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Man wanted in Hennepin Co. jailbreak is captured

Man wanted in Hennepin Co. jailbreak is captured

Michael Frank Simon, 57, was booked into the jail on Sept. 25 for financial transaction card fraud. He escaped the jail Wednesday morning but was captured a few hours later in Little Canada.
by MPR News Staff

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BCA investigates fatal police shooting in Virginia, Minn.

BCA investigates fatal police shooting in Virginia, Minn.

'It sounded pretty loud,' one witness said. 'Like a big gun.' Officials say a knife was recovered at the scene. None of the officers involved in the incident was wearing a body camera.
by Dan Kraker and MPR News Staff

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For defense against active shooters, Mich. school hands out hockey pucks

For defense against active shooters, Mich. school hands out hockey pucks

The faculty union at Oakland University purchased 2,500 hockey pucks to be used as a potential weapon of last resort against a shooter on campus. They also double as a fundraising tool.
by Emily Sullivan

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An old Minnesota jail is now a leader for inmate mental health

An old Minnesota jail is now a leader for inmate mental health

Clay County's jail was, not long ago, the oldest in Minnesota. Now, it's home to what officials are calling the state's most unique approach to mental health care of inmates.
by Dan Gunderson

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Driver on cellphone pleads guilty in fatal Dakota County crash

The 57-year-old Oronoco woman admits she was on her cellphone when she ran a stop sign in 2016, killing a Rochester woman and seriously injuring three others.
by Tim Nelson

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Police: Man killed by officer at Alabama mall was not the shooter

Protesters on Saturday marched through an Alabama shopping mall where police killed a black man they later acknowledged was not the triggerman in a Thanksgiving night shooting that wounded two people.
by Associated Press

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Man arrested after allegedly driving onto Duluth airport runway

Man arrested after allegedly driving onto Duluth airport runway

The Duluth Police Department reported that a commercial flight was boarding at about 7 a.m. when authorities received a report of an unauthorized vehicle on airport grounds.
by MPR News Staff

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