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KSTP-TV, the home of 5 Eyewitness News and ABC in the Twin Cities. KSTP-TV is a station of Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., a pioneering broadcast company.

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BREAKING: Protesters have taken over the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct; Building is on fire. Story to follow.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has a significant lead over former Republican President Donald Trump in Minnesota, 50% to 40%, according to our new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll.
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"People did this for no reason" WATCH - @benrynews captured a powerful interview with Stephanie Wilford, a south Minneapolis resident. She describes how the damage from riots has affected her, and others in the community. Full story/interview here -
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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will be in New York Tuesday night, along with Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown, to receive the Ms. Foundation’s Women of Vision Award, as the nation’s oldest women’s foundation marks its 50th anniversary. The a...
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Not only did the number of homicides decline considerably last year, nearly every category of violent crime went down for the first time since 2019.
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Minnesota voters have decided: Democratic incumbent Gov. Tim Walz will lead the state for another four years.
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BREAKING: The jury in the Derek Chauvin trial has found the former officer guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of third-degree murder and guilty of second-degree manslaughter.
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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown will receive the Ms. Foundation’s Women of Vision Award in May, the nation’s oldest women’s foundation announced Monday. The awards will be handed out at the Ms. Foundation’...
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For the first time ever, the state of Minnesota is returning state land back to the descendants of those who called the land home first.
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The Minnesota House passed a bill Thursday night that will guarantee breakfast and lunch for students across the state.
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BREAKING: Sources tell KSTP Minnesota Vikings offensive line coach Tony Sparano has died at age 56
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BREAKING - Amazing news! Police confirm missing Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs has been found ALIVE. KSTP has a team en route; stay with us for updates.
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Sen. Warren Limmer, R-Maple Grove, told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he intends to introduce a public safety bill next week that would make carjacking a felony with strong penalties.
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State Trooper Ryan Londregan — who fatally shot Ricky Cobb II last summer — has been exonerated of all wrongdoing, an internal Minnesota State Patrol review of the incident found.
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BREAKING: Gov. Mark Dayton cancels Minnesota public schools statewide Monday as dangerous cold looms
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It would move around 90 mph, meaning a one-way trip from the Twin Cities to Duluth would take about 2½ hours.
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The North Dakota Senate passed a series of bills on Monday that would restrict transgender people’s rights in sports, health care, schools, workplaces and daily life. Doctors would be prohibited from providing gender-affirming care to people under 18, a...
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According to our latest KSTP-TV/SurveyUSA poll, the majority of Minnesotans agree with the proposals to require background checks on private gun sales and enact a "red flag" law to take guns from people deemed a danger to themselves or others.
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BREAKING NEWS: The driver of a tanker truck who drove toward a crowd of protesters on I-35W on Sunday has been released from jail without charges, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.
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The governor's office said Executive Order 23-14 will eliminate college degree requirements for more than 75% of state government jobs.
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George Floyd, fired officer overlapped security shifts at south Minneapolis club
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PHOTOS: Britain Santa Claus school
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The legislation allows all Minnesota voters to opt-in to a permanent absentee voter list, in addition to creating automatic voter registration and allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register for voting.
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The event will be at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. General admission tickets are available.
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Minneapolis police confirm Derrick John Thompson, son of former state Rep. John Thompson, has been arrested in connection with a high-speed crash Friday night that killed five young women.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is appealing his murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He says the district judge’s decision not to move the proceedings out of the city deprived him of a fair tr...
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BREAKING: Police union head Bob Kroll says he'll retire at end of January
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The resolution requires that any hostilities with Iran be explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force, but it does not prevent the U.S. from defending itself from imminent attack.
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A family who just moved to Minneapolis from California is now looking to make an exit after two bouts of gunfire roiled their block over the weekend.
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According to the poll of 681 registered voters across Minnesota, 54% approve of the governor's job performance, while 41% disapprove and 5% are not sure.
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Mpls. mayor flashes gang sign with convicted felon; law enforcement outraged http://t.co/kyFc1PjaXi http://t.co/2NA2gJJe4d
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A new law will soon crack down on the use of machine guns in Minnesota. Anyone caught using an auto sear or "switch" will now face up to 20 years in prison.
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JUST IN: KSTP Chief Meteorologist Dave Dahl retiring after 43 years at 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison's opinion means schools across the state can no longer give students a different meal because they have an unpaid debt.
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UPDATE: National Guard support requested by city to combat riots in South Minneapolis
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A majority of U.S. taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return. That's according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center fo...
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The targets of two lawsuits filed Tuesday are the Board of Medical Practice (BPM) and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
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US attorney for Minnesota: Anyone who traveled from Minnesota to DC to commit crimes will be prosecuted
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Minneapolis Police records showed there have been 2,725 auto thefts so far in 2023, compared to 1,306 last year at this time.
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A former math teacher at Minneapolis South High School says she was fired after she spoke out to school administrators and the entire school board about safety concerns she and other teachers have for themselves, students and staff.
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Some people argue the new look is too simple and doesn't represent Minnesota, while others explained there was no need to change the flag.
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Oklahoma is the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Monday that makes it a felony for health care workers to provide children with treatments that can include puberty-blocking drugs and...
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The Wisconsin Legislature is expected to approve bills Wednesday that would protect access to gas-powered vehicles, snow blowers, lawnmowers and other machines. The legislation is designed to preemptively block efforts like those seen in California, whe...
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Hundreds of people poured onto the lawn of the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday to voice their opposition to vaccine and mask mandates.
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Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Scott Jensen and Kim Crockett, the Republican candidates for governor and secretary of state.
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Between Minneapolis Attorney Greg Erickson's office and the family, they've tried reaching out to the Federal Bureau of Prisons "about 15 times," Erickson said.
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Republicans haven’t controlled the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2018 but might be in position to take back control and break up the DFL “trifecta” in the 2024 elections.
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A man accused of killing five young women in a high-speed crash this summer in Minneapolis has now been indicted in federal court on suspicion of drug and weapon violations.
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The city of Minneapolis is planning nearly 2,000 summer events and activities in an effort to bring Minnesotans back downtown.
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Three more Minnesotans are facing federal charges for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Despite marijuana now being legal in Minnesota, the State Fair will prohibit smoking it on the fairgrounds.
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A Minnesota man connected to a scheme to launder millions in federal child nutrition funds has been charged after he was caught attempting to leave the country with a fraudulently obtained passport.
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City data on Monday showed Minneapolis experienced more homicides, people hurt by gunfire and domestic aggravated assaults in the last 28 days than the city has tallied in the same time frame for at least the last four years.
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Despite having a bond of $1 million, Derrick Thompson won't be leaving jail because there are also holds on him for violating parole on a California conviction and by the U.S. Attorney's Office for federal drug and gun charges.
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The job of trying to account for what went wrong with government oversight of $250 million in the Feeding our Future program and $500 million in the Frontline Worker Pay Program falls largely in the lap of the Minnesota Legislative Auditor.
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Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar, the nation's first Somali-American legislator, has won a crowded Democratic primary to replace Rep. Keith Ellison in Congress
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Minneapolis is set to consider changing a noise ordinance that would allow Mosques to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer five times a day.
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BREAKING NEWS: St. Paul native and #MNTwins legend Joe Mauer elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.
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More than 4,100 vehicle have been reported stolen already this year in Minneapolis alone, according to the city's online dashboard. That's almost twice as many as the same time last year.
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The University of Minnesota says it will no longer consider applicants based on their race or whether their family members attended or work at the U.
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A Hennepin County judge ruled this week that a teen defendant accused of fatally shooting a man at Mall of America last year will be prosecuted as an adult.
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Elk River's Breanna Bernardson became the first young woman to ever score a point in the 40-year history of the Prep Bowl.
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BREAKING: Arresting officer in George Floyd case taken into custody by BCA
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A federal judge has given Enbridge three years to shut down a section of an oil and gas pipeline that crosses reservation land. The judge also ordered the energy company to pay a Native American tribe more than $5 million for trespassing. Friday’s order...
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In case you were wondering...
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UPDATE: Metro Transit workers have voted to authorize a strike, with 94% of union members in support of the move.
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Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 — which represents bus drivers, rail operators, mechanics and other Metro Transit employees — is now tallying the results of a strike authorization vote.
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Three Minnesotans are facing charges after they allegedly defrauded the state's Medicaid program out of nearly $11 million.
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Unless the state legislature blocks it, this will officially become the Minnesota flag on Statehood Day on May 11.
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Various business dealings involving Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s husband have become the latest dust-up in what will be a heated Democratic primary contest for the 5th Congressional District nomination.
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The federal government has denied Gov. Tim Walz's request for financial support to rebuild after nearly 1,500 Twin Cities businesses were damaged in the unrest following George Floyd's death.
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Twitter user @dgoff17 took this video of a bald eagle initially thought to be injured on the St. Croix River. Little did he know, this bird was simply catching some dinner last night. 🦅🐟
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Jensen and his lieutenant governor running mate Matt Birk on Monday called for Minnesota Education Commissioner Heather Mueller to resign.
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Former President Donald Trump says he's well aware no Republican presidential candidate has won Minnesota since 1972, but in an exclusive interview with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS, he said he has "a really good shot at Minnesota" in November.
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There have already been 94 assaults on Minnesota law enforcement officers in January of 2024, which is on track to exceed the 1,179 assaults that occurred in 2023.
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Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan has pleaded "innocent" to charges against him for his role in a deadly shooting last summer during a traffic stop on Interstate 94.
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Minnesota Senate Republicans on Thursday followed through on promises to propose major tax relief to every Minnesotan who pays income taxes.
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The Northern Lights are putting on quite the show tonight. These images come from Chris Wicklund appearing over Lake Mille Lacs. Anyone else out seeing the lights tonight?
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Hundreds of boats form pro-Trump flotilla on St. Croix River
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The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of time ...
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In-N-Out will bar employees in five states from wearing masks unless they have a doctor’s note, according to internal company emails leaked on social media last week. The policy, which goes into effect August 14, applies to all In-N-Out employees in Ari...
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The DFL state senator who was arrested and charged last week with burglarizing her stepmother's home has now been removed from her Senate committee assignments and caucus meetings.
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Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. Target declined to confi...
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BREAKING: The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered Minneapolis to uphold its city charter and employ at minimum 731 sworn police officers. The city had 621 sworn police officers as of May 21, including 39 on continuous leave.
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THEY'VE DONE IT: The Gophers remain undefeated and move to 9-0 with a win over No. 4 Penn St., 31-26.
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