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Derek Falvey out as Twins president The Twins are parting ways with president Derek Falvey, the team announced Friday. General Manager Jeremy Zoll will take over baseball operations.

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U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar jumps into Minnesota governor’s race Klobuchar’s entrance into the race shakes up a field that includes a dozen Republicans who want to make the 2026 election a referendum on the state’s fraud crisis.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar jumps into Minnesota governor’s race

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Is ICE rolling back operations in Minnesota? It’s hard to tell. Federal agents are still on the streets of the Twin Cities a day after the Trump administration announced a change in immigration enforcement in Minnesota.

Is ICE rolling back operations in Minnesota? It’s hard to tell. (Gift link) www.startribune.com/ice-minnesot...

The Detroit News to be acquired by USA TODAY Co., owner of Detroit Free Press USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.

USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.

Post Parting Depression Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports.

“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
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Sam Darnold vs. Steffon Diggs in Super Bowl LX.

U.S. Agent?

MINNESOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: “.. With yesterday’s tragic news, we are calling for an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.”

$MMM $GIS $HRL $BBY $TGT
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Alex Pretti identified as man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, had no criminal record beyond parking tickets.

Dr. Dimitri Drekonja, a friend and colleague of Alex Pretti’s from the Minneapolis VA, described Pretti as a caring and funny ICU nurse who treated the hospital’s most critically ill veterans. www.startribune.com/alex-pretti-...

Timberwolves-Warriors postponed til tomorrow

Also, as of 12:45:

“Dozens of federal agents climbed into unmarked vehicles and have departed the scene of this morning's fatal shooting in south Minneapolis.

With federal agents gone, the scene has grown suddenly quiet.”

Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man, DHS officials say he was armed A bystander video shows several agents wrestled with man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm, as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”

The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

Thank you to the #SaintPaul Winter Carnival for making the difficult decision to cancel today's parade.

Agents detain and send 2-year-old girl and her father to Texas despite court order to release toddler bit.ly/3LKWxGC

Two law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation tell NBC News that former Olympic snowboarder, accused cocaine trafficker and FBI Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Ryan Wedding is in custody.

Photo from my drive home after the Wings-Wild game in St. Paul. That’s a real cold one!

Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride has suffered a torn quad muscle while playing overseas for the Fenerbahçe women's basketball team.

Something to monitor as her recovery timeline could run into WNBA training camp or the start of the season.

Brian Flores signed a contract extension to return as the #Vikings’ defensive coordinator. If he doesn’t receive a head coaching job, he’ll return to Minnesota.

Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say

ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.

The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.

The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare

Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.

Joe Thompson, U.S. Attorney who uncovered massive fraud in Minnesota, resigns from office Thompson has been at the center of the national debate around fraud in Minnesota and has claimed that billions have been stolen from tax payers.

The majority of the leadership team inside Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office resigned Tuesday in protest of directives from federal officials in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, according to sources familiar with the decision.

Gourmet Magazine Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.

Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]

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Kansas City. Although current building isn’t downtown.

what a decade this week has been

A Deadly ICE Shooting in Minnesota. Plus, Trump Plays King in Venezuela. | On the Media | WNYC Studios Debunking Minnesota fraud claims; why Trump keeps threatening global takeovers. 

For @onthemedia.bsky.social this week I spoke with Minnesota Star Tribune reporter Jeffrey Meitrodt about Nick Shirley's racist video on Somali daycare fraud.

And Caracas Chronicles EIC Rafael Osio Cabrices about what media get wrong about Venezuela:

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Chris Finch has an illness and won’t be coaching tonight, the Wolves announce. Micah Nori will be coaching.

Minnesota’s Sun Country Airlines to be acquired by Allegiant in $1.5B deal The companies say deal will combine route networks to offer Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to more mid-sized markets and vacation destinations.

Minnesota’s Sun Country Airlines to be acquired by Allegiant in $1.5B deal

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Allegiant to acquire Sun Country Airlines for $1.5 billion Low-cost airline Allegiant will acquire Sun Country Airlines in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt, the companies said on Sunday.

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Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90

Carl Sagan said of Mr. von Däniken: “Every time he sees something he can’t understand, he attributes it to extraterrestrial intelligence, and since he understands almost nothing, he sees evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence all over:” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/o...