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Mother of child shot at Annunciation calls for ‘immediate ban’ on semi-automatic rifles
Malia Kimbrell, the mother of 9-year-old Vivian St. Clair, spoke Thursday for the first time since her daughter was shot multiple times in the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis last week.
‘Kids need connection:’ Annunciation principal says planning underway to return to classes
School leaders say they may return to the school with a “soft launch” before resuming full-time instruction following a shooting that killed two students and left 21 people injured. The timeline has yet to be determined.
Bomb threats close Rochester’s Catholic schools; may be part of a national ‘swatting’ trend
All five Catholic schools in Rochester dismissed students Thursday morning, and one school was evacuated, after the school system's main office and Holy Spirit elementary school received bomb threats.
Man imprisoned for 27 years released after Georgia woman admits to Minneapolis murder
Bryan Hooper Sr. was released late Thursday morning on the order of a Hennepin County judge, who vacated his first-degree murder conviction for the 1998 killing of Ann Prazniak in Minneapolis after a woman serving a prison sentence in Georgia in an unrelated case confessed to the crime and falsely implicating Hooper.
Facing high health insurance costs, some patients turn to a new model of care
A growing number of patients and doctors are turning to a subscription-based health care plan, bypassing traditional health insurance. Direct primary care allows patients more access to their doctors for a monthly fee.
Surgeons share what it took to save Annunciation mass shooting victims
To get a glimpse into what it took to turn the Annunciation shooting victims into survivors, MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with two surgeons at Hennepin Healthcare: Trauma Medical Director Dr. Chad Richardson and Vice Chair of Trauma Research Dr. Derek Lumbard.
Portugal observes national day of mourning as Lisbon streetcar death toll rises to 17
The streetcar’s crumpled wreckage was still on the downtown road where it crashed Thursday. Officials declined to speculate on whether a faulty brake or a snapped cable may have caused the accident.