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Travel ban ruling stirs fear, anguish among Minnesota Muslims
"The Supreme Court's decision really just magnified the fear and anxieties that many people in this community have had," said Jaylani Hussein, the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota.
Supreme Court sides with California anti-abortion pregnancy centers
The high court on Tuesday reversed a lower court that upheld a California law requiring pregnancy centers to put up notices alerting women to low-cost or free abortions provided by the state.
Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects discrimination claim
The Supreme Court has upheld President Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority.
Supreme Court rules police need warrant to track cellphones
The Supreme Court says police generally need a search warrant if they want to track criminal suspects' movements by collecting information about where they've used their cellphones.
Groups sue feds over mineral leases near the Boundary Waters
A group of nine northeastern Minnesota businesses and an environmental group sued the U.S. Department of the Interior Thursday over two federal mineral leases to a company seeking to build a copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Supreme Court throws out Minnesota voter attire law
The Minnesotans who challenged a state law restricting what people can wear when they vote are celebrating a U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday that struck it down.
A registered sex offender who sued a Twin Cities suburb over its restrictions on where he could live will receive $84,000 as part of a settlement agreement.