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Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

May. 15, 2024 13:37 PM EDT

Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 10, 2024. Editorial: ‘Longer we wait, the more people will die’ Legislature should seize the opportunity to pass legislation to help those whose lives have been upended by the opioid epidemic. Serving as the jail...

Susanna Tapani scores her second OT winner of the series to help Boston advance to the PWHL finals

May. 14, 2024 22:43 PM EDT

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Susanna Tapani scored her second overtime winner of the series to help Boston rally past Montreal 3-2 on Tuesday night and advance to the Professional Women’s Hockey League championship series. Boston, which swept Montreal in the best-of-five series, will...

GOP legislative leaders want Democrats to drop Minnesota ERA as part of session-ending deal

May. 14, 2024 17:59 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature called Tuesday on Democrats to drop a proposed state Equal Rights Amendment, better fund rural ambulance services and make other concessions as part of their price for GOP votes on a public works package and an end to...

Proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment draws rival crowds to Capitol for crucial votes

May. 14, 2024 08:11 AM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting it on the 2026 ballot. However, the state House adjourned without voting on the...

Rooney posts an 18-save shutout and Minnesota beats Toronto 2-0 in Game 3 of PWHL semifinal series

May. 13, 2024 22:52 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Maggie Flaherty and Denisa Krizova each scored in the second period and Minnesota beat Toronto 2-0 on Monday night in Game 3 of the Professional Women’s Hockey League semifinal series. Minnesota, which trails the best-of-five series 2-1, hosts Game 4 on...

Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Upper Midwest for second straight year

May. 13, 2024 16:29 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row. Fires raging in British Columbia and Alberta have filled the skies with haze over parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and...

Trump will stump in Minnesota, traditionally blue state he insists he can win. Is it really in play?

May. 13, 2024 09:08 AM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's planned campaign visit to Minnesota on Friday will mark his return to a traditionally Democratic state that he has long argued he could carry. Trump will take a break from his hush money trial in New York to speak at the...

Federal agency says a second, if weaker, solar storm surge is likely Sunday

May. 12, 2024 15:26 PM EDT

A U.S. government agency said a weaker repeat of Saturday’s powerful solar storm was likely on Sunday. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that “coronal mass ejections” — clouds of ejected solar plasma that can cause power grid irregularities and...

Northern Lights Gallery

May. 11, 2024 14:12 PM EDT

A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight, with sightings of the Northern Lights as far south as Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Brilliant purple, green, yellow and pink hues were reported worldwide, with sightings in Germany, Switzerland, China, England,...

Minnesota unfurls new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday

May. 11, 2024 13:28 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — Minnesota officially unfurled its new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday on statehood day. The new flag and accompanying state seal were adopted to replace an old design that Native Americans said reminded them of painful memories of...