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Ballot segregation case lands before Minnesota Supreme Court

Ballot segregation case lands before Minnesota Supreme Court

The state Supreme Court is pressing attorneys for President Donald Trump and two Republican entities about why they waited until days before the election to bring the challenge over late-arriving absentee ballots.
by Brian Bakst

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Philadelphia pledges better response after Black man's death

Philadelphia pledges better response after Black man's death

Philadelphia police pledged to release 911 tapes and police body camera footage "in the near future" in the shooting death of a Black man with a history of mental health problems, a death that prompted protests, widespread vandalism and an overnight curfew days before Election Day.
by The Associated Press

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French prosecutor: Nice killer Tunisian, entered from Italy

French prosecutor: Nice killer Tunisian, entered from Italy

France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says the man who killed three in a Nice church was a Tunisian who entered France from Italy. It was the third attack in two months in France that authorities have attributed to Muslim extremists, including the beheading of a teacher. 
by The Associated Press

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Justices deny fast, new look at Pennsylvania ballot deadline

Justices deny fast, new look at Pennsylvania ballot deadline

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would not grant a quick, pre-election review to a new Republican appeal to exclude Pennsylvania absentee ballots received after Election Day.
by The Associated Press

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60 charged in $300M phone scam targeting elderly victims

60 charged in $300M phone scam targeting elderly victims

Sixty people are charged in a widespread magazine telemarketing scam that authorities say netted $300 million from more than 150,000 elderly and vulnerable people nationwide, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald announced Wednesday. She called it the largest elder fraud scheme in the country.
by The Associated Press

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After pledging to defund police, Mpls. City Council still rethinking public safety

After pledging to defund police, Mpls. City Council still rethinking public safety

While it remains to be seen where those efforts to vastly reimagine public safety will land, an MPR News survey of Minneapolis council members show that there’s still significant common ground among them for changing the city’s relationship with the Police Department, including transferring police responsibilities to social workers, leaving police to focus on responding to and investigating crime. 
by Jon Collins and Brandt Williams

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Supreme Court rejects delay of 2nd District vote

Supreme Court rejects delay of 2nd District vote

A Minnesota Republican candidate's bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February due to the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court.
by The Associated Press

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Northside principals call on Minneapolis schools, police to reinstate school officers

In an open letter, the principals of North Community High, Patrick Henry High and the Harrison Education Center criticized their school board’s decision to terminate its relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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