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Stories from May 29, 2024

American Airlines faces a discrimination suit after removing 8 Black men from flight

American Airlines faces a discrimination suit after removing 8 Black men from flight

Neither passenger knew each other, nor were they seated together on the Jan. 5 flight from Phoenix to New York. A lawsuit alleges they were removed from the flight after a complaint about body odor.
by Jonathan Franklin

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Mankato Hanging Rope repatriation; Minnesota launches Office of American Indian Health

The Minnesota Historical Society announced Tuesday that it will repatriate a rope to the Prairie Island Indian Community that was used in the largest single-day mass execution in U.S. history. The item is known as “the Mankato Hanging Rope” and was used in the hanging of one of the 38 Dakota men executed following the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. And new statewide Office of American Indian Health was ceremonially launched today at Minnesota's Capitol.
by Emily Reese

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Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies

Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies

Former President Donald Trump is congratulating Justice Samuel Alito for rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over Alito's homes. 
by The Associated Press

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Minneapolis toddler dies in shelter under suspicious circumstances, police say

Minneapolis toddler dies in shelter under suspicious circumstances, police say

Police were called to the Higher Ground Catholic Charities shelter near downtown Minneapolis around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on a report of an unresponsive child. Officers found the two-year-old unresponsive in a room with drug paraphernalia around her. 
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Jury finishes a 1st day of deliberations in Trump’s hush money case

Jury finishes a 1st day of deliberations in Trump’s hush money case

Twelve New York jurors began deliberations Wednesday in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial. They will decide if Trump will be convicted or acquitted of 34 felony counts of falsified business records.
by Ximena Bustillo and Andrea Bernstein

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Minnesota plays for PWHL Walter Cup. Timberwolves force Game 5

The Timberwolves forced Game 5 of the NBA’s Western Conference playoff series after they beat the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday night 105-100. And Minnesota plays Boston Wednesday night for the championship of the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
by Phil Picardi

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Forecasters predict another sweltering summer. Are we ready?

Forecasters predict another sweltering summer. Are we ready?

The summer of 2023 saw skylines choked by Canadian wildfire smoke, coral cooked in hot tub-warm ocean water and a month straight of 110-degree Fahrenheit high temperatures in Phoenix. Scientists say 2024 will likely bring another hotter-than-normal summer and, with it, the potential for more climate-driven disasters.

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Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated

Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated

Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when records of the Negro Leagues for more than 2,300 players were incorporated after a three-year research project.
by The Associated Press

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Authorities urge proper cooking of wild game after 6 relatives fall ill from parasite in bear meat

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reaffirmed the importance of properly cooking wild game after six people became sick from a parasite traced to bear meat that was served at a family reunion in South Dakota.
by The Associated Press

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Inflation pressures lingering from pandemic are keeping Fed rate cuts on pause

Inflation pressures lingering from pandemic are keeping Fed rate cuts on pause

Hopes for interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve are steadily fading, with a stream of recent remarks by Fed officials underscoring their intention to keep borrowing costs high as long as needed to curb persistently elevated inflation. 
by The Associated Press

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South Korea says the North has flown balloons carrying trash over the border

South Korea says the North has flown balloons carrying trash over the border

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea has been flying balloons carrying trash toward the South in an apparent retaliation to anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets flown across the border.
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Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

Attorneys in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have finished their closing arguments after a marathon day in court. A prosecutor told jurors that Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016. 
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Minnesota Historical Society will repatriate the ‘Mankato Hanging Rope’ to the Prairie Island Indian Community

Minnesota Historical Society will repatriate the ‘Mankato Hanging Rope’ to the Prairie Island Indian Community

The item known as “the Mankato Hanging Rope” was used in the hanging of Wicanhpi Wastedanpi (also known as Chaske), one of the 38 Dakota men hanged on Dec. 26, 1862, following the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. 
by Hannah Yang

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