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To blunt COVID-19, in-person visits suspended at Minnesota prisons

To blunt COVID-19, in-person visits suspended at Minnesota prisons

The Department of Corrections announced the cancellation of in-person visitation and a list of other changes meant to help keep COVID-19 from inside prisons.
by Nina Moini

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Cancellations rise in Minnesota as coronavirus spreads

Cancellations rise in Minnesota as coronavirus spreads

Museums, city halls, the NBA season and myriad other events and facilities are being closed, postponed or canceled as the fight against the virus shifts to limiting public gatherings.
by Tim Nelson and MPR News Staff

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Charges: Minnesota mom wished heaven was son's home

A Minnesota woman charged with attempted murder for allegedly throwing her 11-year-old son with autism from the balcony of their fourth-floor apartment told investigators that she wished heaven was the boy's home, according to charges filed Wednesday.
by The Associated Press

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Supreme Court upholds Winona County's silica sand mining ban

Supreme Court upholds Winona County's silica sand mining ban

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Winona County's ban on the mining and processing of silica sand, which is used in the oil and gas industry for hydraulic fracturing.
by The Associated Press

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Victim, apparent shooter killed by deputy identified

Authorities have identified the man who was fatally shot in a Cass County home and the neighbor who apparently killed him before he was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy.
by The Associated Press

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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison

The 67-year-old ex-producer, who was convicted of rape and sexual abuse last month, heard the sentence in court Wednesday. But the sentence doesn't represent the last of Weinstein's legal woes.
by Colin Dwyer

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Judge approves $34M clergy abuse settlement with New Ulm diocese

Judge approves $34M clergy abuse settlement with New Ulm diocese

A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a $34 million settlement between the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm and nearly 100 survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
by Hannah Yang

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