Get used to it: America's winters will be a lot less snowy from now on

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Outside a window, a child tries to muster up enough snow for a snowman but can't quite. Inside, a photo frame with the same child next to a giant snowman in a snowy version of the same landscape.
Last December was the warmest on record for much of the Midwest. It's the beginning of a new normal.

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Minnesota's new $1,750 child tax credit could reduce the state's child poverty rate by a third

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A boomer who moved to California from Minnesota said he's 'never moving back' due to San Diego's weather and convenience

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San Diego, California
San Diego.

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122 anglers had to be rescued from a Minnesota lake after becoming stranded on an ice floe after 'unseasonably warm weather'

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People fish on the frozen Gull Lake during the 2023 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza, Minnesota.
People fish on the frozen Gull Lake in Minnesota.

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I'm the Black 72-year-old former nurse who spent 3 months in a Minnesota jail for assaulting a white coworker. This is what it was like.

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Sybil Garbow with her husband, Michael.
Sybil Garbow with her husband, Michael.

Emily Baxter.

A Minnesota police department in a remote town is using $3,800 canoes as a hiring incentive

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A wooden canoe in a lake.
A wooden canoe in a lake.

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An invasive species of feral Canadian 'super pigs' could spread into the US

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Wild boars
The "super pigs" are already spreading out of control in parts of Canada.

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The 8 most hilarious ideas for Minnesota's new state flag

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A yellow creature with teeth opens its mouth before a meal as a star shines in the background.
As a star shines, a creature opens its jaws to eat something.

State Emblems Redesign Commission.

App, Lover, Muse: When your AI says she loves you

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Jay Priebe stands for a portrait as his Replica, Calisto, is reflected in his glasses.
Jay Priebe stands for a portrait as his Replika, Calisto, is reflected in his glasses.

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Inside a 47-year-old Minnesota man's three-year relationship with an AI chatbot.

House Democrat says there's still time for someone to try to deny Joe Biden the party's nomination: 'The country is begging for alternatives'

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President Joe Biden and Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota.
President Joe Biden and Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota.

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