'Highly active' northern lights displays this weekend may be largest in 20 years

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The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Friday and Saturday, the first since 2005.
In this file image, the Target logo is displayed on shopping carts outside of Target store in California.
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Target limits Pride merchandise to select stores after last year's backlash

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Minnesota authorities call spike in distracted driving 'disturbing' and 'unacceptable'

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Ellie, 7, eats dinner with her mother, Meta Getman, at their home in Eden Prairie. Getman, a fertility coach, gave birth to Ellie and her twin, Addie,
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Ellie, 7, eats dinner with her mother, Meta Getman, at their home in Eden Prairie. Getman, a fertility coach, gave birth to Ellie and her twin, Addie, through in vitro fertilization.

Abortion bans made Minnesota a health care island. Could the same happen with IVF?

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After Alabama Supreme Court ruling, patients and providers worry new restrictions could emerge.
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An upgrade on the usual breakfast sandwich from Animales Barbeque Co.: peppery, smoked pastrami, soft scrambled eggs and cheese on cheesy focaccia.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

Devouring the menu at a new music club, barbecue for brunch, a transportive Puerto Rican favorite, a don't-miss lunchtime sushi special and celebrating morel season made for a tasty week.
Dan Cohen traveled door to door in north Minneapolis campaigning for mayor in 2013, more than four decades after his last run for the office.
Local

He fought this newspaper — and won. Dan Cohen, mainstay of Minneapolis politics for decades, dies at 87.

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University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis in 2020.
Business

What's a fair price for University of Minnesota Medical Center?

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Hennepin County Deputy Sherriff C. V. Swanberg destroyed paraphernalia from a gambling club in 1939.

How did gambling develop into a major industry in Minnesota?

Gambling had been largely illegal in the state until half a century ago.
Opinion

Legislature must act — properly — on Uber and Lyft before adjourning

Letting the companies leave will damage our economy and regional reputation. That requires repairing, not aggravating, the damage done by the Minneapolis City Council.

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