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Stories from January 2, 2025

Special election race drops down to two candidates; Tentative agreement for Minneapolis consent decree

Several candidates dropped out of a race for a suburban House seat today, setting up a head-to-head match this month. And the City of Minneapolis and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached a tentative agreement on a consent decree, which could mandate extensive reforms to the Minneapolis Police Department. Sources confirmed the tentative agreement to MPR News.
by Emily Reese

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Residents of condemned St. Paul apartment suddenly displaced again

Residents of condemned St. Paul apartment suddenly displaced again

Former residents of St. Paul’s Lowry Building apartments have been suddenly displaced twice in the last month — once when the troubled building was condemned, and again this week when their temporary housing ended.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Skol Showdown: Vikings-Lions matchup to determine Kings of the North and NFC

Skol Showdown: Vikings-Lions matchup to determine Kings of the North and NFC

Sunday’s Vikings-Lions game will be the first regular season matchup in NFL history between teams with 14 wins. Sunday night’s primetime winner will secure the number one seed, a homefield advantage in the playoffs and a first round bye.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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State task force recommends decriminalization of psychedelics in new report

State task force recommends decriminalization of psychedelics in new report

Minnesota’s Psychedelic Medicine Task force came out with their first major report since its formation in 2023. Their recommendations to the Legislature include the decriminalization of some psychedelic drugs.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone and was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group

FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone and was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group

The Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans acted alone, the FBI said Thursday, reversing its position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others in the deadly attack that officials said was inspired by the Islamic State group.
by The Associated Press

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Why so many Somali Americans celebrate their birthdays on New Year’s Day

Why so many Somali Americans celebrate their birthdays on New Year’s Day

Somali refugees, and other immigrant communities, did not always have records of their birth date when they moved to the U.S. When filling out paperwork to resettle in the U.S., many immigrants chose or were assigned Jan. 1 as their birthday.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Soldier shot self in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say

Soldier shot self in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say

The highly decorated Army soldier inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas shot himself in the head just before detonation, authorities said Thursday.
by The Associated Press

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Unexpected power shifts and law changes mark a new year for Minnesota politics

Unexpected power shifts and law changes mark a new year for Minnesota politics

The start of the year also means the start of a busy time at the state capitol. Several new laws went into effect on New Year’s Day, including a new law banning junk fees and a crackdown on forever chemicals known as PFAS.
by Nina Moini, Clay Masters and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Beargrease sled dog race postponed until March because of lack of snow

Beargrease sled dog race postponed until March because of lack of snow

The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, originally scheduled for late January along the North Shore of Lake Superior, has been postponed to March 2 because of a lack of snow and poor trail conditions.
by Dan Kraker

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Monticello nuclear plant gets federal approval to keep operating until 2050

Monticello nuclear plant gets federal approval to keep operating until 2050

Xcel Energy has said continuing to operate its two Minnesota nuclear plants, at Prairie Island and Monticello, is critical to its transition to carbon-free electricity. But some critics have raised safety concerns about the aging plant.
by Kirsti Marohn

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A drop in groundwater could mean big trouble for a tiny snail as Nevada lithium project presses on

A drop in groundwater could mean big trouble for a tiny snail as Nevada lithium project presses on

Opponents of a huge lithium mine under construction in Nevada want U.S. officials to investigate whether the project already has caused a drop in groundwater levels that could lead to extinction of a tiny snail.
by The Associated Press

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British rapper Stormzy banned from driving for using phone behind wheel of his Rolls-Royce

British rapper Stormzy banned from driving for using phone behind wheel of his Rolls-Royce

British rapper Stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months after admitting that he drove his Rolls-Royce through London while using his phone. The 31-year-old whose real name is Michael Ebenazer Owuo Jr. is known for bringing the grime genre of rap into the commercial mainstream.
by The Associated Press

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Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died at age 103. Hungary’s state news agency says Keleti died Thursday morning in Budapest. She was hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on Dec. 25.
by The Associated Press

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An aspiring nurse, a football star, a single mother and a father of 2 killed in New Orleans attack

An aspiring nurse, a football star, a single mother and a father of 2 killed in New Orleans attack

An 18-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a football star suffered fatal injuries when the driver of a white pickup truck sped onto Bourbon Street, packed with holiday revelers.
by The Associated Press

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What is the Islamic State group and what attacks has it inspired?

What is the Islamic State group and what attacks has it inspired?

The FBI says it recovered the black flag of the Islamic State group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Wednesday’s attack killed 15 people.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota hosts No. 20 Purdue following Boilermakers’ 83-64 victory against Toledo

Minnesota hosts No. 20 Purdue following Boilermakers’ 83-64 victory against Toledo

No. 20 Purdue takes on the Minnesota Golden Gophers after Boilermakers’ 83-64 victory against the Toledo Rockets. Thursday’s meeting is the first this season for the squads. Minnesota is 0-2 against the Big Ten, and Purdue is 1-1 against conference opponents.
by The Associated Press

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Deadline to pull out of two special elections; state’s first 2025 sled dog race postponed

Today is the deadline for candidates to pull out of the running in two special elections for state legislative seats. Minnesota’s first sled dog race of 2025 has been postponed.
by Phil Picardi

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Power is restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after a major blackout

Power is restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after a major blackout

Lights returned to households as well as to Puerto Rico’s hospitals, water plants and sewage facilities after the massive outage that exposed the persistent electricity problems plaguing the island.
by The Associated Press

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U.S. Army veteran who killed 15 in New Orleans attack was inspired by the Islamic State group

U.S. Army veteran who killed 15 in New Orleans attack was inspired by the Islamic State group

President Joe Biden says the U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill.
by The Associated Press

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Rain and warmth forces postponement of the first sled dog race of the season

Rain and warmth forces postponement of the first sled dog race of the season

Recent rain and warm weather has forced the postponement of the Gunflint Mail Run, the first sled dog race of the season in Minnesota, originally planned for Jan. 11. Organizers will continue to assess trail conditions and hope to run the race in February.
by Dan Kraker

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