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Coming up Monday at 8 p.m., MPR News host Catharine Richert talks about documenting ICE activity on the ground — and what it means to report outside traditional newsrooms in this moment.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they saw the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show, but Liam is still in hiding with his family after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas detention center.
Kidney transplant recipient in ICE custody is finally getting meds, wife and attorney say
Javier Abreu-Vasquez, a kidney transplant recipient, was arrested by ICE in Rochester last week without his anti-rejection medication and he may have gone for days without receiving it. His wife and his attorney say he is getting meds now, but irregularly, and his care team at Mayo Clinic worry about the potential harm to his health.
Lindsey Vonn's father tells AP her Olympic crash marks 'the end of her career' if he has any say
Lindsey Vonn’s father said Monday that the American superstar will no longer race if he has any influence over her decision and that she will not return to the Winter Olympics after breaking her leg in the downhill over the weekend.
Minnesotans are being arrested for impeding ICE. What does that mean?
White House immigration official Tom Homan said more than 150 Minnesotans have been arrested for allegedly impeding, obstructing, or assaulting ICE officers. Of those, 85 have been charged. But lawyers say the charges are being reduced from felonies to misdemeanors or dismissed because the government doesn’t have a case.
U.S. reaches first Olympic curling mixed doubles final, will face Swedish siblings for gold
Minnesota curlers Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse are going for gold. The duo from Duluth guaranteed the U.S. its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final by rallying for a 9-8 semifinal victory over Italy on Monday.
A 22-year-old woman found fatally stabbed in St. Cloud on Saturday was the daughter of a candidate for Minnesota governor. The Republican Party of Minnesota said Jeff Johnson has suspended his campaign. Police said the victim’s husband is suspected of causing her death.