Play9min 22secFuture of Us: What's next for education in Minnesota?February 6, 2023 6:38 PMBy Tom Crann and Ngoc BuiMinnesota’s 2020 Teacher of the Year Qorsho Hassan imagines the future of education -- how the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd shaped her vision for a new model of teaching and learning that centers student voice and leadership.
Ramsey County must reduce jail capacity, state ordersFebruary 5, 2023 4:07 PMBy Mark ZdechlikThe move came after a state investigation into complaints from Ramsey County Public Health officials that inmates in need of emergency medical care were not getting it.
Play5min 08secFamily sues Minneapolis over Amir Locke killing by police in no-knock raidFebruary 3, 2023 12:25 PMBy MPR News StaffA Minneapolis police officer fatally shot Amir Locke last year seconds after a SWAT team entered a downtown apartment to serve a warrant. Locke was not suspected of any crime. No officers were charged. Locke family attorney Ben Crump announced the civil suit Friday.
Bloomington police: 3 people dead in apparent murder-suicideFebruary 2, 2023 9:42 AMBy MPR News StaffBloomington police say three adults were found dead in a parked pickup truck in the city on Wednesday night, in an apparent murder-suicide. Deaths included a father and son, and a male “business associate.”
Teen pleads guilty to murder in shooting outside Richfield schoolFebruary 1, 2023 3:50 PMBy Matt SepicFernando Valdez-Alvarez, 19, of Minneapolis, admitted in court to shooting and killing 15-year-old Jahmari Rice and wounding another 17-year-old outside the South Education Center in Richfield on Feb. 1, 2022, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Fate of last ex-cop charged in Floyd murder lies with judgeFebruary 1, 2023 6:36 AMBy The Associated PressA defense attorney says a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted. But prosecutors argue Tou Thao “acted without courage and displayed no compassion” even though he could see Floyd’s life slowly ebbing away.
White House: Harris will attend Tyre Nichols' funeralJanuary 31, 2023 4:29 PMBy The Associated PressVice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after he was beaten by Memphis police officers just minutes from his home, the White House said Tuesday.
Driver charged in Bloomington hit-and-run crash that killed teen, injured sisterJanuary 31, 2023 7:48 AMBy Tim NelsonA 27-year-old Oakdale woman is facing criminal vehicular homicide and hit-and-run charges after allegedly striking a brother and sister crossing a Bloomington street on Friday evening.
St. Paul man gets 18 years for attempted killing of ex-partner at parenting centerJanuary 30, 2023 6:34 PMBy Matt SepicA Hennepin County judge on Monday sentenced a St. Paul man to 18 years of prison and supervised release for trying to kill his former partner outside a supervised parenting center last year. At the sentencing hearing for Timothy A. Amacher, 41, a prosecutor said he’d hoped for a lengthier prison term, but Minnesota law won’t allow it.
Manhattan DA presenting evidence in Trump-Stormy Daniels investigation to grand juryJanuary 30, 2023 6:24 PMBy Andrea Bernstein The investigation stems from payments Donald Trump made, allegedly to prevent accusations that he had had an extramarital affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels from becoming public.