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Attorneys outline cases as first Feeding Our Future trial starts

Attorneys outline cases as first Feeding Our Future trial starts

Prosecutors say seven defendants schemed to steal $47 million from taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs by falsifying attendance rosters and food invoices. Defense attorneys said their clients were following the rules and feeding children.
by Matt Sepic

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Child abuse charges dismissed against Red Lake woman

Charges have been dismissed against a Red Lake woman for alleged torture and malicious punishment of a child. Jennifer Stately was arrested last month after an Amber Alert was issued.
by Dan Gunderson

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New prosecutors will handle case against trooper charged in killing of motorist

New prosecutors will handle case against trooper charged in killing of motorist

A few hundred people rallied in support of Minnesota state trooper Ryan Londregan at the Hennepin County Government Center Monday while prosecutors asked for a short delay in order to add four new attorneys from an outside firm to join the case.
by Jon Collins

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Sen. Mitchell returns to Capitol as her arrest looms over session’s final weeks

Sen. Mitchell returns to Capitol as her arrest looms over session’s final weeks

Democrats suspended Sen. Nicole Mitchell from caucus and committee work following her burglary arrest last week but let her keep her floor vote, which maintains the DFL’s one-vote majority. That’s angered Senate Republicans.
by Dana Ferguson

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Police officer hiring in U.S. increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows

Police officer hiring in U.S. increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows

U.S. police departments have reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd. A survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum shows more officers were hired in 2023 than in any of the previous four years.
by The Associated Press

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Trump’s immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

Trump’s immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.
by Nina Totenberg

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‘It’s awful’: Partner of man killed in Nudieland mass shooting reacts to arrests

‘It’s awful’: Partner of man killed in Nudieland mass shooting reacts to arrests

Caitlin Angelica, who was standing beside her partner August Golden when he was fatally shot in Minneapolis on Aug. 11, 2023, said she has mixed feelings about the arrest of two teens who were juveniles at the time of the shooting. 
by Feven Gerezgiher

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Prosecution team in Londregan shooting case faces personnel changes

Prosecution team in Londregan shooting case faces personnel changes

The Hennepin County Attorney’s office appears to be assembling a new prosecution team just days before an important hearing in the case of a state trooper charged with the shooting death of a motorist last July.
by Jon Collins

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Jury seated in first Feeding Our Future trial

Jury seated in first Feeding Our Future trial

A jury has been seated in the first trial to stem from the sprawling federal investigation into the nonprofit Feeding Our Future.
by Matt Sepic

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