In normal times, members of the Minneapolis Police Department and some other departments would march in the Twin Cities Pride parade. But these are not normal times and organizers have said the police should stay away, at least as much as police can stay away from public gatherings. Read more →
These days, we’ll take a little hopefulness anywhere we can find it, and if you’ve been reading the comments since last week’s court decision in St. Paul, we can use a little hopefulness. Read more →
Last Friday, a Ramsey County jury found police officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty in the shooting death of Philando Castile during a traffic stop on July 6, 2016. The car Castile was driving — a 1997 white Oldsmobile — became a central piece of evidence. It was towed away that night by authorities, processed by Read more →
In Zanesville, Ohio, somebody forgot to check what they were donating to Goodwill. That cost them $100,000. In Boston, a woman was distracted by her phone, so she lost a $40,000 violin.
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Anybody who’s ever bought lumber knows that a 2×4 isn’t a 2×4, a 1×6 isn’t a 1×6, and a 4×4 isn’t a 4×4.
A lot of lawyers have never bought lumber, however. Read more →
The engineering report, funded by a quarry, has now set off a dispute with the U.S. Geological Survey which insists the blast, registering 2.8 on the Richter Scale, was caused by blasting. But the report says that an earthquake occurred seven seconds after the quarry blast, two miles below the ground and a mile south of the quarry.
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We have another story of a high school valedictorian wresting control from the school administrators who don’t want to give it up. Read more →
County boards are faced with a choice: Provide the leadership on transportation issues that state leaders are unable or unwilling to provide, or wait for someone to somehow change the reality that Minnesota state government does not work. Read more →
I can’t get my head around the mess that will be Interstate 94 in Minneapolis this summer. Read more →
A trashed campsite captured on video is a perfect example of how to be terrible stewards of the environment. Read more →
Dick and Donna Mueller, who started the cheese curd craze at the fair decades ago, had hoped to retire and hand the booth over to younger members of the family. The State Fair board said no. After two months of wrangling, the family said Tuesday they’re calling it quits. Read more →
The day after a mostly white jury for killing Philando Castile during a traffic stop last July, award-winning writer Marlon James gave us some words. Read more →
A Colorado man is trying to do what anti-smoking activists did years ago; he’s trying to get restrictions on cellphone sales to kids.
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What does it say about America that a guy can’t dress up like a bear and play some music without getting jumped?
It happened again to Keytar Bear, who is an iconic busker in Boston.
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Chrisopher Cline, of Buffalo, Minn., reports he was helping with a newborn calf on the farm when he was attacked by the calf’s mother.
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