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  • The Point Reyes tule elk will finally roam free, Park Service announces

    The Point Reyes tule elk will finally roam free, Park Service announces

    After years of debate, nearly two miles of fencing that prevented Point Reyes National Seashore tule elk from accessing water and competing for food with nearby cattle will be removed, the National Park Service announced Monday. The 8-foot-high, 2.2-mile enclosure fence, which was decried as inhumane by animal rights activists but supported by cattle ranchers,…

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  • Former Apple employees accused of stealing charity matching donations

    Former Apple employees accused of stealing charity matching donations

    A group of six former Apple employees are being charged for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from the tech giant through a fraudulent charity scheme lasting three years, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release Tuesday. Siu Kei “Alex” Kwan, 37, of Castro Valley; Yathei “Hayson” Yuen, 34, of San…

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  • Schiff to be sworn in Monday as California's next Senator

    Schiff to be sworn in Monday as California’s next Senator

    Sen.-elect Adam B. Schiff will be sworn in as California’s next U.S. senator on Monday, replacing Sen. Laphonza Butler, according to sources familiar with the arrangements. Butler, a Democrat, was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to temporarily fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein following Feinstein’s death in September 2023. Schiff was elected…

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  • Cargill

    Cargill cutting 5% of global workforce as 8,000 employees laid off

    Star Tribune reports following a fall in profits, Minnetonka-based Cargill will lay off 8,000 employees, or 5% of its global workforce, with most cuts happening before the end of the year. “Cargill is looking to buoy its margins and “maximize our competitiveness” by cutting costs as part of a 2030 plan.” Fox9 reports the Bureau…

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  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaking to attendees at the DFL election night gathering at the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Paul on Tuesday night.

    Democrats in the U.S. Senate give Klobuchar a promotion

    WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats gave Sen. Amy Klobuchar a promotion Tuesday as they boosted the Minnesota lawmaker to the No. 3 leadership position in the next Congress. Klobuchar, who was first elected in 2006, will succeed retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan as chairman of the party’s Policy and Communications Committee and will be taking…

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  • Man, 72, suspected of falling off cruise ship near San Francisco

    Man, 72, suspected of falling off cruise ship near San Francisco

    A missing 72-year-old man is suspected to have gone overboard a cruise ship outside San Francisco early Monday, according to the cruise line and local authorities. It wasn’t immediately clear what led to the incident, but a spokesperson for Princess Cruises said its team had reviewed video footage from the ship and also had “searched…

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  • Murderer escapes custody in Central California; search underway

    Murderer escapes custody in Central California; search underway

    Law enforcement is looking for a convicted killer who escaped custody in Central California on Monday. Cesar Hernandez was being transported around 10:45 a.m. for a court appearance at the Kern County Superior Courthouse in Delano when he escaped, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation news release. “Upon arrival, Hernandez evaded staff…

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  • Rent increases from July 2023 to July 2024 were higher in several Greater Minnesota counties compared with those in the Twin Cities.

    Fed report identifies housing challenges in Greater Minnesota

    Operating costs are creating challenges for apartment owners and developers in Greater Minnesota, where housing needs are especially acute, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Insurance costs, interest rates and staffing shortages were identified as three roadblocks for rental housing owners and operators in the region, according to the report,…

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  • Shohei Ohtani to get $325,000 worth of baseball cards ex-interpreter bought

    Shohei Ohtani to get $325,000 worth of baseball cards ex-interpreter bought

    Ippei Mizuhara’s fleecing of Shohei Ohtani was straightforward for the most part. Ohtani’s former interpreter had access to a bank account full of Ohtani’s money, and he simply wrote checks and withdrew cash whenever he made bets or needed to pay gambling debts. Mizuhara pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud in June and was…

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  • A marijuana dispensary in Columbus, Ohio.

    Cannabis case docs show how company drew regulators’ attention

    When Minnesota’s recreational marijuana bill was being written in 2023 and revised in 2024, it was established by sponsors on a few basic policy pillars. It would replace as much as possible an illegal market with a legal, regulated and taxed market; it would stress social equity to help those most harmed by illegality to…

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