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St. Paul rebuilding efforts inch along after civil unrest

St. Paul rebuilding efforts inch along after civil unrest

St. Paul officials estimate 300 businesses were damaged during the civil unrest in late May. City officials say rebuilding in critical business corridors could take 10 years.
by Nina Moini

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Ex-cop's video captures crowd's horror during Floyd arrest

Ex-cop's video captures crowd's horror during Floyd arrest

Tou Thao kept the crowd at bay while three other Minneapolis officers pinned George Floyd to the ground. Newly released video from Thao’s body camera shows onlookers’ growing distress as they fear Floyd is dying and plead with the officers to get off him.
by Matt Sepic, Riham Feshir and Jeff Baenen, Associated Press

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Activist charged in toppling of Minnesota Columbus statue

Activist charged in toppling of Minnesota Columbus statue

A Minnesota prosecutor charged an Indigenous activist with a felony on Friday in the toppling of a Christopher Columbus statue on state Capitol grounds during a rally weeks after the death of George Floyd.
by The Associated Press and Marianne Combs

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Art Hounds celebrates new work by artists of all ages

Art Hounds celebrates new work by artists of all ages

Theater and visual works focus on the pandemic, artists of color and Black Lives Matter, from a stream by the Illusion Theater to a St. Paul artist’s portfolio available on Facebook. And the student-led StoryArk Festival takes place Sunday.
by Emily Bright

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Prosecutors want joint trial for 4 ex-cops in Floyd death

Prosecutors want joint trial for 4 ex-cops in Floyd death

Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday filed a memo arguing that evidence against the four is similar and that a single trial would spare witnesses and family members from the trauma of multiple trials. 
by The Associated Press

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Report: 59 Confederate symbols removed since George Floyd's death

Report: 59 Confederate symbols removed since George Floyd's death

America's reckoning with racism has brought down statues, one state flag and one police emblem, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center — and led to the renaming of schools or sites.
by Camila Domonoske

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Convicted killer pleads guilty to Minnesota husband murder

Convicted killer pleads guilty to Minnesota husband murder

A Minnesota woman who earlier pleaded guilty to killing a woman in Florida has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to killing her husband before going on the run. 
by The Associated Press

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TSA finds 3 times usual rate of guns at checkpoints, despite drop in air traffic

TSA finds 3 times usual rate of guns at checkpoints, despite drop in air traffic

While screening 75 percent fewer people at airports this summer than last, the security officers discover guns hidden in carry-on bags at a rate surpassing last summer. And 80 percent of those guns are loaded.
by David Schaper

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