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Two former Justice Department officials explain what a federal investigation into a police shooting entails, how long it takes and what potential outcomes might be.
Will Minnesotans really need a new ID to fly by 2016?
If state lawmakers don't reassess their 2009 stance resisting federal security requirements for ID cards, Minnesotans could find themselves unable to use their driver's licenses to board domestic flights.
Photos: Marchers #ReclaimMLK
Marchers celebrated Martin Luther King Day with a walk from Snelling and University Avenues to the State Capitol steps, where they listened to speeches, chanted protests and remembered those who lost their lives in police shootings.
Black Lives Matter plans protest for King holiday
The group that organized last month's protest against police brutality at the Mall of America wants to remind people of Martin Luther King's activism.
Photos: Protest shuts down I-35W
Protesters walked from south Minneapolis, blocked part of Interstate 35W and rallied at Minneapolis City Hall protesting police brutality and racism around the country Thursday afternoon.
SCOTUSblog seeks recognition from court
SCOTUSblog has gone from a failed marketing ploy designed to attract more business to a law firm, to an indispensable aid to Supreme Court reporters and lawyers.
For an abusive priest, retirement income came with a premium
The former accounting director of the Twin Cities archdiocese said recently that several accused priests receive pension payments higher than normal. Another former church official discovered them, too, over the past few years and had them stopped. The archdiocese says church law requires that offending priests must have 'financial, therapeutic and spiritual support.' The Rev. Robert Kapoun is one of them.