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Witness my traffic stop: New app seeks crowd safety for people of color

Witness my traffic stop: New app seeks crowd safety for people of color

SafeSpace is designed to summon allies to the scene of a police stop to record it. Its St. Paul creator calls it a tool that could spark communication and help repair community-police ties.
by Emma Sapong

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Men charged in Bloomington mosque bombing hit with additional charges

Men charged in Bloomington mosque bombing hit with additional charges

Among other things, a grand jury alleges the suspects, along with another Illinois man, put a bomb on railroad tracks near Effingham, Ill. in an attempt to extort money from the Canadian National Railway.
by Matt Sepic

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Bill on sexual harassment legal standard stalls in Senate

Bill on sexual harassment legal standard stalls in Senate

Legislation to broaden the legal definition of sexual harassment has stalled in the Minnesota Senate with time running short in the session.
by Tim Pugmire

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Two accused of illegally snaring wolves, bear in northern Minn.

Two accused of illegally snaring wolves, bear in northern Minn.

Two trappers have been charged in Itasca County with illegally setting snares and failing to check them, catching and killing wolves, bear and deer.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Can we still separate the art from the artist?

Can we still separate the art from the artist?

In April 2018, actor Bill Cosby was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault against Andrea Constand, a woman he mentored. Does that mean we can't enjoy watching reruns of the "Cosby Show" or "I Spy" anymore?
by Kerri Miller and Suzanne Pekow

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Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200K entrepreneurship program

Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200K entrepreneurship program

Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything have settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.
by Associated Press

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Charges: Vet implanted heroin in puppies for Colombia drug ring

Charges: Vet implanted heroin in puppies for Colombia drug ring

A veterinarian pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges that he turned puppies into drug couriers for a Colombian trafficking ring by stitching packets of liquid heroin into their bodies.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota sues EPA over rollback of vehicle emission rules

Minnesota sues EPA over rollback of vehicle emission rules

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced its intent to abandon stricter greenhouse gas emission regulations for 2022-2025 model year vehicles.
by Cody Nelson

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Hennepin Co.: 'Staggering' number of inmates are opioid abusers

Hennepin Co.: 'Staggering' number of inmates are opioid abusers

One in five inmates at the Hennepin County jail last December self-reported a history of opioid use or abuse; an "astonishing" number said they'd overdosed, Sheriff Rich Stanek said Tuesday.
by Brandt Williams

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