Midwest Grapples With Wildfires Amid Record Heat and Dry Conditions
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Midwest Grapples With Wildfires Amid Record Heat and Dry Conditions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The National Weather Service placed most of the Upper Midwest and part of the Northern Plains on high alert on Monday as temperatures approached 100 degrees and extremely dry conditions created an elevated risk for wildfires in the region. The unseasonably high temperatures…

Justice Dept. Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor Office Over Race Policy
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Justice Dept. Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor Office Over Race Policy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division said on Saturday that she was investigating a new policy in Minnesota’s largest county to determine whether it illegally considers race as a factor in plea deals. Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general…

Jill Sobule, Singer Behind ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dead at 66
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Jill Sobule, Singer Behind ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dead at 66

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jill Sobule, the singer and songwriter whose hit “Supermodel” and gay anthem “I Kissed a Girl” were followed by three decades of touring, advocacy and a one-woman musical, died on Thursday morning in a house fire in Woodbury, Minn., according to her publicist….

Minnesota Man Aditya Harsono Whose Student Visa Was Revoked Talks About Detainment
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Minnesota Man Aditya Harsono Whose Student Visa Was Revoked Talks About Detainment

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Recent videos on social media showing immigration agents taking people into custody unnerved Aditya Harsono, who had himself come to this country from Indonesia on a student visa. But he said he presumed that the media was probably exaggerating the extent of the…

Paige Bueckers’ hometown being renamed after her for WNBA debut
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Paige Bueckers’ hometown being renamed after her for WNBA debut

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Paige Bueckers has the whole city of Hopkins behind her — even in name. In a salute to one of its most accomplished residents, the city of Hopkins, Minnesota, will temporarily rename itself “Paige Bueckers, Minnesota” on May 16, 2025. This special designation…

Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off 0 Million in Federal Food Aid
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Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off $240 Million in Federal Food Aid

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The leader of a Minnesota anti-hunger nonprofit was convicted in U.S. District Court on Wednesday of masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds with a network of bogus food kitchens that billed the government for 91…

Trump Pulled 0 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.
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Trump Pulled $400 million From Columbia. Other Schools Could Be Next.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a pall over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next. The schools, a mix that includes both public universities and Ivy League institutions, have been…

Opinion | ‘S.N.L.’ Is for Me and All the Other Outsiders
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Opinion | ‘S.N.L.’ Is for Me and All the Other Outsiders

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines My parents had friends and attended and threw parties, but even so, there was something about adulthood that struck me as serious when I was a kid — adults spent their days getting their oil changed, filling out paperwork, going to funerals —…

Trans Man Killed in New York Was Tortured for Two Months, Police Say
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Trans Man Killed in New York Was Tortured for Two Months, Police Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who had been missing since December was subjected to violence and torture before his body was found this week in a field in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, the authorities said. Five people were…