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June 15, 2024 6:20 AM

Soaring insurance rates send more people shopping for deals

Home and auto insurance premiums have been rising at double-digit rates. That's prompting even the most loyal insurance customers to shop around for better deals.

by Scott Horsley

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June 15, 2024 6:01 AM

From ‘romantasy’ to reality TV, why we love guilty pleasures so much

Neuroscientists say the pleasure response helps us survive as a species. So why do we feel embarrassed by some of the things we love the most?

by Rachel Carlson

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June 15, 2024 5:31 AM

Olympics reassigns a 1900 medal — and its winner — from Britain to France

A French historian recently made a case for a 1900 silver medal to be credited to France, based on the Olympics' informal rules in that era. The cyclist, Lloyd Hildebrand, lived most of his life in France.

by Bill Chappell

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June 14, 2024 7:04 PM

Hundreds of Vietnam vets honored at Mall of America

Hundreds of Vietnam War veterans from across the state were honored at an event hosted by the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.

by Peter Cox

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June 14, 2024 5:55 PM

Health commissioner: State office dedicated to African American health ‘beacon of hope’

The Office of African American Health, established during last year’s legislative session, focuses on identifying and addressing the health disparities faced by African American communities in the state.

by Anika Besst

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June 14, 2024 5:55 PM

Native boarding school healing group responds to Catholic bishops’ apology

At a meeting Friday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a document that acknowledges the church’s role in Native American boarding schools. Minnesota had more than a dozen such schools.

by Tom Crann, Ngoc Bui and Megan Burks

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June 14, 2024 4:48 PM

New I-94 BMX track in Fergus Falls hosts national registration week

This week the gaze of the BMX world fell on Fergus Falls as USA BMX promoted national registration week. With a new starting gate — the first of its kind in Minnesota — the event offered potential BMX’ers an opportunity to try the sport at the nonprofit I-94 BMX.

by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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June 14, 2024 4:00 PM

Second-chance smells? Gustavus Adolphus College’s corpse flower is also a reluctant bloomer

If you weren’t one of the 20,000 people to catch a whiff of Horace at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, you might get a second chance with Gemini, Gustavus Adolphus College’s corpse flower. But like Horace, it’s taking its time to bloom.

by Megan Burks

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June 14, 2024 3:34 PM

Drop the puck! Minnesota PWHL star scores a hockey cameo in ‘Inside Out 2’

Kendall Coyne Schofield, captain of Minnesota’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team, voices a hockey announcer in the animated coming-of-age movie opening Friday. For her, it’s another way to elevate the profile of women’s sports.

by Sam Stroozas