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Slaughterhouse cleaner admits child labor at 3 Minnesota plants, fined $1.5M

Slaughterhouse cleaner admits child labor at 3 Minnesota plants, fined $1.5M

Federal authorities fined Packers Sanitation Services Inc. $1.5 million for using more than 100 children ages 13 to 17 to clean slaughterhouses in eight states. At JBS Foods in Worthington, PSSI had 22 underage workers on the overnight shift.
by Jon Collins

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Two dead in shootings a block apart in south Minneapolis

Two men died and a woman was seriously injured in a pair of shootings just minutes and a block apart in Minneapolis late Wednesday. Authorities are investigating whether the two shootings are connected.
by Tim Nelson

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1 killed, 3 hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas shopping mall

1 killed, 3 hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas shopping mall

Police in El Paso, Texas, say a one person has been killed and three others have been wounded in a shooting at a shopping mall. El Paso police said hours after Wednesday's shooting that two people had been taken into custody.
by The Associated Press

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Authorities identify St. Paul man killed by police

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a statement Wednesday that Officer Abdirahman Dahir fired his department-issued rifle at Yia Xiong, 65, after Xiong allegedly ignored commands to drop a large knife.
by Matt Sepic

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