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Top cop Brian O'Hara said in an interview with The New York Post that "bourgeois liberal mentality" prevents facts from breaking through in city's approach to policing.
Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to get President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, as his administration moves to end federal policing oversight.
Sahra Mohamed Nur, 63 of Minneapolis, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release for her role in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nur was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $5,000,240.
The Trump administration announced the withdrawal of the plan just days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s killing.
Two kids are in the hospital after a bus crashed into a playground in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon, according to police.
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The City of Minneapolis' commitment to carrying out federal court-ordered police reforms despite the Justice Department's motion to dismiss the agreement is raising questions about how much money the added oversight will cost.
Minneapolis and St. Paul are slipping in the Trust for Public Land’s ranking of city park systems. Both of the Twin Cities are still in the top five out of 100 larger cities included in the ranking, but other cities’ progress knocked Minneapolis and St.
When Annie Tammearu, also known as Mother Soki, created the song "Rivet Gun" in her humble apartment in Minneapolis, she never expected that Grammy award-winning pop star Ellie Goulding would take notice.