2 former assistant U.S. attorneys in Minnesota will defend 2 independent Black journalists

Two former assistant U.S. attorneys who prosecuted fraud cases in Minnesota are now defending two independent Black journalists charged in connection with a demonstration at a St. Paul church. Activists disrupted services at Cities Church last month after learning that an ICE official is on the ministry team.

Don Lemon — formerly of CNN — and Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort are accused along with seven activists of conspiring to violate the civil rights of worshippers. The Justice Department charged them under a law that it historically used against the Ku Klux Klan.

Minnesota electricity customers might share the costs of operating aging coal plants in other U.S. states. Last May, the U.S. Department of Energy ordered the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan to continue operating after it was scheduled to shut down.

Bloomington police say a human trafficking sting operation has resulted in the arrest of 30 men. Police Chief Booker Hodges says law enforcement talked to over 330 people over two days in what they are calling “Operation Looking for Love… In All the Wrong Places.”

Celebrations went into the night in Italy Tuesday as Minnesota curlers Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse claimed the first Olympic medal for the U.S. in the mixed doubles event. It wasn’t gold — that went to the Swedish team who won Tuesday’s final. But silver was a sweet consolation.

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