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Breaking News: A panel of federal judges blocked President Trump from imposing some tariffs, finding that he vastly overstepped his authority under federal law.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s surprise announcement ending coronavirus vaccine recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women blindsided the agency, according to officials.

This is wild

We asked all these wonderful businesses to donate fabulous raffle prizes. The least you could is try to win them!

Several times a month, if not multiple times a week, Wings of Rescue flies pets from precarious situations, such as overcrowded shelters or natural disaster zones, to safety. Since its founding in 2012, the nonprofit has transported nearly 79,000 animals.

Are the rockets supposed to blow up every time

I did not know that Hang On Sloopy and Rock and Roll Hootchie Coo were by the same guy variety.com/2025/music/n...

A cast bronze memorial to the police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 declares that "their heroism will never be forgotten." But the memorial itself has been forgotten, left in storage because Johnson's office has not had it hung @joeheim.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

White Earth Nation’s (and Minnesota’s) first recreational marijuana dispensary outside of tribal land is opening in Moorhead tomorrow at 10 am, according to Zach Wilson, CEO of White Earth’s cannabis company Waabigwan Mashkiki

This year’s tomatoes going in the ground tomorrow. Five varieties, all started from seed.

and on that note… someone please ask @washingtonpost.com why they cut Olivia out of their version of this story hours before they published? they had all the same reporting. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Disturbing story about star journalist Wesley Lowery here. bsky.app/profile/colu...

Minnesota lawmakers could raise tax on cannabis products before marijuana market launches www.startribune.com/minnesota-co...

Steppenwolf at the Coconino County Fair in Arizona in 1996. They were determined to play all their new stuff.

Days before the 5th anniversary of George Floyd's murder, the Trump administration is moving to dismiss the consent decree agreement between Minneapolis and the Justice Department that would usher in sweeping reforms to the city’s police department. www.startribune.com/trumps-doj-a...

The FDA will permit Covid vaccines only for adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, according to new regulatory standards.

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled answers on Tuesday about habeas corpus, incorrectly saying that the legal right of people to challenge their detention by the government was actually the president’s “constitutional right” to deport people.

The White Earth Band of Chippewa gets the green light to open marijuana dispensaries off reservation. The first store is expected to open in Moorhead as soon as this weekend. www.startribune.com/white-earth-...

The Minnesota Legislature passed a big cannabis bill. Here’s what’s in it. www.startribune.com/the-minnesot...

This is very good

An explosion outside a California fertility clinic injured at least five people and a suspect is believed to be dead, ABC reports

University of Minnesota shuts down antiracism research center after plagiarism allegations against founder www.startribune.com/university-o...

A Minnesota tribe built solar for its casino. Now its electric supplier vows to cut off power. www.startribune.com/a-minnesota-...

Ah we're still pretending 86 means murder. It's a well known term in the restaurant business that means to eject a customer from the establishment or remove something from the menu because it ran out. Begging reporters to occasionally talk to someone who has worked in the service industry.

Editor: You get the pictures for the air traffic controller story? Photographer: Sure did boss. Real fucking sexy just like you asked. Editor: What

Oh wrestling is fake? Then explain this

The Republican tax proposal emerging in the House of Representatives would add more than $2.5 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, according to nonpartisan estimates and budget experts.

Minnesota will close Stillwater prison, the state’s second-largest correctional facility, per a budget agreement struck by Gov. Tim Walz and the Legislature www.startribune.com/legislature-...

Update: the community garden weed plant has been removed

I swear Minnesotans never use their horns unless a car in front of them is waiting for pedestrians to cross the street

Breaking news: A hotline connecting air traffic controllers at Washington National Airport and their counterparts at the Pentagon had been “inoperable” since March 2022, a Federal Aviation Administration official confirmed Wednesday.

Bold move, whoever this community garden box belongs to

Buried in this article about Farm Aid coming to Minneapolis(!) on September 20 is this nugget that the planned 19,000-seat amphitheater in Shakopee that is supposed to open later this year is not going to be ready by then, according to Live Nation. www.startribune.com/willie-nelso...

Holy shit. ICE just arrested the mayor of Newark pix11.com/news/local-n...

Breaking News: The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, is out a day after he said the agency was vital and should not be eliminated, disagreeing with President Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he's dropping Ed Martin, who defended Jan. 6 rioters, as pick for DC US Attorney after GOP Senate defection

Minnesota to hold first lotteries for cannabis business licenses June 5 www.startribune.com/minnesota-to...

Police say one person has died after a woman with no driver license intentionally struck four pedestrians in crosswalks with her vehicle in back-to-back incidents in Minneapolis last week www.startribune.com/charges-driv...