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Tom Austin, who ran the F2 Group, was filmed asking a group of five black men about whether they were tenants of the MoZaic East building on Lagoon Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis. After the incident went viral, Austin’s office lease was terminated, he confirmed to Newsweek. “My lease in the office was terminated for the sake of appeasing mob rule,” Austin said in an email. “And yes, I’m no longer CEO of F2....

The groups gathered 20,000 signatures in order to get the measure on the ballot, twice the number necessary. They also raised around $1 million which includes $500,000 from Open Society Policy Center, which has ties to billionaire George Soros. “What we knew as public safety—which is only the police right now, the only option that we have—was unacceptable. The murder of George Floyd ignited a lot of historical pain and disrespect that we have been going through, and we made the decision that we no longer wanted to have what we have now as the only option for public safety,” said Brian Fullman, lead organizer with one of the groups, Barbershop and Black Congregation Cooperative....

While 2020 Class A champion Mahtomedi is not back, 2020 Class AA champion Hill-Murray is. Eden Prairie, which lost in last year’s championship game to Hill-Murray (and which also lost in the 2019 title game to Edina) is looking for its first state title since 2011. What can we expect from this year’s show is still to be determined with COVID-19 impacting teams, but one thing is certain — the flow should be epic as always....

The Rogers Area Youth Basketball Association girls high school team was booted from the Northwest Suburban Basketball League for being too good — seriously. MORE: Iowa grabs No. 1 seed in latest Field of 68 “We found out Friday at lunchtime that we’re not going to be allowed because according to the league our girls were too talented,” coach Jason Hanauska told Fox 9 News. Hanauska says three teams were threatening to forfeit games or leave the league, so RAYBA was kicked out instead....

Goldy the Gopher has dressed for the occasion since 2013, and this week it teased a new set of costumes on the internet: From Iron Man to Shrek, Goldy has set the costume bar pretty high, and the latest show didn’t disappoint. PHOTOS: Live animal mascots During Minnesota’s home game against Indiana on Friday night, Goldy took to Twitter to show off the new outfits. First came Goldy’s take on Frankenstein’s monster....

Abu Danladi scored both goals for the Loons, who took a 2-0 lead to the break. Bastian Schweinsteiger slid in a lovely ball to David Accam, who finished well in the 77th minute to cut the lead, but the visiting side was able to hang on to get the result. It was the fourth loss in a row for the Fire, who sit 12 points back of first place Toronto FC in the Eastern Conference....

Real Madrid are on the lookout for a solid midfielder after having failed to replace Spanish maestro, Xabi Alonso, who moved to Bayern Munich last summer. Paul Pogba is one of the most valuable players in world football right now and is angling for a move away from Juventus after winning the Serie A title four years in a row. The dynamic midfielder is valued at around €140 million by Juventus – a sum Real Madrid are reportedly ready to match....

Jacksonville (1-2) ended a four-game losing streak in the AFC South series and avoided the franchise’s second 0-3 start in four years. Minshew Mania, meanwhile, picked up momentum. With all eyes on star cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who may have played his final game for Jacksonville, Minshew and a second straight stellar defensive outing captured the spotlight. A sixth-round draft pick starting his second consecutive game in place of injured Nick Foles (broken collarbone), Minshew completed 20 of 30 passes for 204 yards....

As time goes on, Microsoft’s service, the Xbox Game Pass, only becomes more and more appealing. This service started in 2017 and has only added more features, games, and options continuously since then, making it hard for other subscription services to even think about competing. There are a lot of people who would absolutely love Xbox Game Pass but don’t have it, simply due to some odd misconceptions.RELATED: Best FPS Games On Xbox Game PassSo, to help fix that issue, here are some of the biggest misconceptions about the service people are believing for some reason, and why they’re incorrect....

RELATED: 10 Action Movies That Should Get Video Game Adaptations From hanging off of a plane as it took off in Rogue Nation to hanging off of a helicopter as it took off in Fallout, Cruise has continued to top his own daring stunt work since nailing the Burj Khalifa set piece. 10 The Motorcycle Chase (Mission: Impossible II) While John Woo’s The Killer, Hard Boiled, and A Better Tomorrow established him as one of the greatest action filmmakers in the world, he had a tough time breaking into Hollywood....

The Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School announced it will be closed on Monday after learning that a St. Louis County woman infected with the coronavirus is the older sister of one of their students. Officials learned that the student and her father broke their self quarantine to attend a father-daughter dance together, as well as a gathering beforehand at the home of another student, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch....

Even the good news is wrapped around bad news – terrible news, really. MORE: One of these 16 teams will win it all…maybe | Six facts to know about college basketball going into March But it still is an inspiring story that has us talking about Mizzou hoops this weekend. Sunday against Tennessee, the Tigers will hold their “Rally For Rhyan” game, an event to raise awareness for the need for pediatric cancer research and to raise money for the cause....

RELATED: Brock’s First Pokemon, Ranked While Misty is predominantly a water trainer, employing a variety of powerful water moves in her arsenal, the young trainer has been seen with a variety of Pokemon throughout her time on the anime. Avoiding those she borrowed from Ashe and Brock, as well as inhabitants of the Cerulean City gym, here are Misty’s first ten Pokemon, ranked. Updated August 30, 2021 By Adriano Valente: Misty is still one of Ash’s most popular traveling companions....

McConnell’s comment came in response to a journalist asking him about the General Services Administration’s (GSA) refusal to issue a letter acknowledging Biden’s victory, thus denying Biden’s team access to millions of dollars in federal transition resources. “We are going to have an orderly transfer from this administration to the next one. What we all say about it is frankly irrelevant,” McConnell said. “All of it will happen right on time, and we will swear in the next administration on Jan....

Talking about the same, Raj said, “I’m extremely happy because for a couple of us, this is going to be the last World Cup. So, our first aim was to qualify for the semis. I have always been happy to score runs for the country. I’ve always dreamed getting more and more runs because the hunger never dies.” The Indian team was in a spot of bother at 21-2 when Harmanpreet Kaur joined Raj in the middle, but the duo stitched a wonderful partnership of 132 runs to steer themselves out of trouble....

Muller will retire at the end of the ATP Tour season but the 35-year-old Luxembourgish veteran showed he is not a spent force just yet after seeing off Marcos Baghdatis 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 in Newport. Seeded sixth, Muller – a Wimbledon and US Open quarter-finalist – saved three of four break points faced and converted a pair of his own to progress to the second round on the grass in Rhode Island on Tuesday....

Confederation of African Football president Ahmad said Tuesday on a visit to Cameroon that CAF had “never thought of” and “never considered” dropping Cameroon as host. “It is left to Cameroon to tell us,” said Ahmad, who is from Madagascar and goes by one name. “We are not the ones organizing (the competition). It is Cameroon that is hosting the competition. “It’s only Cameroon that can say tomorrow that ‘we are ready or give us more time we are not ready....

After Marcano vanished, her family and loved ones searched for her for roughly eight days in Orlando before discovering her remains near her apartment complex. Her body was “nearly completely skeletonized,” with black duct tape on her neck, wrists and ankles, according to the autopsy report obtained by WPLG. Orange-Osceola Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany said that because the body was in such a high state of decomposition when authorities recovered it, he was not able to assess it for specific injuries....

Over the last couple of weeks, Camp Knut has proven to be one of the most successful initiatives that also managed to reel in an impressive number of viewers on workout-centric livestreams. Given the hype around its unique approach, it wasn’t long before fitness enthusiasts and 2018’s Strongest Man, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, started heaping praise on the team associated with the camp for their incredible work. However, after much excitement following Mizkif’s call with Björnsson, where the former asked the latter to give Camp Knut a shot, the Game of Thrones star finally arrived at Camp Kunt and met Mizkif and the others....