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Feds charge Boelter with murder, say he targeted 2 other DFL lawmakers Saturday

Feds charge Boelter with murder, say he targeted 2 other DFL lawmakers Saturday

Vance Boelter had been planning attacks for “some time” and went to the homes of four DFL politicians Saturday intending to kill them, the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota said Monday. “It’s no exaggeration to say this is the stuff of nightmares.”
by MPR News Staff

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This mother relies on SNAP to help feed her kids. Now, she’s bracing for cuts

This mother relies on SNAP to help feed her kids. Now, she’s bracing for cuts

Millions of people who use the food assistance program SNAP are facing changes: on what food they can buy, how much money they’ll receive or even if they’ll still qualify for the program.
by Katia Riddle

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Britain’s MI6 spy agency names first female chief

Britain’s MI6 spy agency names first female chief

It’s a case of real life catching up with James Bond fiction: Britain’s MI6 spy agency named its first-ever female chief. She used to be Q. Now she'll be C.
by Lauren Frayer

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Israel strikes state-run Iranian TV during live broadcast while Trump issues warning to Tehran

Israel strikes state-run Iranian TV during live broadcast while Trump issues warning to Tehran

Israel struck Iran’s state-run television station during a live broadcast, forcing a reporter to run off camera following an explosion, after Iran fired a new wave of missiles at Israel that killed at least eight people. 
by The Associated Press

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Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative

Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative

The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith contemplates increased security after shooting of Democratic lawmakers

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith contemplates increased security after shooting of Democratic lawmakers

Lawmakers are still reeling from the shooting that killed one Minnesota state legislator and her husband and severely wounded another and his wife. Even as authorities searched for the suspect in the shooting, the state’s two U.S. Senators noted the attack was one of an increasing examples of political violence.
by The Associated Press

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