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Willi Castro hits 2-run homer in 7th and Twins top Rays 3-2
Willi Castro hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2. Edouard Julien also homered for the Twins, who lead the AL Central by 7 1/2 games over Cleveland with 17 to play.
The new COVID boosters are coming: Here's what you need to know
Updated versions of the mRNA vaccines roll out this week. Experts say they offer good protection against current COVID variants. Who should get them, and when's the best time to roll up your sleeve?
Carver library board declines to remove 'Gender Queer' from shelves
A Twin Cities metro library system has decided to keep a memoir told in graphic novel form on its shelves after a request to remove it. Dozens of supporters of the book testified during a Tuesday public hearing.
CDC advisers back broad rollout of new COVID boosters
A panel of doctors and scientists advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that people 6 months of age and older get new COVID boosters this fall.
Boyfriend 'waterboarded' St. Kate's student during 4-day dorm assault, charges allege
Ramsey County prosecutors allege in a complaint filed Monday that Keanu Avery Labatte, 19, began attacking his girlfriend of two months soon after arriving on campus to visit her Thursday evening and continued to assault her until she escaped her dorm room Sunday morning.
The union representing about 1,700 meatpacking workers at the Hormel Foods plant in Austin, Minn., says they’ll vote this week on a contract proposal it’s calling a “final offer” from the company.