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Council takes next step in Mpls. charter change

Council takes next step in Mpls. charter change

A proposal to give the Minneapolis City Council more oversight of police still needs more votes before going on the November ballot.
by Brandt Williams

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New law gives MN financial advisers more clout in fighting elder fraud

A Minnesota law that took effect Wednesday gives advisers some news tools to report suspicious activity tied to the financial accounts of potentially vulnerable seniors.
by Gabriel Kwan

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Video: ICE arrest tactics roil Twin Cities courthouses

Video: ICE arrest tactics roil Twin Cities courthouses

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are increasingly finding their arrest targets inside local courthouses. But one arrest caught on video last Thursday in St. Paul has immigrant advocates crying foul.
by Riham Feshir

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Safety officials: 911 outage stemmed from problems with third-party vendor

The nearly hourlong 911 outage that prevented some emergency calls and texts from reaching dispatch centers Wednesday afternoon across Minnesota stemmed from problems caused by a third-party vendor working for CenturyLink.
by Laura Yuen

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Charges: Man pushed 8-year-old boy off waterslide

"We get approximately 70,000 people through that water park every season," an Apple Valley police captain said. "It's been open for 20 years and we've never had any incident close to this level of magnitude."
by Nina Moini

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Cause of 911 outage in Minnesota remains unknown

Cause of 911 outage in Minnesota remains unknown

Twin Cities-area counties and cities scrambled to broadcast alternative emergency phone numbers through social media and other means during the hourlong outage Wednesday.
by The Associated Press

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Pope changes death penalty teaching, now 'inadmissible'

Pope changes death penalty teaching, now 'inadmissible'

The new teaching, contained in Catechism No. 2267, says the previous policy is outdated, that there are other ways to protect the common good, and that the church should instead commit itself to working to end capital punishment.
by The Associated Press

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