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The 3rd Precinct keeps showing up in the GOP playbook. Minneapolis wants to turn the page

The 3rd Precinct keeps showing up in the GOP playbook. Minneapolis wants to turn the page

Speaking outside the former 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis this week, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance criticized Gov. Tim Walz for his response to civil unrest in 2020, painting a picture of a burned-down city with rampant crime. He isn’t the first politician to do so this campaign season. Many nearby residents and business owners who have worked to rebuild hope he’s the last.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Minneapolis city leaders still at odds over future of abandoned police station

Minneapolis city leaders still at odds over future of abandoned police station

Minneapolis city leaders remain at odds over the future of the former 3rd Precinct building that was burned more than four years ago in the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. 
by Cari Spencer

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Minneapolis pastors promote depolarization as an act of faith

Minneapolis pastors promote depolarization as an act of faith

In a contentious election year, two Minneapolis churches are teaching congregants how to be peacemakers, even when politics is hardly peaceful.
by Catharine Richert

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Minneapolis Police Department applications continue to signal rebound

Minneapolis Police Department applications continue to signal rebound

The department’s numbers took a significant dive after the police killing of George Floyd and the unrest that followed. But applications are up 45 percent this year compared to all of 2023. The department has received 1,014 applications so far this year — up from 697 last year. 
by Cari Spencer

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Jury convicts Derrick Thompson on gun, drug charges in 2023 crash that killed 5

Jury convicts Derrick Thompson on gun, drug charges in 2023 crash that killed 5

A federal jury on Friday returned guilty verdicts against a Brooklyn Park man in connection with a crash last year that killed five young women on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Thompson’s conviction in this trial wasn’t for the crash itself, but the cocaine, 2,000 fentanyl pills, and gun that police found in the SUV.
by Matt Sepic

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Minnesota-based magnetics company scales up greener options

Minnesota-based magnetics company scales up greener options

Minnesota-based Niron Magnetics who makes magnets without rare-earth elements has opened a commercial pilot plant in Minneapolis.  
by Anika Besst

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Large fire in south Minneapolis injures 3, displaces dozens of people

Large fire in south Minneapolis injures 3, displaces dozens of people

A large fire in south Minneapolis that burned for hours from late Wednesday into Thursday morning left three people — including two firefighters — injured and displaced dozens of residents.
by Nicole Ki

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