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Video: Suspect who shot Minneapolis officer Mitchell kept shooting as police came to help

Video: Suspect who shot Minneapolis officer Mitchell kept shooting as police came to help

Police body camera video released Friday detailed how a 911 call for help in south Minneapolis on May 30 turned quickly into an officer-down emergency with officer Jamal Mitchell slain by someone he tried to help.
by Matt Sepic

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Wright County attorney: Deputy was justified in fatal shooting of pipe-wielding man

Wright County attorney: Deputy was justified in fatal shooting of pipe-wielding man

The BCA said Chapman drove about two blocks, stopped his car, got out and walked toward Feenstra, holding what the deputy believed was a knife. It turned out to be a nine-inch metal rod. Feenstra fired his handgun, and Chapman died at the scene of multiple gunshot wounds.
by Kirsti Marohn

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FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings

FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings

Nearly three decades after two young women were found with their throats slashed in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities announced Thursday that they have identified a now-deceased serial rapist from Ohio as the person they believe was responsible for the killings.
by The Associated Press

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Carleton alum alleges grooming, sexual assault by campus staffer

Carleton alum alleges grooming, sexual assault by campus staffer

In a federal lawsuit, a former Carleton College student says that a campus dance instructor groomed and sexually assaulted her. The alleged victim, who’s named as Jane Doe in the complaint, alleges that salsa teacher Don Smith continually pressured her for sex before attacking her at his home in 2021.
by Matt Sepic

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With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven

With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pardoning 175,000 people with cannabis convictions. That brings to more than 2.5 million people across the U.S. people whose convictions have been cleared or forgiven in recent years. 
by The Associated Press

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US soldier convicted of theft in Russia and sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison

US soldier convicted of theft in Russia and sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison

 A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has convicted a visiting American soldier of stealing and making threats of murder, and it sentenced him to three years and nine months in prison. 
by The Associated Press

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New charges in anti-violence effort target Minneapolis gang

New charges in anti-violence effort target Minneapolis gang

More alleged Minneapolis gang members are facing federal gun and drug charges as part of an ongoing crackdown. A grand jury has indicted 10 men allegedly connected to the 10z and 20z gang, which primarily operates south of downtown Minneapolis around Franklin and Chicago Avenues.
by Matt Sepic

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NYC pastor is sentenced to 9 years for fraud, including taking a single mom’s $90,000

NYC pastor is sentenced to 9 years for fraud, including taking a single mom’s $90,000

"Lamor Whitehead is a con man who stole millions of dollars in a string of financial frauds,” a U.S. attorney said. In 2022, the high-profile pastor was robbed during a livestreamed service in Brooklyn.
by Bill Chappell

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Retired Sartell police chief dies after bicycle hit by semi

Retired Sartell police chief dies after bicycle hit by semi

Seventy-four-year-old Robert Ringstrom was police chief of Sartell until he retired in 2004. St. Joseph police said he was riding his bike last Friday when he was struck and killed.
by Kirsti Marohn

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