Suspect arrested after threats that set off U of M safety alerts

Students and workers were warned to avoid the campus after threats of gun violence were posted on social media. The suspect was arrested after an apparent standoff in Watson, Minn.
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Minnesota Child Protection Task Force members listened as Ariana Guerra, policy and advocacy manager with Foster Advocates, spoke Thursday at the Minn
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Minnesota Child Protection Task Force members listened as Ariana Guerra, policy and advocacy manager with Foster Advocates, spoke Thursday at the Minnesota Senate Office Building in St. Paul.

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A Star Tribune series exposed failings in the county-run child protection system, but advocates on Thursday cautioned against the problems of a state-run system.
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