Disasters

February 21, 2019 9:39 AM

Syracuse hoops coach Jim Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway

Syracuse police say the man had been in a car with three others before midnight Wednesday when their vehicle crashed into a guardrail on a Syracuse interstate. Boeheim struck the man while trying to avoid the vehicle.

by The Associated Press

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February 19, 2019 4:10 PM

Fond du Lac band angry over response to coal train spill

The band says it took four hours for Burlington Northern Santa Fe to notify the tribe Saturday, when 40 train cars overturned, spilling coal onto the frozen surface of the St. Louis River.

by Dan Kraker

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February 18, 2019 5:16 PM

2 people killed in Sunday crash near Elk River identified

Authorities have identified two people who died in a two-vehicle crash near Elk River over the weekend.

by Associated Press

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February 17, 2019 5:10 PM

Minnesota officials alarmed by increase in pedestrian fatalities

The Department of Public Safety said that, going into this weekend, 10 pedestrians had been killed in traffic incidents statewide in 2019. That compares to three at the same time last year.

by Mike Moen

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February 17, 2019 4:25 PM

Cleanup continues at coal train derailment in northern Minnesota

Crews continue working to clean up spilled coal and damaged rail cars after a train derailment Saturday in northeastern Minnesota.

by MPR News Staff

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February 16, 2019 5:20 PM

40 cars from coal train derail in northern Minnesota

Forty cars from a coal train derailed Saturday morning along the St. Louis River in northeastern Minnesota.

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February 13, 2019 7:05 PM

Nearly 2 dozen Iranian Revolutionary Guards reportedly killed in bomb attack

The Guards were killed in a restive region bordering Pakistan. Without providing evidence, Iran blamed the U.S. for the attack.

by Amy Held

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February 13, 2019 3:18 PM

BCA: Remains are of U of M student missing since 1970

Human remains found in an abandoned rural Minnesota home are those of 18-year-old Gloria Rieken who disappeared in Minneapolis in November 1970, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Wednesday.

by Tim Nelson

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February 13, 2019 2:27 PM

Parkland student survivors brace for 1st anniversary of school shooting

Since the shooting, young Parkland survivors have emerged as the driving force in calling for stricter gun laws in the U.S., through a series of marches, school walkouts and voter registration drives.

by Brakkton Booker