Local
July 19, 2017
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson talked with her spokesperson Ben Wogsland as she reviewed evidence in the case of President Donald Trump's imm

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson joins letter warning against weakening rules on campus sex assault

East Metro
July 19, 2017
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3M pulls the plug on paying for clean water for 200 in east metro

It wants the state to prove latest costs are tied to company's operations.
Local
July 19, 2017
Image from a YouTube video shows Monalisa Perez and Pedro Ruiz III at a fair.

July 19: 911 call reveals Minn. woman watched boyfriend die from failed video stunt

The young woman is charged in the fatal shooting, which was captured on video as they pursued internet fame.
Local
July 19, 2017
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More prison time for Minn. driver who fatally hit friend while 'doing doughnuts'

Nathan P. Brooks was "doing doughnuts" at an outdoor drinking party when he ran over his friend.
Minneapolis
July 19, 2017
Don and Justine Damond

911 call transcript: Before being shot by officer, Justine Damond called in possible rape

Justine Damond spent her last moments trying to help a stranger. At 11:27 on Saturday night, Damond called police to report a possible sexual assault, according to a 911 transcript obtained by the Star Tribune Wednesday.
West Metro
July 19, 2017

Robbinsdale man arrested in connection with Fridley homicide

Minneapolis
July 19, 2017
Gov. Dayton: Justine Damond shooting a tragedy, more information needed

Gov. Dayton: Justine Damond shooting a tragedy, more information needed

He declined to draw parallels between it and other police shootings.
West Metro
July 19, 2017
This image was taken by passenger Marcy Woodard as she waited in the parking garage at MSP's Terminal 2, which was evacuated while a suspicious packag

Terminal 2 at MSP reopens after suspicious item was found to be a rice cooker

Rice cooker found in ticketing lobby; man who left it arrested.
Local
July 19, 2017

Full transcript of Justine Damond's 911 calls to Minneapolis police

The call was made late on Saturday, July 15, 2017.
July 19, 2017

911 call transcript offers glimpse into Justine Damond's final moments before fatal shooting by Minneapolis police

Justine Damond spent her last moments trying to help a stranger, according to a 911 transcript. Soon afterward, a responding Minneapolis officer, Mohamed Noor, fired his gun from inside a patrol vehicle and killed her.
Minneapolis
July 19, 2017
BCA: Officer heard loud noise before Justine Damond shot

BCA: Officer heard loud noise before Justine Damond shot

The agency released the first account of what happened that night based on a Tuesday interview with officer Matthew Harrity, 25, who was driving. Officer Mohamed Noor, who fired, has not talked with investigators.
Local
July 19, 2017

Read the BCA's investigation update in the fatal shooting of Justine Damond

The statement was the first communication and confirmation of details in the incident.
St. Paul
July 19, 2017
Bob Tammen, from the northern Minnesota town of Soudan, has worked in the mining industry since 1969, spoke in support of the mining ban to protect th

Foes of Twin Metals mine jam St. Paul listening session; advocates stay away

A group of 17 organizations that support the copper-nickel mining proposal near the BWCA boycotted the event, while speakers from a crowd of about 1,000 were unanimous in opposition.
Minneapolis
July 19, 2017
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Tevlin: Where Justine Damond died, cameras roll too late

We are international news, again, for all the wrong reasons.
Minneapolis
July 19, 2017
Family and friends gather on Sydney's Freshwater Beach, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, following a candlelight vigil, where they threw hundreds of pink flo

Australia grieves loss of one of its own in Minneapolis police shooting

Family and friends gathered for an Australian vigil early Wednesday.
Minneapolis
July 18, 2017
Tiffini Flynn Forslund, pictured in 2016.

Minneapolis City Council candidate charged with drunken driving

Tiffini Flynn Forslund faces misdemeanor charges.
South Metro
July 18, 2017
Statue with cross removed from Belle Plaine park before protest

Statue with cross removed from Belle Plaine park before protest

The removal of a soldier kneeling by a cross from a Belle Plaine park's war memorial is the latest — and perhaps final — chapter of an emotional battle over religious symbolism in public spaces.
Minneapolis
July 18, 2017
Rep. Ilhan Omar hosted a forum at Mixed Blood Theatre aimed at providing residents of her House district "the necessary tools to protect and organize

Statement from state Rep. Ilhan Omar on Justine Damond shooting

Local
July 18, 2017
FILE - In this April 8, 2011 file photo, a welcome sign for Fargo, N.D., sits in the rising floodwaters of the Red River as a flood engineer for the U

Federal judge is asked to halt U.S. Army Corps' flood-diversion project for Fargo-Moorhead

Federal judge to decide if state can hold it up by withholding permit.
Local
July 18, 2017
From left, Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and Senate Majority Whip Sen. John C

If repeal has failed, Minnesota leaders say, try repairing the federal health law

They point specifically to stabilizing insurance markets and addressing rising health care costs and premiums.

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