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Hundreds of students walk out in Twin Cities to demand investigation of Khalil Azad’s death

Hundreds of students walk out in Twin Cities to demand investigation of Khalil Azad’s death

Hundreds of Twin Cities students walked out of school on Monday, demanding an investigation into the death of Khalil Azad who was found dead days after an encounter with Robbinsdale police in 2022.
by Elizabeth Shockman and Feven Gerezgiher

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Man pleads guilty to murder for shooting girl caught in Minneapolis gunfire

Man pleads guilty to murder for shooting girl caught in Minneapolis gunfire

Trinity Ottoson-Smith, 9, was at a friend's birthday party in May 2021 when prosecutors said Dpree Shareef Robinson fired a 9 mm gun from the alley at three people on the back porch, hitting and killing the girl. Robinson’s guilty plea came on the day his trial was set to start.
by Matt Sepic

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Minneapolis police investigating vandalism at 'crisis pregnancy center'

Minneapolis police investigating vandalism at 'crisis pregnancy center'

Minneapolis police are investigating vandalism reported over the weekend at a “crisis pregnancy center” operated by a group opposed to abortion. It’s at least the third incident of vandalism targeting abortion opponents in the Twin Cities since last summer.
by Tim Nelson

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3 found dead in Chisago County home

Chisago County sheriff’s deputies went to the home at 8 a.m. Sunday on Brunswick Road in Fish Lake Township after a family member said they had not been able to reach their relatives. Investigators do not believe it was a random incident.
by MPR News Staff

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Stillwater police: Suspect killed after firing at officers

Stillwater police: Suspect killed after firing at officers

Stillwater Police Chief Brian Mueller said when police arrived at the Curve Crest Villas apartment complex, the male suspect had already shot many rounds, injuring others.
by MPR News Staff

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Man charged in killing of 2 in St. Paul, in a shooting that injured 3 others

Man charged in killing of 2 in St. Paul, in a shooting that injured 3 others

Ramsey County prosecutors say John Lee Edmonson, 52, opened fire in the parking lot of an apartment building on Dale Street, near the intersection with University Avenue last Saturday evening.
by Matt Sepic

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North High dean defuses confrontation with armed student

A staff member at North Community High School in Minneapolis stepped between two students after one allegedly threatened the other with a handgun. Prosecutors charged the 18-year-old suspect Friday, more than three weeks after the incident.
by Matt Sepic

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Voting rights restored to 50,000 under new Minnesota law

Voting rights restored to 50,000 under new Minnesota law

Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Friday that allows convicted felons in Minnesota to vote once they are out of prison, regardless of whether they are still on probation.
by Dana Ferguson

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