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Shooting in Minneapolis' Ventura Village neighborhood leaves 1 dead, 2 injured

The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that happened near East Phillips Park in the Ventura Village neighborhood Thursday evening...

Minnesota doctors urge families to take precautions after seeing uptick in sledding-related accidents

Doctors believe the increase in sledding-related hospitalizations is likely due to families spending more time outside during the pandemic ...

Community activists announce protest plans ahead of Chauvin murder trial in George Floyd case

US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia

Family, investigators seek answers 2 years after deadly home invasion involving 76-year-old Mankato grandmother

Minnesota to expand vaccine eligibility once 70% of seniors receive doses

Man dead from stabbing in Minneapolis neighborhood, no arrests made

Local

Officers involved in fatal Isanti County shooting identified

According to the BCA, the incident was captured both on body cameras and dash cameras ...

2 Line 3 protesters arrested for blocking traffic in St. Louis County

The Northern Lights Task Force said authorities received a report that protesters had blocked Robinson Road at about 6:18 a.m. The road is used by workers to access the Line 3 project ...

New hot sauce to help Minnesota farmers after last year's hail storms

Last summer storms hit farmers in southeast Minnesota hard ...

Inmate sentenced to additional prison time for trying to obtain contraband

An inmate at the Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution was sentenced to additional prison time for trying to obtain contraband ...

Health alert issued for Whole Foods meatballs over undeclared allergen

According to FSIS, the product was sold at Whole Foods locations in Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin ...

Investigative

The Lost Souls: More Minnesotans are falling into criminal justice system 'gap' than ever before

It’s a system "gap" where hundreds of people end up in limbo; they are unable to stand trial but also cannot receive critical services to treat their mental illness...

Business

Costco to raise starting hourly wage to $16; end hazard pay

Costco has 180,000 employees in the U.S. Jelinek said more than half make $25 an hour or more ...

A Costco sign is seen on the wall of a new store in Ridgeland, Miss., Thursday, March 12, 2020. Costco will increase its starting wage to $16 an hour, surpassing most of its main competitors at a time when efforts to raise the minimum wage are gaining traction in the U.S. Costco CEO Craig Jelinek announced the increase Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at a Senate Budget Committee hearing, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, to examine wages at major companies.

Medical

As hospital numbers fall, fatigued staff get relief at last

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. has plummeted by 80,000 in six weeks, and nearly 20 percent of the nation's adult population has gotten vaccines ...

In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, registered nurse Chrissie Burkhiser puts on personal protective equipment as she prepares to treat a COVID-19 patient in the in the emergency room at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Mo.

In an investor presentation Thursday, the social media company announced a new feature called “Super Follows,” which will let users charge for extra, exclusive material not shown to their regular followers ...

Facebook says it will pay $1B over 3 years to news industry

Facebook, following in Google's footsteps, says it plans to invest $1 billion to "support the news industry” over the next three years ...

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, an iPhone displays the Facebook app in New Orleans. Facebook says it’s going all in to block the spread of bogus vaccine claims. In practice, that means the social network plans to ban a new bunch of false claims in addition to the old bunch of false claims about vaccines or COVID-19 that it has already banned.

Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message

Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out "Dare Mighty Things" in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot parachute. He also included the GPS coordinates for the mission's headquarters at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California ...

This image from video made available by NASA shows the parachute deployed during the descent of the Mars Perseverance rover as it approaches the surface of the planet on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021.

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