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Pelicans squad falls to Minnesota in Summer League opener
Crescent City Sports - Louisiana
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July 10, 2025
Jeremiah Fears from downtown for his first bucket 🎯 pic.twitter.com/cxnvu0bGV4 — New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) July 10, 2025 The debut of the 2025 New Orleans Pelicans Summer League team was a mixed bag of mistakes and impressive moments. In...
US probes Minnesota, George Mason University over DEI, hiring practises
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 10, 2025
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Thursday announced probes into hiring practices and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by the state of Minnesota and Virginia’s George Mason University. It was the latest...
'Unhealthy for everyone': Air quality alert issued for northwest and north central Minnesota
KARE 11 - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
The air quality will be in the purple (very unhealthy) and red (unhealthy) categories. BRAINERD, Minn. — A serious air quality alert has been issued for Friday due to Canadian wildfires. The alert is issued for northwestern and north central...
Minnesota United FC reaches U.S. Open Cup semifinals with win over Chicago Fire
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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July 9, 2025
Minnesota made three substitutions at halftime, and it took a pair of the subs less than two minutes to get the Loons on the scoresheet. Anthony Markanich, in at left back, got on the end of neat pass from Tani Oluwaseyi behind the Fire defense...
New Orleans Pelicans vs Minnesota Timberwolves Summer League free livestream on Fubo
AL.com - Alabama
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July 10, 2025
The shortest offseason in sports belongs to the NBA, as things move very quickly following the end of the season. The Oklahoma City Thunder just won the NBA Finals, with the draft taking place just three days later. Another major milestone of the...
Trump administration opens investigation into Minnesota agency's affirmative action...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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The Department of Justice said in a statement that the policy “seems to be part of a broader effort by the state to engage in race- and sex-based employment practices in its ‘affirmative action’ objectives.” The Trump administration has been using...
Suicide prevention panel highlights new Minnesota law, other safety steps
Post-Bulletin - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
ROCHESTER — On Thursday, July 10, a group of policy experts and a mental health professional spoke with community members about preventing suicide, which is the leading cause of death by firearm in Minnesota. "Year over year, it's more than 70%,"...
Trump administration opens investigation into Minnesota agency's affirmative action policy
Local 10 - Florida
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July 10, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS – The Trump administration said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether a Minnesota state agency's newly updated affirmative action policy violates civil rights laws. The Minnesota Department of Human Services' policy...
Federal civil rights office launches investigation into Minnesota over diversity hiring policy
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division on Thursday launched an investigation into the state of Minnesota stemming from a Department of Human Services policy that calls for supervisors to provide justification for hiring non-diverse...
Minnesota state senator released from ICU after lawmaker shootings: Reports
USA Today - Virginia
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Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman has been discharged from the hospital, multiple reports say, after being shot nine times by a gunman who is also suspected of killing another lawmaker and their spouse in June. Hoffman was released from a hospital...
Essentia clinicians join nurses on strike in northern Minnesota
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
At least 200 nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other clinicians went on strike Thursday against Essentia Health, which is refusing to acknowledge their status as unionized members of the Minnesota Nurses Association.The unusual walkout...
Attorney General Ellison announces a win for Minnesota in opioid settlements
KARE 11 - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
Attorney General Ellison vowed he will continue to hold opioid producers accountable for their role in the drug crisis. MINNEAPOLIS — In a press release on July 10, Attorney General Ellison announced that Minnesota will receive up to $9,370,000...
With mortgage rates remaining at 6.7%, Minnesota homeowners increasingly staying rooted
KSTP - Minnesota
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July 11, 2025
Royanne White loves her new home and her new neighborhood in Maple Grove. She just moved in last Halloween. “I love this place,” she exclaims. “It’s very family-oriented. It allows my family to have space.” But White, who’s now paying a 5.7% fixed...
Wildfire smoke prompts air quality alert for July 11 in central Minnesota
Perham Focus - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
BRAINERD — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert Friday, July 11, for northwest and north central Minnesota. The alert takes effect 6 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m. Friday. Heavy ground-level smoke from wildfires in...
Rounds of Showers, Thunderstorms Possible in Minnesota
Power 96 - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
UNDATED (WJON News) -- An isolated thunderstorm may be capable of producing isolated damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rain across southern Minnesota Thursday evening. National Weather Service National Weather Service Additional rounds of...
Minnesota Aurora FC vs. Utah United (USL-W Semifinals) – How to watch
FOX 9 - Minnesota
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EAGAN, Minn. (FOX 9) - Minnesota Aurora FC is one win away from playing for a USL-W championship for the second time. Minnesota Aurora beat Kings Hammer FC Cincinnati 1-0 Sunday night to win the Central Conference championship, and advance to the...
Sartell golfer gets hole-in-one, wins Minnesota Junior PGA Tournament
St. Cloud Live - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
EAST GULL LAKE — Taylor Draxler-Gainsforth, Sartell, aced the 90-yard 16th hole at Madden’s Pine Beach West on Monday, July 7, during the Minnesota Junior PGA Tournament. Draxler-Gainsforth used a pitching wedge on the hole-in-one....
St. Paul Police say recent drug bust is largest in Minnesota history
Northern News Now - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The St. Paul Police Department had a major drug bust. 960 pounds of meth were seized in Minneapolis Wednesday. Two men were charged with felony drug sales. St. Paul Police officers with Ramsey County VCET and...
‘A miracle:' 9-year-old Minnesota boy survives arrow through his brain
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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A 9-year-old Minnesota boy managed to survive after an arrow went through his brain in what his parents called a "miracle." Gus Deterding was on the family's icy driveway in March, loading items in his dad's truck - including a youth bow and...
I Didn’t Really Understand ‘Uff-da’ Until I Moved to Minnesota, Now I Can’t Stop Saying It
Minnesota Now
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July 10, 2025
When I moved to Minnesota from Texas years ago, I knew it would be different, but I quickly found out there are quite a few cultural differences I hadn’t anticipated. Some that, to this day, still make me tilt my head in confusion (looking at you,...