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For some with intellectual disabilities, ending abuse starts with sex ed

For some with intellectual disabilities, ending abuse starts with sex ed

The high rates of sexual assault among people with intellectual disabilities can make romantic relationships difficult. One class aims to teach them about healthy relationships and sexuality.
by Joseph Shapiro

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Plymouth police investigating death

Authorities say someone at the Stoneleigh at the Reserve apartment complex called 911 shortly after midnight Tuesday. When officers arrived they found one person dead. The police chief says the community is not in danger.
by The Associated Press

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Judge dismisses federal case against Cliven Bundy and sons, bars retrial

Judge dismisses federal case against Cliven Bundy and sons, bars retrial

Less than a month after declaring a mistrial, Judge Gloria Navarro said there can be no retrial against the Nevada rancher and three other men, who led an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.
by Kirk Siegler and Colin Dwyer

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Judge extends Somali deportation ban amid abuse claims

The decision continues a temporary hold on the deportation of 92 Somalis, including several Minnesota residents. Some of the detainees say federal agents abused them during a botched deportation flight in December.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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The sexual assault epidemic no one talks about

The sexual assault epidemic no one talks about

People with intellectual disabilities are the victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities. But this epidemic receives little attention.
by Joseph Shapiro

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Police: Snow thwarts shoplifter in North Dakota

Police say a 22-year-old man filled up a cart with about $4,000 in products at a Hobby Lobby store in Minot on Wednesday. After the cart got stuck in the snow in the parking lot and tipped over, the man allegedly ran off.
by The Associated Press

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1 dead after shooting in Dinkytown

Around 2:15 a.m. police responded to reports of a shooting and found a man with a gunshot wound in the front yard of a house on the 500 block of 12th Avenue SE.

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Medical marijuana seen at risk following move by Sessions

Medical marijuana seen at risk following move by Sessions

Among the guidance that Sessions rescinded was the so-called Ogden Memorandum of 2009 that instructed federal prosecutors not to pursue cases against medical marijuana patients and distributors who complied with state laws.
by The Associated Press

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Immigrant acquitted of San Francisco killing sentenced on lesser gun charge

Immigrant acquitted of San Francisco killing sentenced on lesser gun charge

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who was found not guilty in November in the death of Kate Steinle, was sentenced Friday on a state gun violation to time already served. He will now face federal gun charges.

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