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Ask a 'sotan: Why is West St. Paul south of St. Paul?
Every state and city has its geographic quirks, and the Minnesota region is no exception. For MPR News listener Hal Davis, the fact that West St. Paul is actually situated south of St. Paul caught his attention and wanted to find out why.
Investigators say man fired rifle before police shot him
Investigators say Chiasher Fong Vue appeared briefly at the door, but went back inside the house and returned with a rifle. At one point, he began shooting. Officers returned fire and fatally shot Vue.
‘How can we prevent the heart from breaking?’ White Earth reviews opioid overdose deaths
In a search for solutions to its ongoing opioid crisis, White Earth tribal officials and outside researchers looked deep into the medical history and the personal lives of a handful of people who died as a result of opioid overdose on the White Earth Reservation. What they found are some deep seated risk factors driving opioid addiction, and a framework for efforts to prevent future deaths.
The family of former NHL player Scot Kleinendorst says he has died of injuries suffered in a workplace accident in northern Minnesota.
A Minneapolis workers’ advocacy group has compiled several dozen stories from Latino immigrants who’ve alleged exploitation and other forms of wage theft while working on construction jobs. The report comes on the heels of Hennepin County’s first-ever prosecution of a labor-trafficking case, which ended in a guilty plea last month.
Ramsey County settles lawsuit over hijab removal
The plaintiff will receive $120,000 for what she says was a violation of her religious beliefs. She says she hopes it will protect other Muslim women from similar treatment.