A judge on Thursday imposed a gag order on attorneys in the case involving four former Minneapolis police officers who are charged in the death of George Floyd.
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill issued the unusual order a day after two of the attorneys, Earl Gray and Thomas Plunkett, spoke to the Star Tribune about a motion Gray had filed to dismiss the charges against his client, Thomas Lane.
Severe storms that swept through parts of the Midwest produced at least one powerful tornado that damaged farms and killed one person and injured two others in western Minnesota, authorities said.
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A Minnesota Department of Education survey found that while the largest share of parents would send their children back to school, one-third are uncomfortable with or unsure about schools reopening.
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The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Republican-authored lame-duck laws that stripped power from the incoming Democratic attorney general just before he took office in 2019.
Amid a recent surge of new COVID-19 cases among younger adults, an additional 589 new infections were reported Thursday, pushing the number of cases past…
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday picked three retired judges to select members of a nonpartisan redistricting commission he created to draw legislative and congressional boundary maps following this year's census.
The proposal is far from final and must ultimately be approved by City Council. Frey said he would seek to minimize cuts for firefighters, police officers and 911 dispatchers.
Thomas Lane's attorney sought Wednesday to dismiss charges against him in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The transcript begins as Thomas Lane…
In his fatal encounter with Minneapolis police, George Floyd used the word "please" nearly five dozen times, according to newly released transcripts of police body camera footage.
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