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A "racial equity" and "restorative justice" nonprofit funded by Minnesota taxpayers is calling for donations to a new bail fund that’s helping free anti-ICE agitators and illegal immigrants detained in Minneapolis. The Legal Rights Center, which Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison led for five years, is promoting the People’s Bail Fund of Minnesota through Know Your Rights MN, a Legal Rights Center project that provides legal information and resources for activists. The project’s website was updated Thursday to include a link to the bail fund, which only secured nonprofit status last week and is actively "accepting requests for ICE protest...

Carl Pohlad, a savvy rags-to-riches financier who bought the Minnesota Twins in 1984, died today at his Edina home, a Twins executive said today. Pohlad died about 2 p.m. today, according to Twins Sports Inc. president Jerry Bell. Pohlad, 93, oversaw the Twins’ World Series championships in 1987 and 1991. In March of last year, his son, Jim Pohlad, CEO of Twins Sports Inc., said the family intends to own the franchise far into the future. Pohlad earned his first dollar as a teenager in Dubuque, Iowa, going door to door during the Great Depression collecting unpaid debts. He was...