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Month: June 2022

History was made with the newly crowned Miss Minnesota on Friday in Eden Prairie

Woman makes history as first Indigenous woman to win Miss Minnesota crown, with ambitious goals to make an impact

By Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — History was made with the newly crowned Miss Minnesota on Friday in Eden Prairie, as 25-year-old Rachel Evangelisto was the first Indigenous woman to win the crown. Evangelisto describes the moments before she found out she won. “I was standing there shaking,

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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

By Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed, Chandelis Duster and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The opinion is the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades and will transform the landscape of women’s reproductive health in

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Supreme Court backs HHS approach to Medicare payments for hospitals serving low-income patients

By Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue and Tami Luhby, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the approach taken by the Department of Health and Human Services in calculating certain Medicare payments for hospitals that serve a large number of low-income patients. The legal challenge targeted HHS’ interpretation of the formula used to calculate Medicare’s

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Must-watch videos of the week

By John Branch, CNN A gigantic python is captured, an eagle mom decides to adopt, and illegal motorcycles are crushed. These are the must-watch videos of the week. A record-breaking python is caught Biologists caught an 18-foot long, 215-pound python, the biggest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida. Swim coach saves swimmer who fainted underwater American swimmer

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Must-watch videos of the week

By John Branch, CNN A gigantic python is captured, an eagle mom decides to adopt, and illegal motorcycles are crushed. These are the must-watch videos of the week. A record-breaking python is caught Biologists caught an 18-foot long, 215-pound python, the biggest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida. Swim coach saves swimmer who fainted underwater American swimmer

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