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Sharp divisions persist over Walz's response to the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz faced the biggest crisis of his political career when Minnesota’s two largest cities erupted in protests and riots after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. The Black man's murder in 2020 sparked a nationwide reckoning over...
A woman pleads guilty to trying to bribe a juror in a major COVID-related fraud case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Seattle woman pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in one of the country's largest COVID-19-related fraud cases. Ladan Mohamed Ali, 31, dropped off a cash bribe in a plan...
Human remains believed to be hundreds of years old found on shores of Minnesota lake
People gathering wild rice from Minnesota's third-largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old. Authorities suspect erosion caused the remains of at least three people to surface on the shores of Leech Lake, where they...
Minnesota hosts FCS foe Rhode Island in attempt to rebound from flubbed opener
Rhode Island (1-0) at Minnesota (0-1), Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (Peacock) BetMGM college football odds: no line. Series record: First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Minnesota must rebound from an error-filled 19-17 loss to North Carolina, the...
More TV opportunities are helping fuel the rapid growth of women's college volleyball
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Just watch us once and you’ll be hooked. That is the message women’s college volleyball programs kept delivering as their sport went relatively unnoticed, struggling to find a television home amid the flurry of football games dominating screens each fall. ...
Toro: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Toro Co. (TTC) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $119.3 million. On a per-share basis, the Bloomington, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of $1.14. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were...
New PWHL Minnesota GM Melissa Caruso focuses on the future rather than offseason concerns
New PWHL Minnesota GM Melissa Caruso focused on addressing the future on Wednesday, rather than the past and the offseason troubles the franchise encountered after winning the women’s hockey league’s inaugural championship. Speaking on a Zoom video call a day after being hired,...
That photo of people wearing 'Nebraska Walz's for Trump' shirts? They're distant cousins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A sister of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz says she doesn’t recognize the people wearing “Nebraska Walz’s for Trump” T-shirts in a photo that is making the rounds on social media. It turns out they are distant cousins. The photo shows eight...
A Minnesota man whose juvenile murder sentence was commuted is found guilty on gun and drug charges
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has convicted a Minnesota man on gun and drug charges in a case that drew attention because he was sentenced to life in prison as a teen in a high-profile murder case and spent 18 years in prison before his sentence was commuted. Hennepin County Judge...
Election Day is about 2 months away and ready or not, the first ballots could go out within days
It might feel like the presidential election is still a long way off. It’s not. Election Day on Nov. 5 is only about two months away, and major dates, events and political developments will make it fly by. The stretch between now and then will go as fast as summer break from school...
