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Fake COVID vaccine cards are being sold online. Using one is a crime

Fake COVID vaccine cards are being sold online. Using one is a crime

Officials have pleaded with tech giants to keep the documents off their sites, but Amazon briefly had blank vaccination cards for sale this week. They could land their bearers in prison.
by Jaclyn Diaz

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Fourth man sentenced for burning Minneapolis police station

A federal judge has sentenced the last of four men who pleaded guilty to burning a Minneapolis police station last summer. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz sentenced 27-year-old Bryce Michael Williams to two years and five months in prison and ordered him to help pay $12 million in restitution for the damage. 
by The Associated Press

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Family gathers to remember 14-year-old shot at party

Family gathers to remember 14-year-old shot at party

Scores of people attended a vigil for a 14-year-old boy shot to death as he was leaving a graduation party in suburban St. Paul this past weekend.
by The Associated Press

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Minneapolis sees more protests after man killed by deputies

Minneapolis sees more protests after man killed by deputies

Crowds marched Sunday evening in response to Thursday's fatal shooting of 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith Jr. in the Uptown area. Officers stood watch during the demonstrations. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests stemming from Sunday's protests.
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Minnesota's tough new deadly force law gets second look

Minnesota's tough new deadly force law gets second look

The effort to enact more police accountability measures is proving difficult for Minnesota lawmakers. But there’s also a move afoot to revisit a stricter deadly force standard approved last summer in the wake of George Floyd's death.
by Brian Bakst

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Teen dies after shooting at Twin Cities graduation party

Authorities say a 14-year-old boy was killed in a shooting at a graduation party in a Twin Cities suburb. Police say as many as 40 people were at a party Saturday night in Woodbury when gunshots rang out.
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Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records

Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records

The Justice Department says it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations. It's a policy shift that abandons a practice long decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.
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