14:20
  
  The storied American company General Electric will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, healthcare and energy.
  
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• Police break up large melee outside high school in Madison, Wis.

  09-11-2021 14:14
  
  Police used pepper spray to break up a large melee outside a Madison high school, sending five students to the hospital.
  
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• KARE in the Air: Barn Bluff and historic Red Wing

  09-11-2021 13:57
  
  From the mid-nineteenth century to the present the natural rise has looked down on Red Wing as it transformed into a center of travel, industry and tourism.
  
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• Protesters target home of judge in Kim Potter case

  09-11-2021 11:45
  
  One activist filmed himself going right up to the door of what he said was the home of Judge Regina Chu, demanding cameras in the courtroom for the upcoming trial.
  
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• Ron Schara marks 1,000th episode of 'Minnesota Bound,' the show that almost wasn't

  09-11-2021 05:32
  
  Longtime host reflects on Raven, a red bandana and the Minnesota institution he helped create.
  
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• Grizzlies rally to top Timberwolves in OT, 125-118

  09-11-2021 05:21
  
  Memphis trailed by as many as 16 with 7:30 left in regulation Monday before a 21-4 rally.
  
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• Mayor Carter asks St. Paul council to exempt new construction from rent control

  09-11-2021 05:09
  
  Voters passed the rent control measure last week, capping increases at three percent. Developers have said the move could put projects at risk.
  
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• Sources: Cops who witnessed 2013 Terrance Franklin shooting want immunity for new information

  09-11-2021 03:04
  
  They are offering information in exchange for immunity in the 2013 fatal police shooting of Terrance Franklin.
  
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• Minnesota welcomes Canadians as U.S. border crossings reopen

  09-11-2021 02:45
  
  For the first time in near­ly 20 months, full­y vac­ci­nat­ed Ca­na­di­ans can en­ter the Unit­ed States to shop, trav­el and see fam­i­ly, the start to a much-need­ed boost for Minnesota tour­ism.
  
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• Minnesota reopening driver exam stations in phases

  09-11-2021 02:37
  
  28 stations are slated to reopen by the end of the year.
  
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• Franklin Graham undergoes heart surgery at Mayo Clinic

  09-11-2021 02:24
  
  Evangelist Franklin Graham successfully underwent a specialized heart surgery on Monday to treat a condition which had developed in recent months, a spokesman said.
  
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• Minnesota's list of impaired waters grows

  09-11-2021 02:10
  
  MPCA's biennial list now includes 2,904 bodies of water with a total of 6,168 impairments from sediment, nutrients, mercury, bacteria and PFOS — "forever" chemicals.
  
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• Video forensics could be key to understanding 'mass casualty event' at Houston concert

  09-11-2021 02:01
  
  A team of journalists is among those combing through social media posts that provide insight into the Astroworld tragedy that left eight dead.
  
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• Four armed robberies on, near U of M campus in one week

  09-11-2021 00:58
  
  Police are investigating a string of armed robberies that occurred on and near the University of Minnesota campus between Nov. 3 and 7.
  
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• Richfield Council Member runs for Hennepin County Attorney

  09-11-2021 00:51
  
  Simon Trautmann is the third candidate to officially announce their run for the office.
  
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