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'A bright, happy kid': Family of 12-year-old shot in St. Paul in shock

'A bright, happy kid': Family of 12-year-old shot in St. Paul in shock

Markee Jones loved the latest fashions, playing basketball and hanging out with his cousins, a family member said. He died on a cousin’s birthday after being shot in St. Paul.
by Aaliyah Demry

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St. Paul police: 12-year-old boy died of apparent gunshot wound

In a statement, police say it happened in the city's North End neighborhood Saturday morning. The boy died at Regions Hospital. A 14-year-old is being held in connection with the death.
by MPR News Staff

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Court of appeals upholds Thao's federal civil rights conviction

Court of appeals upholds Thao's federal civil rights conviction

The Eight Circuit found no evidence that former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was deprived of a fair trial, and in a ruling filed Friday affirmed his conviction on federal civil rights charges. 
by MPR News Staff

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Raising money and poll numbers, Donald Trump stays 'Teflon Don' amid indictments

Raising money and poll numbers, Donald Trump stays 'Teflon Don' amid indictments

In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump claimed he could shoot someone and not lose any voters. Now, he faces criminal charges in three separate indictments, and voters continue to support "Teflon Don."
by Franco Ordoñez

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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack

The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue was formally sentenced to death Thursday, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.
by The Associated Press

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