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Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case

Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case

A top executive at former President Donald Trump’s family business has pleaded guilty to evading taxes. The deal could potentially make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall.
by The Associated Press

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Anti-government threats are up, but it's tough to assess them

Experts say the U.S. approach to countering violent extremism has worked well against foreign terrorists. They question whether it will work as well to identify credible domestic threats.
by Odette Yousef

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Next sheriff of Hennepin County will have a big task ahead of them

Either Dawanna Witt or Joseph Banks will lead the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office at a time of rising concerns about violent crime in the region and increased public scrutiny of law enforcement. They’ll also be tasked with stabilizing a department shaken by the actions of the current sheriff. And one of them will become the county’s first ever Black sheriff.
by Jon Collins

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Judge: Anti-immigration group's environment suit can proceed

Judge: Anti-immigration group's environment suit can proceed

An anti-immigration group has scored a legal victory in its federal lawsuit arguing the Biden administration violated environmental law when it halted construction of the U.S. southern border wall and sought to undo other immigration policies by former President Donald Trump.
by The Associated Press

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Pakistani doctor pleads guilty to terror charge in Minnesota

Pakistani doctor pleads guilty to terror charge in Minnesota

A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, more than two years after he was arrested for telling paid FBI informants that he pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group.
by The Associated Press

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Ex-cop Lane will report to Colorado prison in Floyd killing

Ex-cop Lane will report to Colorado prison in Floyd killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, has been ordered to report to a low-security federal prison camp in Colorado in two weeks.
by The Associated Press

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Twenty years later, Fosston's police force returns

Twenty years later, Fosston's police force returns

For decades, small towns have been disbanding police departments to save money, or more recently, because they can’t find officers to staff the department. But the northern Minnesota town of Fosston is challenging the trend by rebuilding a police force more than 20 years after it was eliminated.
by Dan Gunderson

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Trial in nearly 30 year old murder case begins Tuesday

The murder case of Jeanette Childs, 35 went ‘cold’ after years of no solid leads.  But in 2019, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced it had enough evidence to show that Jerry Westrom was the man who stabbed Childs to death in her Minneapolis apartment in 1993.  Westrom’s attorney says that evidence is thin.
by MPR News Staff

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Thao, Kueng reject plea deals, will go to trial

Thao, Kueng reject plea deals, will go to trial

Prosecutors had offered Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng sentences of 36 months for pleading guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter, according to prosecutor Matthew Frank.
by Jon Collins

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