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Teachers in Minneapolis say they'll strike starting Tuesday

Teachers in the Minneapolis School District said they would go on strike after failing to reach agreement on a new contract

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Student mental health support a sticking point in teacher talks

MINNEAPOLIS — Many Minneapolis school counselors have caseloads topping 450 students — almost twice the workload recommended by the American School Counselor Association. St. Paul schools have one counselor for every 230 students.

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The 'Mask Nerd' of Minneapolis wants you to be safe

MINNEAPOLIS — Aaron Collins is standing in his bathroom, holding a white mask to his face while stretching its straps to the back of his head.

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Twin teacher strikes possible in Minneapolis and St. Paul

Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools could strike as soon as Tuesday for higher wages, smaller class sizes and more mental health services

The Independent UK

Minneapolis music legend Morris Day says Prince's estate won't let him use 'the Time' anymore

MINNEAPOLIS — Morris Day is having a bad time with the Prince estate.

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Tentative contract would give Minneapolis officers raise

Minneapolis police officers would get pay raises and payments totaling $7,000 under a tentative contract agreement that also includes some provisions related to discipline

The Independent UK

Luke DeCock: Duke often plays games where it has everything to gain. Against UNC, it just can’t lose.

DURHAM, N.C. — Perhaps not since 1992, when Duke went to Minneapolis with a chance to be the first repeat champion since UCLA, have the Blue Devils played a game like Saturday where the consequences of losing so vastly outweighed the rewards of winning.

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Darius Rucker wants to end racism in country music

MINNEAPOLIS — Don't let Darius Rucker's love of golf or his sunny pontoon-country music mislead you. Nashville's biggest Black star can be one serious dude, especially when it comes to racism.

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Wiggins’ slump: Can a trip back to Minnesota jump-start the Warriors’ All-Star?

MINNEAPOLIS — Save for a spot in the All-Star Game starting lineup, the month of February hasn’t been kind to Andrew Wiggins.

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‘I’m just out there winging it’: Inside James Harden’s first weekend with the Sixers

NEW YORK — Less than two hours before the 76ers’ Friday night tipoff against the Timberwolves in Minneapolis, assistant coach Dan Burke dipped a cup into a basket of popcorn sitting on a table outside the Target Center visitor’s locker room.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

'CODA' actor Daniel Durant gets his Hollywood moment — in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Daniel Durant watched the Academy Award nominations in early February at his family's home in Duluth. He was in front of several screens, one of which was pointed at him.

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From George Floyd to Amir Locke, have Minneapolis police learned nothing?

Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis Police Department promised ‘transformational change’ to policing in the city after Floyd’s murder. Nearly two years later, the killing of Locke shows that hasn’t happened, Josh Marcus writes

The Independent UK

Fraud has plagued federal meals program for years

MINNEAPOLIS — Long before the FBI accused the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future and some of its prime contractors of fraud, the federal government's child nutrition programs were wasting more than $1 billion a year on "improper payments," according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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Growing field of GOP candidates looks to defeat Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar

Former NBA player Royce White announced his candidacy Feb. 22 for the Fifth Congressional District on outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

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After guilty verdict for ex-Minneapolis officers, prison sentences, state trial's fate hangs in balance

MINNEAPOLIS — The groundbreaking legal reckoning isn't over yet for four former Minneapolis police officers responsible for George Floyd's public killing on a south Minneapolis street almost two years ago.

The Independent UK

Sentence, state trial loom for ex-cops in Floyd's killing

Three former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights now face federal sentences that one expert says could range from less than five years in prison to as much as the 25 years prosecutors are seeking for Derek Chauvin

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Who has the better step-back move? James Harden? Joel Embiid? The Sixers center weighs in.

MINNEAPOLIS — Joel Embiid corrected a media member who stated at Friday’s shootaround that James Harden taught him the step-back jumper.

Evening Standard

Three former Minneapolis police officers guilty over George Floyd’s death

Three former Minneapolis police officers have been found guilty of denying George Floyd his right to medical care.

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The Independent UK

For 3 more officers at Floyd killing, jury says: Guilty

The three Minneapolis police officers alongside Derek Chauvin at the scene of George Floyd’s killing offered a variety of reasons why they weren’t to blame, including experience, bad training and the supposed threat of angry bystanders

The Independent UK

Timeline of events since George Floyd's arrest and murder

George Floyd’s death after his arrest by police officers in Minneapolis in May 2020 sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of the event

Chicago Sun-Times

3 ex-Minneapolis cops convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights

Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving George Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes.

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Ex-Minneapolis officers guilty on all civil rights charges related to George Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS — Three former Minneapolis police were convicted by a federal jury Thursday of depriving George Floyd of his constitutional rights during the fatal restraint outside Cup Foods on May 25, 2020.

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Deliberations continue in civil rights trial of 3 former Minneapolis police officers

MINNEAPOLIS — Jurors took a 30-minute lunch break and resumed deliberations Thursday afternoon in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's constitutional right to be free from unreasonable seizure.

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Patrick Reusse: Title IX changed sports — and my perspective — during my career

My introduction to working in a sports department came as a 17-year-old copy boy at the Minneapolis Morning Tribune in August 1963 and I have been employed in such an environment ever since.

The Independent UK

Jury to meet for 2nd day in trial of cops in Floyd killing

A jury in Minnesota is set to deliberate for a second day in the federal trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers accused of violating George Floyd's civil rights

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