Schools work to combat rising levels of chronic absenteeism
The number of students missing too much class has risen since the pandemic because of many factors, including increasing mental health challenges.
New Minnesota cannabis director resigns amid report she sold illegal products
Erin DuPree was selling high-dose cannabis products at her hemp shop that weren't compliant with state law.
Controversial group at University of Minnesota Duluth medical school divides students
The Catholic group opposes gender-affirming care, sparking concern for future patients.
Playing 'best baseball,' Twins beat Angels to clinch AL Central title
The Twins are the champions of the AL Central for the ninth time, and third time in the past five seasons. For the first time since 2010, they celebrated at home.
Bloomington snags 14 men soliciting undercover cops in prostitution sting
Most of the suspects are in their 20s and 30s, police said. The youngest is 18 and the oldest 64.
Americans trying to get new COVID vaccine hit insurance snags, face bills
Insurers are supposed to pay for the updated coronavirus vaccine after the federal government stopped buying them. But some consumers are being turned away.
Local
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Shooting injures four men at Lyn-Lake in south Minneapolis
Brooks: One last party signals the end of an era for Open Streets Minneapolis
Early voting begins for Minneapolis, St. Paul City Council elections
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Playing 'best baseball,' Twins beat Angels to clinch AL Central title
Reusse: Twins' next goal is simple: Win one lousy postseason game
Living larger: Gophers get boost with transfers from smaller programs
Twins players, staff soak up the celebration after clinching title
Business
Gamified fitness: Minnesotans use health tech to bring personal challenge to friends
Hackers exploited flaw in Eden Prairie firm's software in record year for ransomware attacks
Don't fall prisoner to 'more' ideology
Ecolab study finds access to clean water a key issue around the world, especially Latin America
Opinion
Dysfunction rules at Minneapolis City Hall
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Half-seriously now: The looming government shutdown
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Patrick Reusse
Reusse: Twins' next goal is simple: Win one lousy postseason game
An 18-game postseason losing streak that dates to 2004 continues to hang over this franchise, but at least it has the starting pitching to bring that slide to an end.
Patrick Reusse
Reusse: Lewis made it feel good to be a Twins fan again
At times this season, it felt hard to give the Twins much credit. Then Royce Lewis returned in mid-August, and suddenly even septuagenarian sports writers got less grumpy.
Jennifer Brooks
Brooks: One last party signals the end of an era for Open Streets Minneapolis
Minneapolis is parting ways with the group that opened the streets for a decade of summertime fun.
Politics
Rep. Omar leading attempt to create federal office for missing and murdered Black women and girls
New Minnesota cannabis director resigns amid report she sold illegal products
White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding
Gold bars, cash-stuffed envelopes: New indictment of Sen. Menendez alleges vast corruption
Nation
Tropical Storm Ophelia moves inland over North Carolina as coastal areas lashed with wind and rain
Fatal collision that killed 2 pilots brings a tragic end to the Reno air show and confounds experts
Gold bars, cash-stuffed envelopes: New indictment of Sen. Menendez alleges vast corruption
Americans trying to get new COVID vaccine hit insurance snags, face bills
World
Ukraine targets a key Crimean city a day after striking Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Ecolab study finds access to clean water a key issue around the world, especially Latin America
A landslide in Sweden causes a huge sinkhole on a highway and 3 are injured when cars crash
Uganda's president says airstrikes killed 'a lot' of rebels with ties to Islamic State in Congo
Curious Minnesota
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How did Minnesota become a hub for Hmong people?
Celebs
King Charles III winds up his France state visit in Bordeaux to focus on the climate and sip wine
A rare Truman Capote story from the early 1950s is being published for the first time
Sophie Turner sues to force estranged husband Joe Jonas to turn over children's passports
'Euphoria' star Angus Cloud accidentally overdosed on meth, cocaine, fentanyl, coroner says
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