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Supreme Court restricts police powers to enter a home without a warrant

Supreme Court restricts police powers to enter a home without a warrant

The court has long held that police may do this when pursuing a fleeing felon. The question in this case was whether they can do the same thing when pursuing someone suspected of a minor offense.
by Nina Totenberg

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Supreme Court rules cheerleader's F-bombs are protected by the 1st Amendment

Supreme Court rules cheerleader's F-bombs are protected by the 1st Amendment

The case involved a teenage cheerleader who dropped F-bombs on Snapchat. At issue was whether schools may punish students for speech that occurs online and off-campus but that may be disruptive.
by Nina Totenberg

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What you need to know about this week’s sentencing of Derek Chauvin

What you need to know about this week’s sentencing of Derek Chauvin

Fewer than a dozen officers around the country have been sentenced for murder, according to experts who track police killings, which makes Friday’s hearing rare even in a national context.
by Jon Collins

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Duluth man charged with murder in killing of St. Cloud professor

Duluth man charged with murder in killing of St. Cloud professor

Charging documents say Jason Robert Beckman crashed a stolen car in front of Edward Ward's home and then knocked on the door to get help. The complaint says Beckman suffers from several mental illnesses and admitted to using drugs in recent days.
by Peter Cox

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Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun sales

Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun sales

The number of people stopped from buying guns through the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last year amid a surge of firearm sales, according to new records obtained by the group Everytown for Gun Safety.
by The Associated Press

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Vikings rookie Jaylen Twyman recovering from gunshot wounds

Vikings rookie Jaylen Twyman recovering from gunshot wounds

Bullets hit a vehicle Jaylen Twyman was riding in, his agent Drew Rosenhaus said Monday night. Twyman does not need surgery and is expected to make a full recovery from the exit wounds to his arm, shoulder, buttocks and leg, according to Rosenhaus.
by The Associated Press

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After Dinkytown shooting, U of M to increase police presence

After Dinkytown shooting, U of M to increase police presence

The University of Minnesota Police Department will immediately assign additional officers on overtime to both Dinkytown and Marcy-Holmes neighborhoods, where many students live.
by Peter Cox

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'Heart wrenching': St. Cloud State professor of 31 years was victim of Sunday shooting

'Heart wrenching': St. Cloud State professor of 31 years was victim of Sunday shooting

A longtime professor at St. Cloud State University was killed this weekend in what police described as a random incident. Edward Anthony Ward, 68, was named Monday afternoon as the victim of a fatal shooting that took place Sunday morning in the 2600 block of Island View Drive in southern St. Cloud.

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