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Minnesota House candidates make their case at District 62A Democratic Party forum
Six Democrats who have announced in Minnesota House District 62A met for their first candidate forum in Minneapolis Tuesday night ahead of next week's...
Hugh Masekela, musician and anti-apartheid freedom fighter, dies at 78
Hugh Masekela of South Africa, a celebrated musician famously known for his mastery of the trumpet and also an anti-apartheid fighter, died on Tuesday,...
2017 Twin Cities Youth of the Year, Anaa Jibicho, heading to Super Bowl LII...
Comcast last week awarded Anaa Jibicho, a 17-year-old junior at Washington Technology Magnet School in St. Paul and a Boys & Girls Club member...
Vieux Farka Touré to play at the Dakota in Minneapolis on Valentines Week
Vieux Farka Touré from Mali, commonly referred by Americans as “The Hendrix of the Sahara” will bring his vibrant sound to Minneapolis on February...
Senator Tina Smith condemns Trump’s “shithole countries” comment and calls him racist
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota's newly minted US Senator, Tina Smith, has strongly rebuked president Donald Trump's reported calling of immigrants from Africa and Haiti coming...
Council Member Warsame’s former aide, Abdi Salah, takes new position in Mayor Jacob Frey’s...
New Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey was sworn in last week and his office has announced the appointment of Abdi Salah as his Senior Policy...
‘Selma’ actor, David Oyelowo, coming to Minneapolis to keynote Annual MLK Breakfast
David Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the acclaimed 'Selma' movie, will be in Minneapolis on Monday to deliver the keynote address...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: We will warm you up and bring the sunshine from South...
Perennial Ladysmith Black Mambazo takes the stage for a two-night performance at the Ordway in St. Paul this coming February 22nd and 23rd, 2018....