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Westminster Town Hall Forum: David Hogg's ideas to prevent gun violence

Westminster Town Hall Forum: David Hogg's ideas to prevent gun violence

A live broadcast of the Westminster Town Hall Forum featuring David Hogg, survivor of the Parkland school shooting and co-founder of "March for Our Lives."

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After years of abuse by priests, #NunsToo are speaking out

After years of abuse by priests, #NunsToo are speaking out

A #NunsToo movement has emerged from #MeToo, as Roman Catholic nuns start speaking out about sexual abuse by priests. Cases of rape and forced abortion have begun coming to light.
by Sylvia Poggioli

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BCA: 3 found dead in home in northwestern Minnesota

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the deaths of three people in a home in Becker County.
by Associated Press

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Pediatrician gets at least 79 years for assaulting patients

Pediatrician gets at least 79 years for assaulting patients

A former Pennsylvania pediatrician was sentenced Monday to at least 79 years in prison for sexually assaulting 31 children, most of them patients, as his now-adult victims blasted not only their abuser but the system that let him get away with it for so long.
by Associated Press

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Top Human Services investigator on leave after report's findings

Top Human Services investigator on leave after report's findings

Carolyn Ham, the agency's inspector general, is off the job after the Minnesota legislative auditor found a "serious rift" between Ham and other investigators probing fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program.
by Brian Bakst

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Toolkit aims to help prosecutors and communities better manage police shootings

Several Minnesotans helped develop a new set of guidelines intended to reduce the use of force, ensure transparent investigations, and strengthen laws to hold officers accountable.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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Prosecutor, Philando Castile's mom develop crisis tool kit

The mother of Philando Castile and the prosecutor who charged the officer who shot him have teamed up with others to develop a tool kit for law enforcement to use in times of crisis.
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The U.S. Supreme Court takes up the case of Curtis Flowers

Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime, and is currently on death row. His story is featured in the second season of APM's investigative podcast "In the Dark."
by Cathy Wurzer

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Christchurch gun shop sold rifles online to accused shooter

Christchurch gun shop sold rifles online to accused shooter

Gun City's owner said the store sold four guns and ammunition to the suspect through a "police-verified online mail order process." The store "detected nothing extraordinary" about the buyer, he said.
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