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Minnesota senator lashes out at RFK JR. to stop 'peddling bulls---' over mass shootings
The Mirror US
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August 29, 2025
Minnesota Senator Tina Smith lashed out at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday after he claimed that psychiatric drugs given to children could possibly play a role in mass shootings. Taking to X, the senator said,...
Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron Calls Democrats’ Mockery of Prayer After Catholic Church Shooting ‘Completely Asinine’
American Greatness
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August 29, 2025
Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron slammed Democrat politicians like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for mocking “thoughts and prayers” following Wednesday’s deadly Catholic church shooting, calling their criticism “completely asinine.” “Catholics don’t...
Minneapolis church shooter said he was 'tired of being trans' in manifesto
Just the News
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August 29, 2025
Minneapolis church shooter Robin Westman, who was born male but self-identified as female, said in an online manifesto that he was "tired of being trans." Westman, 23, born Robert but changed his name in 2020, died from a self-inflicted gunshot...
Minneapolis school shooter fired 116 rounds, journal reveals dark fantasies and confusion on gender identity
The Economic Times
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August 29, 2025
Investigators in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting said that the attacker who opened fire on pupils as they were praying at a church in Minneapolis was "obsessed with the idea of killing children". The massacre occurred at the Annunciation...
Minneapolis Confirms We Need to Help, Not Humor ‘Trans’ Kids
KBOI - Idaho
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August 29, 2025
We saw another mass shooting Wednesday targeting another parochial grade school, this one during Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. The shooter was Robin Westman, 23, a transgender who’d changed his name from Robert after he...
$1.35 million available for Farm to School in Minnesota
Pope County Tribune - Minnesota
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August 29, 2025
Minnesota schools, early childhood education (ECE) centers, and licensed in-home family child care providers looking to serve locally sourced meals can apply for funding now through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Farm to School...
RFK Jr. links SSRIs and mass shootings. What does science say?
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, suggested Thursday that psychiatric drugs may have played a role in the Minnesota Catholic school shooting - a statement widely criticized as unsupported by science. During an appearance on...
Mike Johnson, RFK Jr. attack trans people in wake of Minneapolis school shooting
The Advocate
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August 29, 2025
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are — predictably — using the school shooting in Minneapolis to attack transgender people. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up...
Local leaders call for action after Minnesota school shooting
Chronicle Media - Illinois
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August 29, 2025
Blase Cupich Local government and religious leaders say it is time to “cry out for action” in the wake of the Minnesota school shooting. Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed and 18 people, including 15 youth, were injured in the Aug. 27...
Ortonville Public Schools District: How many students met or exceeded expectations in science in 2023-24 school year?
WC Minnesota News
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August 29, 2025
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim WalzWillie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz In Ortonville Public Schools District 45.8% of the...
Skylar Diggins really does not like the Minnesota Lynx
Sporting News
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August 29, 2025
Skylar Diggins delivered when the Seattle Storm needed her most. Diggins, Seattle's All-Star point guard, dropped 23 points on the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night -- engineering a comeback from 21 points down to hand the Storm a stunning 93-79...
How to separate fundraisers from scams after the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
KARE 11 - Minnesota
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August 29, 2025
Unfortunately, scammers often exploit tragedies for their own personal gain, which is why we want to give you tips to ensure your money is going where it's needed. MINNEAPOLIS — People across Minnesota — and the country — are still in mourning...
Lessons from the Tragedy in Minneapolis
City Journal
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August 29, 2025
The horror in Minneapolis this week has left many of us shaken. A 23-year-old former student opened fire during a back-to-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic School, murdering two children and wounding many more before taking his own life. The...
RFK Jr. slammed for targeting psychiatric meds in wake of Minneapolis shooting
Pink News
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August 29, 2025
Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. (Getty) US health and human services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr (RFK Jr) has, without evidence, targeted psychiatric medicines such as SSRIs in the wake of the recent Minneapolis mass shooting. On...
CDC in Chaos After Firings, Resignations and RFK’s Anti-Science Attacks
Fox News
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August 29, 2025
Howie Kurtz on CDC employees staging walkout in support of ousted leaders, misinformation spreading on Minneapolis shooter and Tulsi Gabbard outing the identity of undercover CIA officer. Follow Howie on Twitter: @HowardKurtz For...
Rep. Tom Emmer calls for repeal of Minnesota’s trans refuge law after Annunciation shooting
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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August 29, 2025
“They can’t do anything to our state laws, but I definitely worry that the federal government is going to take action,” Finke said.She pointed to a muted response from Republicans about the alleged suspect in the June fatal shooting of former DFL...
Gun Rights Supporters Could Accept Significant Regulations, Per Industry’s Research
The Trace
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August 29, 2025
In 2019, with the horrors of the Parkland mass shooting still fresh in most Americans’ minds, the gun industry funded a study to “determine the most effective ways of communicating with the American public about the benefits of firearm ownership.”...
Minnesota bishop slams Democratic mayor for dismissing prayer following Catholic school massacre: ‘Completely asinine’
New York Post
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August 29, 2025
Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron sharply criticized Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for dismissing calls for prayer following Wednesday’s deadly Catholic school shooting, calling the mayor’s remarks “completely asinine.” “Catholics don’t think that...
None of Minnesota Internship Center School District students meet or exceed mathematics MCA expectations on tests in 2023-24 school year
Minneapolis Review - Minnesota
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August 29, 2025
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim WalzWillie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz In Minnesota Internship Center School District none...
Lilacs in trouble: fungal disease returns to Minnesota gardens
Pope County Tribune - Minnesota
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August 29, 2025
By Robin Trott, Extension Educator If your lilacs are looking rough this summer, you’re not alone. At the county fair’s Master Gardener booth, the top question wasn’t about tomatoes or turf—it was about lilacs that seem to be dying. The likely...