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Lawsuit challenges Bloomberg link to MN attorney general office

Lawsuit challenges Bloomberg link to MN attorney general office

A lawsuit against Attorney General Keith Ellison is seeking documents related to a fellowship program that the plaintiffs contend is inappropriate and unethical. Ellison says the lawsuit is without merit.
by Tim Pugmire

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Planned Parenthood to withdraw from Title X, unless court intervenes

Planned Parenthood to withdraw from Title X, unless court intervenes

Planned Parenthood officials asked for a stay against new Trump administration rules that forbid organizations receiving Title X funds to provide or refer patients for abortion.
by Sarah McCammon

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Adult victims of childhood sex abuse in New York can sue alleged abusers

Adult victims of childhood sex abuse in New York can sue alleged abusers

The one-year filing period, or look-back window, allows victims to bring cases that used to be beyond the state's statute of limitations that legislators overhauled this year.
by Mara Silvers

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Children's Theatre Company settles with six survivors

Children's Theatre Company settles with six survivors

The students are all survivors of sexual abuse that occurred at the theater company in the 1970s. A statement from the company did not say how much money was agreed to in the settlement.
by Marianne Combs

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No contact order lifted for father accused in baby's death

No contact order lifted for father accused in baby's death

A Minnesota judge has lifted a no contact order for a man accused of killing his infant son, allowing the defendant to have contact with his pregnant wife.
by The Associated Press

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Solitary confinement used a record number of times in Minnesota last year

Solitary confinement used a record number of times in Minnesota last year

A new Minnesota law on the use of solitary confinement requires prisons to check on the mental health care of people sentenced to solitary and to regularly report to the Legislature on the use of solitary. Yet solitary confinement was used a record number of times in Minnesota last year.
by Alisa Roth

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Woodbury father charged in death of his baby son

Prosecutors in Washington County say a Woodbury father intentionally dropped his 5-month-old son headfirst on the floor because the baby was crying and fussy.
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