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Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case

Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department. That's according to letter filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware made public Tuesday. 
by The Associated Press

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A 3-hour phone call that brought her to tears: Impostor scams cost Americans billions

A 3-hour phone call that brought her to tears: Impostor scams cost Americans billions

Imposter scams are top U.S. fraud now: Con artists are using new technology to get real time information plus voice cloning and caller ID spoofing to make it even harder to tell truth from fiction.
by Dara Kerr

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5 friends dead in crash at I-35W and Lake Street in Minneapolis

5 friends dead in crash at I-35W and Lake Street in Minneapolis

Minneapolis police said the victims were all in a vehicle that was hit. An initial account from police said a suspect vehicle had been “observed” by a state trooper on the freeway, but said the crash happened before that trooper attempted a traffic stop.
by MPR News Staff

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8 takeaways from the Justice Department probe of Minneapolis police

8 takeaways from the Justice Department probe of Minneapolis police

MPD’s culture and practices created the “systemic problems” that made possible the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, a newly released U.S. Justice Department report concludes. Here’s a breakdown of some of the investigation’s findings and key incidents by category.
by MPR News Staff

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Consent decree negotiations on MPD: 9 questions, answered

Consent decree negotiations on MPD: 9 questions, answered

Minneapolis and federal authorities say they’ll negotiate a consent decree around the findings from the Justice Department’s report on the Minneapolis Police Department. Here’s a look at what these agreements entail and how it might work for MPD.
by Jon Collins

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