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Rep. Lesch asks judge to toss defamation suit

A Minnesota state lawmaker is asking a judge to dismiss a defamation suit filed by another public official. St. Paul City Attorney Lyndsey Olson sued Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul, last month.
by Matt Sepic

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Police haven't reached gunman with hostages at veterans home

A gunman slipped into an employee going-away party at the largest veterans home in the United States and took at least three people hostage Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities and family members said.
by The Associated Press

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ICE keeps Augsburg prof from Kenya in limbo

ICE keeps Augsburg prof from Kenya in limbo

Immigration officials told the professor to come back next month.
by Riham Feshir

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'Pharma Bro' cries in court, apologizes for fraud, gets 7 years

'Pharma Bro' cries in court, apologizes for fraud, gets 7 years

Martin Shrkeli, the smirking "Pharma Bro" vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two failed hedge funds.
by Associated Press

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ACLU accuses U.S. of broadly separating immigrant families

The lawsuit follows action the ACLU took in the case of a Congolese woman and her 7-year-old daughter, who the group said was taken from her mother "screaming and crying" and placed in a Chicago facility.
by Associated Press

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Put down the phone: Texting-while-driving citations jump in Minnesota

Put down the phone: Texting-while-driving citations jump in Minnesota

Citations have doubled the past few years even as write-ups for speeding and seat belt use decline, state officials said Friday as they urged people to stay focused on the road.
by Martin Moylan

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Guilty plea in sexting free speech challenge

A former middle school cafeteria worker who argued the sexually explicit photos and texts she sent to a student were constitutionally-protected free speech has now pleaded guilty to felony charges in Dakota County.
by The Associated Press

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Florida governor signs gun restrictions 3 weeks after attack

Florida governor signs gun restrictions 3 weeks after attack

As a gun-control bill sits on the governor's desk, the Broward County Sheriff's Office released 12 minutes of radio transmissions from its deputies and a neighboring police agency highlighting the chaos during the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
by The Associated Press

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A backgrounder on background checks

A backgrounder on background checks

The shooting in South Florida has ignited the national debate about how to fix, and whether to expand, the gun sales background check system. But what are background checks and how do they work?
by Adrienne St. Clair

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Former Starkey executive, associate convicted in fraud scheme

Former Starkey executive, associate convicted in fraud scheme

Federal jurors in Minneapolis Thursday convicted a former hearing aid company executive and one of his business associates in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme.
by MPR News Staff

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