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The Deportation Business: More detainees, more challenges, more money for local jails

County jails in Minnesota that have contracts with the federal government are making millions of dollars every year off an immigration system plagued by delays, confusion and inefficiency, according to financial records and federal court documents analyzed by 5 INVESTIGATES ...

Police recover body while investigating case of missing man as homicide

William Charles Albrecht was last seen at a Bloomington home in the early morning hours of Nov. 15, Bloomington Police said ...

Minnesota pilot shares tense moments from emergency landing

Hennepin Technical College program receives national recognition

Rep. Ilhan Omar proposes $1 trillion affordable housing program

Plenty of sunshine Friday, back into the 40s over the weekend

TRUTH TEST: Peterson impeachment TV ad misses target

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Uptown's 'The Piggy Bank' goes bust

A relatively new restaurant in Uptown, The Piggy Bank, has closed ...

2 girls released from hospital, another still in burn unit in connection to Rushford fire

A family injured after a house fire in Rushford last month is continuing to make strides in their recovery ...

From left, the 7-year-old, 5-year-old and 4-year-old continue to progress in their recovery.

2 arrested, charged after man overdoses on controlled substances in Carver County

The Carver County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to a report of an unresponsive man on the 600 block of First Street E. in Waconia at about 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 15 ...

From left: Alexander Brent Finney and Nicole Elizabeth Marini

More than 300 students get winter coats as part of Operation Warm

CenterPoint Energy employees and Twin Cities firefighters teamed up for Operation Warm, a nationwide nonprofit that's dedicated to making sure kids have new winter gear ...

Over 300 students at Anderson United Community School received coats Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Minneapolis.

Hotel checkpoint to MSP's Terminal 1 to reopen

The checkpoint had closed on Nov. 18 after TSA said it was relocating staffing at the checkpoint to other areas to be more efficient ...

Minnesota Sports

Minnesota Wild's Jason Zucker, top, celebrates his go-ahead and game-winnings goal off Colorado Avalanche's goalie Philipp Grubauer of Germany in the third period.

Zucker scores winner in third, Minnesota beats Colorado 3-2

Balance, 3s give Minnesota 82-57 win over Central Michigan

Former Vikings kicker, all-time leading scorer Fred Cox dies

Winfield named Player to watch for Walter Camp Player of the Year award

Bogdanovic scores 30 points, Jazz beat Wolves 103-95

Fleck named semifinalist for George Munger College Coach of the Year Award

Gophers coach Richard Pitino happy to be back home

Winfield named finalist for Bronko Nagurski Trophy

Timberwolves unveil MSP 'City Edition' uniforms

Politics

In this March 23, 2015 file photo, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye delivers her State of the Judiciary address before a joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

California court invalidates law requiring Trump tax returns

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.

Rep. Ilhan Omar proposes $1 trillion affordable housing program

Former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, left, and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.

The Latest: Hill expresses confidence in Vindman on Ukraine

National News

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, board Air Force One for a trip to Dover Air Force Base to attend a casualty return ceremony for two U.S. service members who died in Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Trump to pay respects to Army officers killed in Afghanistan

Teen used 'ghost gun' in California high school shooting

Snowboarding visionary Jake Burton Carpenter dies at 65

Bloomberg spending $15M-$20M to register half million voters

Judge temporarily stops 1st federal executions in 16 years

Investigative

The Deportation Business: More detainees, more challenges, more money for local jails

Business

Uptown's 'The Piggy Bank' goes bust

A relatively new restaurant in Uptown, The Piggy Bank, has closed ...

Medical

Officials recall over 75,000 pounds of salad over possible E.coli threat

More than 75,000 pounds of salad products were recalled due to a possible E. coli contamination in the lettuce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday...

Technology

Google reins in political advertising

The company said that as of January, advertisers will only be able to target U.S. political ads based on broad categories such as gender, age and postal code. Currently, ads can be tailored for more specific groups — for instance, using information gleaned from public voter logs, such as political affiliation...

Disney Plus user accounts already found on hacking sites

Disney says its new Disney Plus streaming service doesn't have a security breach, but some users have been shut out after hackers tried to break into their accounts...

Astronauts start spacewalk series to fix cosmic ray detector

Astronauts have begun an extraordinarily complicated series of spacewalks to fix a cosmic ray detector at the International Space Station...

This March 25, 2009 photo provided by NASA shows the International Space Station seen from the Space Shuttle Discovery during separation. In the background is Earth's atmosphere seen as a blue arc.

Entertainment

Students get behind-the-scenes look at 'Phantom of the Opera'

Just hours before the matinee performance Thursday at the Orpheum Theater, some lucky Minnesota students got the chance to see professionals from the touring production of "The Phantom of the Opera" getting ready for the curtain to go up ...

Snowboarding visionary Jake Burton Carpenter dies at 65

In this March 8, 2012, file photo, Jake Burton Carpenter, the creator of Burton Snowboards, center, speaks during a bill signing with Gov. Peter Shumlin, to the right of Burton, in Stowe, Vt. Shumlin signed a bill making skiing and snowboarding the official state sports of Vermont.

Columbia Heights Public Schools honored with CMA grant, celebrity visit

Charles Barkley apologizes for comment about hitting a woman

In this June 25, 2018, file photo Charles Barkley arrives for the NBA Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Barkley has issued an apology Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, for a comment he made to a female political reporter about hitting her. Axios reporter Alexi McCammond wrote on Twitter Tuesday night that when she questioned Barkley on his indecisiveness over the Democratic presidential hopefuls, Barkley told her �I don�t hit women but if I did I would hit you.� McCammond says when she objected to his remarks, Barkley told her she �couldn�t take a joke.�

Lizzo leads Grammy nominations with 8

This Sept. 18, 2019 file photo shows Lizzo performing at The Met in Philadelphia. Lizzo earned eight Grammy Award nominations, Wednesday, Nov. 20, making her the show�s top-nominated act. The 62nd Grammy Awards will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 26.

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Bicyclist struck, killed by semi in Minneapolis, police say

Minneapolis police said it happened at N. 12th Street and Linden Avenue West ...

SUV partially stuck under semi on Hwy 10 near Mounds View

Woman killed after crash, vehicle fire on I-35E in northeast metro

North Dakota man dead in 1-vehicle crash in Polk County

94-year-old Douglas County man dies in 2-vehicle crash

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More than 300 students get winter coats as part of Operation Warm

CenterPoint Energy employees and Twin Cities firefighters teamed up for Operation Warm, a nationwide nonprofit that's dedicated to making sure kids have new winter gear ...

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At Issue with Tom Hauser

President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Chicago to attend the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Exposition, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

KSTP/SURVEYUSA: 44 percent of Minnesotans surveyed favor impeachment

It's not a majority, but 44 percent of Minnesotans say based on what they have learned so far, the U.S. House of Representatives should impeach President Trump, according to a new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll. Another 37 percent say they should not vote to impeach, and 19 percent are undecided ...

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KSTP medical expert Dr. Archelle Georgiou explains why some heart disease patients might want to optimize their medication and make long-term lifestyle changes before they seek aggressive surgeries ...

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