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Victim鈥檚 mother says central Minnesota school threat was racially motivated

The mom of an interracial family in Wadena claims her daughter was harassed by Wadena-Deer Creek students

Minnesota

Critics called it a 'thoughtcrime' database. But what will a Minnesota civil rights report actually track?

DFL backers say closer tracking of bias incidents that do not always rise to the level of a crime is key to tackling discrimination. GOP critics painted the bill in a very different light.

Jun 28, 2023

A Native American woman with shoulder length, dark hair wears dangling earrings and a beaded vest over a denim shirt.

Minnesota

Honor the Earth, led by Winona LaDuke, loses sexual harassment case to former employee

The Native American environmental organization must pay $750,000 to Margaret "Molly" Campbell, who claimed a co-worker made inappropriate and sexually charged comments toward her.

Apr 3, 2023

Minnesota

Minnesota restores voting rights to 50,000 felons on probation

Felons in Minnesota could not vote until they have completed their parole or probation and paid fines related to their sentence.

Mar 3, 2023

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Asylum-seeking migrants cross the Rio Bravo river in Ciudad Juarez

World

Migrants in Mexico dismayed by continuation of U.S. border policy that restricts asylum

A federal judge in Louisiana blocked U.S. authorities from lifting Title 42, which since March 2020 has empowered U.S. agents to quickly turn back over a million migrants to Mexico and other countries.

May 23, 2022

By Laura Gottesdiener / Reuters

Abortion rights protesters participate in nationwide demonstrations, in Seattle

National

How could abortion be prosecuted in the U.S.?

The abortion bans that would go into effect would prosecute providers, such as doctors, or pharmacists who provide abortion-inducing pills.

May 20, 2022

By Tom Hals / Reuters

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, right, enters the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility on June 29, 2020, with his attorney Earl Gray.

National

Former Minneapolis officer pleads guilty in George Floyd case

By entering the plea on Wednesday, now-former officer Thomas Lane avoided an upcoming trial on the more serious charge of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

May 18, 2022

By Reuters

Minnesota

Report: Minneapolis police engaged in pattern of race discrimination

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights also found that Minneapolis police officers used covert social media accounts to monitor Black individuals and organizations, including political figures, for purposes unrelated to criminal activity. Human rights officials launched their investigation on June 1, 2020, just days after police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Apr 27, 2022

By Alex Derosier

Minnesota

Minnesota man's lawsuit seeks to ban police department's use of ketamine on suspects

The Elk River man went into a coma and went into kidney failure after being injected with ketamine while struggling with police, according to the complaint filed in Minnesota U.S. District Court.

Apr 12, 2022

By Alex Derosier

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks in Strasbourg

World

Attenborough, WHO, Tsikhanouskaya among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

Also among the candidates for the accolade were Greta Thunberg, Pope Francis, the Myanmar National Unity Government formed by opponents of last year's coup, and Tuvalu's foreign minister Simon Kofe.

Feb 1, 2022

By Nora Buli / Reuters

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