science
New suburban solar projects part of a wave of new projects in Minnesota
There are now an estimated 7,500 solar arrays in the state, with 1,000 going in just last year.
Point a telescope at a black hole, and you see the whole universe
Light from an infinite array of distant stars and galaxies can wrap around the black hole like ribbons around a maypole
Scientist has spent a lifetime stalking her own killer
For decades Nancy Wexler has studied Huntington's, leading breakthroughs for a disease that haunted her grandfather, her mother, now her.
Local
Walz activates National Guard to combat flooding threat
St. Paul schools start distance learning, eye 2020-21 budget
In North Loop, apartment dwellers cheer on medical workers from every balcony
Walz extends stay-at-home order to May 4
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Sports
No-look recruiting: Canceled football camps leave prospects no place to go
Scoggins: Gophers' athletic budget concerns signal restructuring of college sports
U's LaFontaine a goalie by day, meticulous journal keeper by night
Still-closed golf courses take hope from state approval to mow grass
Business
Frontier Airlines moving from Terminal 1 at MSP to Terminal 2
Wells Fargo to resume making emergency small-business loans
Schafer: Supportive communities are a strength, and working from home on video can't last
Minnesota medical retirees get back to work during pandemic
Opinion
Iowa, Dakotas should join Minnesota in COVID-19 fight
Counterpoint: Fear, phobias won't obstruct march toward urban solutions
Sack cartoon: Bernie's barbells
Readers Write: Price gouging, Wisconsin primary, Ilhan Omar, the state budget
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Restoring former farmland: 'The system doesn't just bounce back'
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Life insurance based on genetic profiles to be sold in downtown Minneapolis skyway
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New frontier in cancer care: Turning blood into 'living drugs'
Variety
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Where to get Easter and Passover takeout in the Twin Cities
Duchesne Drew named next president at Minnesota Public Radio
Remembering John Prine: The songwriting great who invented East St. Paul
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Gail Rosenblum
Ann Bancroft Foundation's new director wants girls to dream big
She's only weeks into her role, but Katie Lauer has been preparing for the job much of her life.
James Eli Shiffer
Minneapolis' posting of 'deleted' EPA pages is a bit overheated
One problem: The web pages in question are still on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's website. You can find them linked from the EPA home page.
Steve Alexander
Alexander: Cellphone won't live-stream sports anymore
Q: I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Nexus cellphone last July because it could stream live sporting events and was a size I liked. Then I…
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Politics
With Bernie Sanders out, election matchup is set, and transformed
Secretary of State Simon proposes changes to reduce in-person voting
State Supreme Court allows voter data withheld from public
As outbreaks flatten in places, Japan, India see more cases
Nation
Linda Tripp, whose tapes exposed Clinton affair, dies at 70
HHS: Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted
Ex-Ranger Hamilton indicted, accused of beating daughter, 14
New CDC guidance for essential workers during coronavirus
World
Saudi officials announce Yemen cease-fire amid pandemic
UN health agency on defensive after Trump slams it on virus
Pope creates new expert commission to study women deacons
Masked crowds fill Wuhan's streets, trains as lockdown ends
Curious Minnesota
Was Minnesota once home to nuclear missiles during the Cold War?
Your top questions about Minnesota lakes answered
Why does Minnesota have one of highest rates of volunteering in the country?
Pandemic prep: Here's what you need to know
Duluth
Minnesota child-care providers struggling to stay open during pandemic
St. Louis County buying hotel rooms to shelter homeless
Duluth becomes bald eagle hub during spring migration
Isle Royale National Park opening delayed two months to mid-June
Celebs
Bocelli: It's not a concert for coronavirus, it's a prayer
Celeb chefs unite to feed hungry, help bleeding restaurants
Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73
Judge: R Kelly must remain locked up amid coronavirus crisis
Agriculture
With restaurants closed, a bacon backup is building in Minn. and hog prices are plunging
Job losses in manufacturing show breadth of downturn in Minnesota
Economic fallout from coronavirus is also hitting farmers
Moratorium on large dairies proposed at Minnesota Legislature
Inspired
'Birthday parades' replace missing parties in Hastings during pandemic
Minneapolis-based BLIND Inc. teaches life skills and the joy of independence
Minneapolis woman collected thousands of bras — then gave them away to women in shelters
HandsOn Twin Cities leader shares ways we all can help during pandemic
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Scientists change the ways they hunt the vast virosphere
They have uncovered hundreds of thousands of new species that have yet to be named. And they suspect millions still are waiting to be found.
Climate crisis takes the back burner in global pandemic
Advocates hope global resolve over the pandemic is a model for climate action.
UN climate summit postponed until 2021 because of COVID-19
This year's United Nations global climate summit is being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, host country Britain said Wednesday,
Those without fast internet struggle in a stuck-at-home nation
Online connections are keeping Americans in touch with vital institutions and each other. But that's not much of an option when fast internet service is hard to come by.
Strict social distancing slowing infections, data show
Data on fever levels show strict social distancing may be working.