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Art Hounds: Fiber art at MIA, a multimedia premiere in Rochester and surreal sisterhood onstage

Art Hounds: Fiber art at MIA, a multimedia premiere in Rochester and surreal sisterhood onstage

Art Hounds recommend an immersive fiber arts exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, a multimedia film premiere in Rochester and a surreal new play at Mixed Blood Theatre.
by Emily Bright

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Greg Bovino, Border Patrol chief on site during Minneapolis ICE shooting

Greg Bovino, Border Patrol chief on site during Minneapolis ICE shooting

Border Patrol typically only has legal authority within 100 miles of the U.S. border. MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with legal scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández about that agency’s jurisdiction in Minnesota.
by Clay Masters and Gretchen Brown

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U.S. seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker with ties to Venezuela

U.S. seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker with ties to Venezuela

U.S. forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the north Atlantic after a two week chase. This is part of the larger U.S. campaign aimed at tankers going to and from Venezuela.
by Bill Chappell and Greg Myre

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Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.

Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.

Watching the Hollywood movie “The Border" as a boy set the course for Bovino's life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts causing turmoil in Chicago and elsewhere, he sees himself as the good guy. Not everyone agrees.

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Renee Macklin Good shot and killed by ICE agent, eyewitnesses say she posed ‘no threat’

Renee Macklin Good shot and killed by ICE agent, eyewitnesses say she posed ‘no threat’

This story includes live updates from the day of the fatal shooting of Renee Macklin Good by an ICE agent on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
by MPR News Staff

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Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from 5 states over fraud concerns

Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from 5 states over fraud concerns

President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding funding to help needy families with children in five states governed by Democrats. Officials cited fraud concerns as a reason for the action targeting California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
by The Associated Press

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Two Minnesota speed skaters qualify for Winter Olympics

Two Minnesota speed skaters qualify for Winter Olympics

Speed skaters Giorgia Birkeland of White Bear Lake and Greta Myers of Lino Lakes earned spots on Team USA with their performance at the Olympic Team Trials that wrapped up Monday in Milwaukee.
by MPR News Staff

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'You'll never eliminate fraud totally': Expert says Minnesota isn't an outlier in pandemic fraud

'You'll never eliminate fraud totally': Expert says Minnesota isn't an outlier in pandemic fraud

Despite fresh — and so far unfounded — allegations of fraud in Minnesota, the scandal that has dogged Gov. Tim Walz for years and ultimately led him to end his bid for reelection this week got its start during the pandemic. A fraud researcher says fraud and pandemics go hand in hand, and that very few if any governments got out of the COVID-19 crisis unscathed.
by Clay Masters and Megan Burks

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