Timberwolves fall to Celtics 118-115
Jayson Tatum had 33 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-115.
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Jayson Tatum had 33 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-115.
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Jayson Tatum scored 45 points — 14 of them in the fourth quarter and another 12 in overtime — as the Boston Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 127-120 in a matchup of the two conference leaders to remain perfect at home.
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Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points, 13 rebounds and four assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the Boston Celtics 124-122 on Monday night.
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Kevin Garnett will play his first game back as a Minnesota Timberwolf Wednesday night at the Target Center. Garnett spoke at his first Timberwolves press conference since 2007 Tuesday. He said he's ready to contribute.
A staple of the Hamlin-Midway neighborhood in St. Paul is closed until further notice after a fire broke out late Wednesday night.
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Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy and his fiancée, Katya Kuropas, took to Instagram Wednesday night to announce her pregnancy.
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A University of Minnesota graduate student Dogukan Gunaydin, who was detained by immigration agents in late March, has been released.
A coffee shop in St. Paul, Minnesota, will be closed Thursday after an overnight fire.
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There's more chance for frost in northern Minnesota Friday morning, but things will start to dry out, with highs in the 60s in the metro area.
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After a cloudy start, sunshine will reign in the Twin Cities on Thursday, with highs reaching into the mid-60s, says meteorologist Adam Del Rosso.
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A federal judge ruled that University of Minnesota student Dogukan Gunaydin be released from custody after ICE detained him in April for a prior DWI arrest. WCCO's Ubah Ali reports from St. Paul.
A federal judge ruled that University of Minnesota student Dogukan Gunaydin be released from custody after ICE detained him in March for a prior DWI arrest. WCCO's Ubah Ali reports from St. Paul.