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Are the Swifities right? Star Tribune music critic Jon Bream thinks so. He joined All Things Considered on Monday to discuss the Taylor Swift takeover and what is in his opinion, the most “fan-fulfilling” concert he has ever attended.

Students on the Twin Cities and Rochester campuses of the University of Minnesota will see a 3.5 percent tuition increase this fall. Students on other campuses will see smaller bumps. Officials say grant and other funding will help blunt the effects.

The families of five young women killed June 16 in a high-speed crash on Lake Street joined Twin Cities Muslim leaders Monday in calling for an independent investigation into the incident.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have kept center Naz Reid off the market by agreeing to terms on a three-year, $42 million contract that comes with a player option after two seasons.

The person who killed five people and pleaded guilty in a 2022 mass shooting at a LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs has been sentenced to life in prison.

Smoke has returned to the skies, prompting air quality alerts across Minnesota. Temperatures will be warmer Tuesday with spotty thunderstorms to the north. Wednesday will bring a statewide chance of storms.

Canada’s wildfire season is off to its worst start on record, and another air quality alert is in effect. Here’s what to know as smoky skies become more of a pattern than a novelty.

Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 accused the grocery chain Lunds & Byerlys of unfair labor practices amid contract negotiations.

The Council on American Islamic Relations-Minnesota and the families of the young women killed had sought a probe independent of state agencies to examine several issues, including the actions of a state trooper who had spotted the SUV ahead of the crash.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued a record 23rd air quality alert of the year Tuesday morning, as yet another round of smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts across southern and eastern parts of the state.