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startribune.com > st-johns-university-coping-with-second-student-charged-with-rape-in-less-than-a-month > 601587704

St. John’s University coping with second student charged with rape in less than a month

1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (556+ words) St. John's University is coping with a second student being accused of rape in less than a month. John Anderson Kocher, 18, of Chanhassen was charged in Stearns County District Court on Feb. 20 with third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in…...

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startribune.com > st-louis-county-sheriffs-office-releases-video-of-deputies-shooting-driver > 601583964

St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office releases video of deputies shooting driver

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (302+ words) Felver, 30, died at the scene. The eight-minute video posted to YouTube is a compilation of body camera and squad camera footage from the Feb. 10 shooting. In the video, St. Louis County deputy Matthew Sobczak first spots Felver on Grand Avenue…...

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startribune.com > readers-write-ice-drawdown-for-profit-health-care-boomers-and-the-environment > 601583278

Readers Write: ICE drawdown, for-profit health care, boomers and the environment

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (411+ words) Mark Ferrey, White Bear Lake I really want to feel good about the end of the ICE siege, but I can't get rid of the feeling that this needs to be our war. Minnesota has brought the one weapon to…...

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startribune.com > man-accused-of-killing-coworker-with-sledgehammer-at-wright-county-industrial-shop > 601524053

Man accused of killing coworker with sledgehammer at Wright County industrial shop

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (336+ words) A man killed a coworker inside an industrial shop west of the Twin Cities with blows to her head with a sledgehammer, then he confessed to the crime, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. David Bruce DeLong, 40, of Watkins,…...

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startribune.com > twin-cities-public-safety-urban-decline-downtown > 601523969

Morris: When fear becomes the narrative Minneapolis can’t shake

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (639+ words) The morning after Minneapolis" Ward 6 Council Member Jamal Osman was carjacked by two juveniles in his own central Minneapolis ward, I exchanged a handful of emails with Richard Wolleat, a retired mental health professional who lives near Duluth. Wolleat, who…...

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startribune.com > officials-consider-429500-independent-probe-of-law-enforcement-response-to-political-shootings > 601522474

Officials consider $429,500 independent probe of law enforcement response to political shootings

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (689+ words) Nearly five months after a string of politically motivated shootings shocked the state of Minnesota, a plan to have an outside agency review the law enforcement response to the attacks will be considered Monday evening by city councils in Brooklyn…...

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startribune.com > us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-raids-protests > 601522271

Rash: Citizen journalists are holding ICE accountable via video

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (487+ words) The nation's debate over deportation policies is playing out on the streets " and screens. Among the kaleidoscope of competing images of immigration enforcement is a social-media post on X echoing the video game "Halo." The graphic is matched with this…...

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startribune.com > twin-cities-elections-public-safety-police > 601518105

Opinion | Stop the Bleeding: A proven plan for violence reduction in Minneapolis

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (558+ words) By Francis X. Shen This year's mayoral and City Council races in Minneapolis made clear that residents desperately want safer neighborhoods. But how can we achieve improved safety? I first learned of Abt's research when we shared the TED-MED stage in…...

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startribune.com > hibbing-man-charged-with-fatally-shooting-partygoer-allegedly-admitted-his-crime-to-officers > 601517173

Hibbing man, charged with fatally shooting partygoer, allegedly admitted his crime to officers

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (300+ words) DULUTH " An Iron Range man accused of fatally shooting a man early Sunday in the parking lot of a Hibbing apartment building has been charged with second-degree murder. Daniel James Dale, 31, of Hibbing allegedly admitted his part in the death…...

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startribune.com > lakeville-man-who-co-owned-faux-food-site-in-feeding-our-future-case-sentenced-to-year-of-probation > 601517058

Lakeville man who co-owned faux food site in Feeding Our Future case sentenced to year of probation

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (247+ words) A Lakeville man was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to a year of probation after admitting to his role in the massive federal Feeding Our Future fraud investigation. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel handed down the sentence that avoided further…...