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Family, friends in mourning, seeking answers after man dies in Richfield police shooting

Family, friends in mourning, seeking answers after man dies in Richfield police shooting

Brian Quinones promoted his new music album on Facebook around midday Saturday, and spent time with his son. But hours later Quinones was dead, fatally shot by police officers in Richfield after a vehicle pursuit he streamed live on Facebook, as his family desperately tried to reach him.
by Martin Moylan and Andrew Krueger

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Marchers protesting police shooting shut down I-494

Marchers protesting police shooting shut down I-494

A group of marchers protesting the fatal shooting of a man in Richfield shut down part of Interstate 494 for about a half-hour on Sunday night.
by MPR News Staff

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Police fatally shoot man after pursuit in Edina, Richfield

Police fatally shoot man after pursuit in Edina, Richfield

Police officers fatally shot a man late Saturday following a vehicle pursuit in Edina and Richfield that apparently was streamed on social media.
by MPR News Staff

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Photos: Red Bull Flugtag teams soar, swim, celebrate in St. Paul

Photos: Red Bull Flugtag teams soar, swim, celebrate in St. Paul

Distance was hard to come by, but enthusiasm was in full supply Saturday as amateur pilots riding homemade gliders cast themselves into the Mississippi River in St. Paul for the Red Bull Flugtag competition.
by Brian Bakst

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Giant mosquitoes and flying burgers: Red Bull Flugtag returns to St. Paul

Giant mosquitoes and flying burgers: Red Bull Flugtag returns to St. Paul

If everything goes as planned Saturday, Charlie Ott will dress up like a pickle, gather with a few of his friends along the Mississippi River in St. Paul and launch a glider shaped like a giant Jucy Lucy burger off a 30-foot-high tower. Red Bull Flugtag is back in town.
by Brian Bakst

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Highway closures, sports traffic top Twin Cities weekend road woes

Highway closures, sports traffic top Twin Cities weekend road woes

Mix together construction closures on I-94 and I-494 with Twins, Vikings and Minnesota United games and you’ve got a recipe for some still life on Twin Cities roads this weekend. Here’s the breakdown.
by MPR News Staff

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Edina mom says elementary school staff 'strip-searched' her son

The mother of a former Countryside Elementary student claims in a lawsuit that staff subjected the second-grader to a "body cavity strip-search."
by Matt Sepic

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