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St. Anthony cops hearing calls for help find a bloody suspect

The suburban Minneapolis department on Wednesday offered a harrowing report of a police call that went from routine welfare check to people yelling for help and a man with blood on his hands looking to fight.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota sues pharma firm over 'brazen' marketing of opioid painkiller

Minnesota sues pharma firm over 'brazen' marketing of opioid painkiller

"They were really engaging in some very terrible conduct," Attorney General Lori Swanson said of Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics. It's Minnesota's first lawsuit targeting a pharmaceutical company over its manufacture or distribution of opioids.
by Jon Collins

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Minneapolis cop receives 4 years for sexual assault

Minneapolis cop receives 4 years for sexual assault

Thomas Tichich, 49, was convicted of third degree criminal sexual conduct and attempted sexual assault by a Hennepin County jury in April.
by Tim Nelson

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Supreme Court rejects appeal of restrictive abortion law in Arkansas

Supreme Court rejects appeal of restrictive abortion law in Arkansas

If the law, which heavily restricts abortion by medication, is allowed to permanently go into effect, it would likely shutter two of the state's three facilities that perform abortions.
by Nina Totenberg and Sarah McCammon

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When white people call the cops on people of color

There have been a series of incidents of white people calling the cops on people of color who were not committing obvious crimes: waiting in a Starbucks, leaving an AirBnb, napping in dorm common room. So why are people are so quick to judge "suspicious behavior" by people of color, and what can America do about it?
by Brandt Williams

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Man shoots 3 in Belgian city after seizing police weapons

Man shoots 3 in Belgian city after seizing police weapons

A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers Tuesday in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and a bystander dead in an attack that prosecutors fear could be terror-related.
by The Associated Press

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