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I was in the middle of a frozen lake when I got the notification from the Minnesota Star Tribune that there had been a shooting. I was on assignment at a pond hockey event, and someone who was supposed to play later that evening said he probably wouldn't be able to make it - they knew there would be protests and demonstrations happening.

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Community donations at Smitten Kitten (left and right), and BabyBel Mozzarella the cat (middle), are supporting Minnesotans.
  • January is typically a slow month for retailers — a time for restocking, chores, and tax prep.
  • This year, small businesses in the Minneapolis area have thrown that out the window.
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A Southwest flight takes off at Nashville International Airport as snow falls on January 24.
  • Thousands of flights are canceled this weekend as the US braces for a major winter storm.
  • The storm is set to stretch over 2,000 miles from New Mexico to Maine.
  • Airlines must refund canceled flights. Some offer meals or overnight hotel accommodations.

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Two men return to their home after buying shovels from a store in Silver Spring, Maryland, on February 6, 2010. A blizzard packing strong winds and heavy snowfall pounded the US capital and surrounding areas on February 6, killing at least two people and paralyzing parts of the region. The storm, dubbed
Traders are betting that New York will see 10 inches of snowfall or more this weekend.
  • Stormwatchers are betting on how much snow New York will get this weekend.
  • Winter Storm Fern is barreling through the US, impacting 180 million people.
  • Prediction market users have already bet hundreds of thousands of dollars on snow totals.

Snowfalls can now beget windfalls.

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The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the COVID unemployment assistance program in Guam - and Microsoft complied.

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The National Basketball Association postponed the game between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday.
  • The Warriors and Timberwolves were set to play at Target Center in Minneapolis on Saturday.
  • The NBA said the game was postponed to prioritize safety.
  • ICE agents fatally shot a man on Saturday amid ongoing clashes with Minneapolis residents.

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OpenAI may have called GPT-5.2 its "most advanced frontier model for professional work," but tests conducted by the Guardian cast doubt on its credibility. According to the report, OpenAI's GPT-5.2 model cited Grokipedia, the online encyclopedia powered by xAI, when it came to specific, but controversial topics related to Iran or the Holocaust.

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If your Gmail inbox is all out of whack today, you're not alone. Gmail users have been encountering issues with the automatic filters that keep their main inbox free from the clutter of promotional emails and non-urgent updates, and some have reported seeing notices that emails have not been scanned for spam. Google confirmed to Engadget and in an update on its Workspace status dashboard that it's