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'We're all clear': Ellison says latest moves should end questions over police in schools

'We're all clear': Ellison says latest moves should end questions over police in schools

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told MPR News on Thursday he believes his latest legal memo and a meeting with state and local leaders and law enforcement will resolve the controversy around how officers can restrain students in schools.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota's high court sides with defendant in #MeToo lawsuit

Minnesota's high court sides with defendant in #MeToo lawsuit

In a new ruling, the Minnesota Supreme Court has sided with a Minneapolis woman who publicly accused her dance teacher, who was also her romantic partner, of sexual assault.
by Matt Sepic

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A 96-year-old federal judge was barred from hearing cases in a fight over her fitness

A 96-year-old federal judge was barred from hearing cases in a fight over her fitness

The unusually public and bitter fight over whether a judge should continue to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sparked a lawsuit and turned judges against one another.
by The Associated Press

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Lead found in water at Lino Lakes prison; DOC says testing indicates no risks at Stillwater

Lead found in water at Lino Lakes prison; DOC says testing indicates no risks at Stillwater

Minnesota prison officials say preliminary results from a new round of testing show the water at the Stillwater correctional facility is safe to drink — but testing at a different state prison, in Lino Lakes, found lead in some of the water there.
by Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber

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Indiana jail mistakenly releases Minneapolis murder suspect

Authorities are searching for a murder suspect from Minnesota who was mistakenly released from an Indianapolis jail last week.
by Matt Sepic

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Investigation into State Patrol killing of Ricky Cobb II goes to prosecutors

Investigation into State Patrol killing of Ricky Cobb II goes to prosecutors

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says it’s now reviewing the findings of an investigation into the July 31 fatal shooting of a Black man by a Minnesota state trooper along Interstate 94 in Minneapolis.
by MPR News Staff

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Teen charged in shooting threat that shut down Edina High School

Prosecutors on Monday charged a Minneapolis teen with two felonies for allegedly making a threat outside Edina High School last week.
by Matt Sepic

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Man acquitted of killing 3 people, wounding 2 others in case that hinged on alibi defense

Man acquitted of killing 3 people, wounding 2 others in case that hinged on alibi defense

A judge has acquitted a Minneapolis man accused of killing three people and wounding two others in St. Paul in a case that hinged on an alibi defense. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that Judge Kelly Olmstead on Friday found Antonio Dupree Wright not guilty on all charges. 
by The Associated Press

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