I guess I’m one of the lucky ones, I got Stranger Things S5 to load and watched episode 1 and half of 2, but it was slow and glitchy at times so then I just went to ep 4 and watched it at 2x so I could see the cliffhanger because what if Netflix totally crashes, I gotta know what happens TONIGHT

So in Minnesota we don't pardon turkeys, we "present" them. Gru's family had him come out for photos and then told @stribrooks.bsky.social he'll be the guest of honor tomorrow ... on their dinner table. 😮

The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns attacks on journalists by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, during a federal operation in St. Paul. Read our full statement: www.mnspj.org/2025/11/26/m...

While it’s accurate that fraudsters have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from MN government programs in recent years, and that many of the perpetrators have been of Somali descent, there is scant evidence to support the claim that stolen taxpayer funds have been funneled to terrorist groups.

The Minneapolis man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend outside her North Side home less than three weeks after she filed a protective order against him is now facing first-degree murder charges. www.startribune.com/hennepin-cou...

Love this: Pearl Jam kicked in to buy a Zamboni machine for the Two Harbors Youth Hockey Association after the group's executive director sent the band's official fan club a handwritten request in the style of a concert poster www.startribune.com/pearl-jam-za...

It's the best time of the year when @npr.org releases its best books of the year

Manny said he would walk faster if he weren’t with Beef, who he said looks at him “in a very tender way” during walks, but he doesn’t mind slowing down. “I have patience for him,” Manny said, “because he is my friend.”

Though Trump said he is ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in Minnesota “immediately,” there is a formal process involved. “The president doesn’t have the power to remove TPS immediately,” said a local immigration attorney. www.startribune.com/minnesota-so...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has revived home visits for citizenship applicants. Attorneys say it’s a fear tactic. www.startribune.com/surprise-vis...

Now that we’re getting a Mummy 4 with Brendan and Rachel and acting like the third one never existed, how about we get a new Speed with Keanu and Sandra and pretend Speed 2 never happened?

In the 50 years since their arrival, Hmong Americans have reshaped Minnesota. The Twin Cities now boasts the nation’s largest metro population of Hmong, at 90,000 and growing. www.startribune.com/first-hmong-...

Take a look inside one of Minnesota’s largest legal marijuana harvests to date. www.startribune.com/prairie-isla...

Waymo said it will test the technology with people stationed behind the wheel in Minneapolis, even if they aren’t really driving. Ultimately, though, the company plans to launch driverless robotaxis. Is that legal in Minnesota? That’s not really clear. www.startribune.com/waymo-autono...

The new order came hours after WaPo reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

Team Fries! Fries should come with burgers, no ifs and or whats about it. www.startribune.com/brion-when-d...

NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again. With @startribune.com

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In his head, he heard a voice: Be a helper. And so children and teachers saw Devin O’Brien lead the charge, sprinting toward the danger — just like his uncle 24 years before, on the September morning that forever changed O’Brien’s life and the arc of US history.

Minnesota’s Republican House members joined their colleagues in overwhelmingly approving a petition to release government files on deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

Update on the federal operation at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul, including an interview with Erik Alarcon, who says his family members were taken into custody. Video by Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune

France Avenue near Southdale in Edina was designed for cars. But that easy access for drivers zipping in and out of the shopping district increasingly collides with the city’s hopes to build apartments in the area and make it friendlier to walkers and cyclists.

Hundreds of people have seen their immigration case dismissed, only to be arrested outside a Fort Snelling courtroom and placed in expedited removal.

The reveal 🤣☠️

While Minnesota isn’t subject to the raging wildfires in the West or the hurricanes of the Gulf Coast, our seasons are changing. Snow is becoming wetter and heavier and melts more frequently in winter. www.startribune.com/six-ways-min...

Ngl anytime a store worker anywhere starts talking to me inside the store, I think they think I'm shoplifting

Bankruptcies are up across the U.S., a sign Americans are running out of road as the cost of living continues to rise. Filings in Minnesota have jumped more than 20% each of the past three years, outpacing the country as a whole.

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is among the 40 airports nationally slated to see air traffic reductions because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, a move analysts predict will cause massive disruptions.

Kaohly Her will be the first Hmong mayor of St. Paul. We asked her how she wants people to pronounce her name.

Frey fended off a challenge from democratic socialist Omar Fateh and an alliance of more-progressive challengers.

I've popular on the other place, y'all

Voters favored the status quo in two special elections in the Minnesota Senate on Tuesday, sending a Democrat and a Republican to St. Paul and locking in a one-seat Democratic majority for the upcoming legislative session.

Polls have now closed in Minnesota. Track tonight's results here.

Reminder: If you are in line waiting to vote at 8 p.m. when polls close, stay in line! Under state law, polling places must stay open to accommodate anyone who is already there.

And Joe Klecker, a Minnetonka native and former Olympic middle-distance runner, finished 10th (2:10:37) in New York!

New data shows that in broad swaths of MN, a potential buyer would need to make more than $100,000 to afford a median-priced home. The median household income in MN is more than $10,000 less than that, meaning many are priced out of the housing market and a key part of the American dream.

The Trump administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges' rulings required it to keep the food aid program running. It's unclear how much beneficiaries will receive, nor how quickly beneficiaries will see value show up on their debit cards.

“She called the police because she was scared,” said her sister, Salina Owens. “They didn’t do their job. That’s just the bottom line.” A sizable backlog leaves domestic calls sitting, sometimes for weeks on end, without proper follow-up by the depleted agency.

Most of this varsity boys team hails from immigrant families. Real-life problems lingered on the periphery of players’ minds. Soccer became their refuge.

Just now my kid asks me if Halloween is going to be canceled because of the rain. I pulled out the “when I was your age there was a blizzard on Halloween…”

A national coalition of outdoors groups are calling it an attack on public lands, which have enjoyed federal protections for decades under the Wilderness Act.

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

Our restaurant critic Raphael Brion started on Monday this week! We’re soft launching him in 5 Best this week lol, so check it out!

Marjorie Johnson amassed more than 3,000 state and county fair ribbons, more than 1,000 of them blue ribbons.

This proposed first renters rights law of its kind in Minnesota would allow renters to initiate small fixes themselves at the expense of landlords.

While gangs still exist, in St. Paul it’s become more common for young people to join unnamed “groups” that are unpredictable and often without hierarchy and sometimes without loyalty.

Many experts are skeptical of policies aimed at boosting birth rates. Past programs have shown limited or no success, apparently because much of the trend toward fewer children is driven by improvements in society — from economic progress for women to declining teen pregnancies.

Trump is considering another round of bailouts for farmers, this time for $10 billion. Some of that money may come from revenue from the tariffs – paid by American consumers – which caused the trade war in the first place. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/27/t...

St. Paul’s Como Park Zoo announced some unhappy news Thursday morning that triggered a social media outpouring of nostalgia-tinged sadness 🦁

Target Corp. will cut 1,800 positions from its corporate headcount, the second-largest downsizing of its headquarters staff. Affected employees won’t learn their status until Tuesday, leaving them to wait and wonder through a long weekend.