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Judge orders release for Iraqi man after 2-year detention

Thirty-five-year-old Farass Adnan Ali has been in consecutive immigration detention since July 2017. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the lengthy detention violates Ali's constitutional rights. Ali must be released within 30 days.
by The Associated Press

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Cops: Wisconsin killings may have been tied to kidnap attempt

Cops: Wisconsin killings may have been tied to kidnap attempt

Authorities say some elements in the shooting deaths of five people in a small Wisconsin town are similar to last year’s abduction of western Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs.
by Tim Nelson

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Officers shoots, wounds person in Moose Lake

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says a police officer has shot and wounded a person while serving a warrant in Moose Lake.
by Associated Press

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Capital One target of massive data breach

Capital One target of massive data breach

The hacker got information including credit scores and balances plus the Social Security numbers of about 140,000 customers, the bank said. It will offer free credit monitoring services to those affected.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota man sentenced for faking death for $2M insurance

A Minnesota man will serve more than three years in prison for faking his own death eight years ago in Eastern Europe to collect a $2 million life insurance policy.
by The Associated Press

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St. Louis County working to reduce post-jail opioid overdoses

St. Louis County working to reduce post-jail opioid overdoses

St. Louis County is creating a program to provide medication for opioid treatment in the county jail as part of a U.S. Department of Justice initiative that seeks to reduce the number of people overdosing on opioids.
by Jon Collins

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Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have any regrets? Hardly

Does Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have any regrets? Hardly

"I do think that I was born under a very bright star," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, recounting her career and legacy as a woman who beat the professional odds.
by Nina Totenberg

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Charges: Father set fatal fire after arguing with daughter

Charges: Father set fatal fire after arguing with daughter

Forty-six-year-old John Newport of Paynesville was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the death of Jamey Newport. Investigators say John Newport had been arguing with his daughter. A gas can was found inside the home, and a lighter was found on the ground.
by Associated Press

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ICE broke a car window to arrest an undocumented immigrant. Then they did it again

In two separate but similar incidents this month, federal immigration officials in Minneapolis and Kansas City, Mo., broke out car windows to arrest undocumented immigrants who had reentered the country after being deported.
by Jon Collins and Riham Feshir

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