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Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care

Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care

The difficulty of finding psychiatrists willing to work in prisons is forcing the institutions to provide care via video to populations with high rates of mental illness.
by Alisa Roth

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Minneapolis police investigating two fatal shootings

As of Sunday evening, the names of the victims had not been released, and police had not announced any arrests in either case.
by MPR News Staff

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New opera 'Blue' takes on the tragedy of police brutality

New opera 'Blue' takes on the tragedy of police brutality

The new opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori tells the story of a couple in Harlem who are forced to confront their teenage son's sudden death by police violence.
by Jeff Lunden

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Deputies shoot, injure person at home in NW Minnesota

Sheriff's deputies shot and wounded a person Saturday night at a home in northwestern Minnesota's Becker County.
by MPR News Staff

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Nadler: Mueller hearing to air evidence of Trump wrongdoing

Nadler: Mueller hearing to air evidence of Trump wrongdoing

The House Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday that this week's hearing with Robert Mueller will air "very substantial evidence" of wrongdoing by President Trump and make a public case for impeachment. Republicans pledged sharp questioning of the special counsel.

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Video: Cops, citizen stop runaway school bus in western MN

Video: Cops, citizen stop runaway school bus in western MN

Some quick thinking and bold driving by deputies and a local fireman helped avert disaster Wednesday as the bus plowed through Granite Falls after the driver suffered a medical emergency. No one was hurt.
by John Enger

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