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'Minnesota Minstrel' Jerry Rau, who brought folk music to street corners, coffeehouses, clubs, dies at 83

November 29
Rau found bliss as a troubadour, passion as a peace activist.
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Tall Ships festival moves from Duluth to Two Harbors for 2022

November 29
The Nao Trinidad from Seville, Spain, is one of 12 ships that will be featured during the 2022 Festival of Sail Lake Superior in Two Harbors, Minn.
Tickets for the extravaganza went on sale Friday. This year's lineup features a record 12 vessels.
Local
9 minutes ago
Undated file booking photo provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff shows Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer.

Watch live at 9 a.m.: Jury selection in Kimberly Potter trial

The Star Tribune will livestream the entire Kimberly Potter trial.
Business
12 minutes ago

Mercedes, Stellantis to work with US firm on new batteries

Automakers Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis announced agreements with U.S. company Factorial Energy on Tuesday to help develop solid-state battery technology that they hope could make electric cars more attractive to a mass market.
Local
49 minutes ago

Oneida Nation set to offer sports betting at main casino

The Oneida Nation will legally offer sports betting beginning this week, the first time such wagering has been allowed in Wisconsin.
Local
6:56am
Robert Kinney

Year in jail for driver who caused fatal hit-and-run in St. Paul after leaving bar

Charges said he had 8 double shots of vodka before crash
Nation
6:20am

'The Lost Daughter' wins big at 31st Gotham Awards

Maggie Gyllenhaal's Elena Ferrante adaptation "The Lost Daughter" won four Gotham Awards including best feature film at the 31st Gotham Awards, the annual New York independent film celebration that serves as a boozy kickoff to Oscar season.
Business
6:05am

Walmart said she shoplifted; jury awards her $2.1 million

An Alabama woman who says she was falsely arrested for shoplifting at a Walmart and then threatened by the company after her case was dismissed has been awarded $2.1 million in damages.
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Politics
6:00am
President Joe Biden speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill at the White House on Nov. 6,

Biden makes first Minnesota stop as president to highlight infrastructure law

President Joe Biden will speak at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount Tuesday afternoon.
St. Paul
5:30am
SubText Books manager Matt Keliher.

Eye On St. Paul Q&A: Matt Keliher, SubText Books

At a time when many book buyers have taken their shopping online, St. Paul's SubText Books has not only stuck with bricks and mortar, but it has become a downtown anchor.
Business
November 29

In shadow of Texas gas drilling sites, health fears escalate

At a playground outside a North Texas day care center, giggling preschoolers chase each other into a playhouse. Toddlers scoot by on tricycles. A boy cries as a teacher helps him negotiate over a toy.
Business
November 29

In shadow of Texas gas drilling sites, health fears escalate

At a playground outside a North Texas day care center, giggling preschoolers chase each other into a playhouse. Toddlers scoot by on tricycles. A boy cries as a teacher helps him negotiate over a toy.
St. Paul
November 29
Advocates for Wellstone Elementary School packed a St. Paul school board meeting on Nov. 11 to fight the North End school’s possible closure.

St. Paul school board aims to spare three schools from closing

The St. Paul school board on Monday night signaled plans to spare three schools from closure as part of a district restructuring plan set for…
Nation
November 29
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks during a news conference in St. Louis on Aug. 6, 2020. A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden�

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states

A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement.
Business
November 29

Elizabeth Holmes accuses ex-lover, business partner of abuse

Disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes described herself as the abused puppet of her former lover and business partner Sunny Balwani in tearful testimony Monday, part of her attempt to refute accusations that she lied about a flawed blood-testing technology she had hailed as a major breakthrough.
Business
November 29

New Twitter CEO steps from behind the scenes to high profile

Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley's highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.
Nation
November 29
Bill Cosby listens to members of his team speak during a news conference outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., June 30, after being released from pris

Cosby prosecutors urge Supreme Court to restore conviction

Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction, complaining in a petition released Monday the verdict was thrown out over a questionable agreement that the comic claimed gave him lifetime immunity.
St. Cloud
November 29
Dr. Ken Holman, president and chief executive of CentraCare, speaks about the federal medical team joining St. Cloud Hospital on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021

Federal strike team starts at St. Cloud Hospital amid COVID surge, staffing shortage

"We're seeing numbers now that we haven't seen since the last surge in November [and] December of 2020."
Local
November 29
Early Tuesday, inside the Hennepin County Government Center authorities were preparing for the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly

Trial to begin in Wright shooting for ex-Brooklyn Center officer

The trial of former Brooklyn Center officer Kimberly Potter is likely to differ significantly from other trials who have killed civilians on the job, several attorneys say.
Politics
November 29
Rep. Ilhan Omar took a call from GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert, who has apologized for anti-Muslim comments.

Omar ends 'unproductive call' with GOP lawmaker who made anti-Muslim remarks

The Minnesota Democrat said she wanted a direct apology from Rep. Lauren Boebert.
Nation
November 29
Attorneys Laura Menninger, left, and Jeffrey Pagliuca arrive to court in New York, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Two years after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide

Maxwell, Epstein were 'partners in crime,' prosecutor says

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were "partners in crime" in the sexual abuse of teenage girls, a prosecutor said Monday, while Maxwell's lawyers said she was being made a scapegoat for a man's bad behavior as the British socialite's sex trafficking trial got underway in New York.
Local
November 29

Prosecutors add 6th homicide count in Wisconsin parade crash

Prosecutors added a sixth intentional homicide count Monday against a Wisconsin man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee.