Judge suspends Minnesota’s tougher standards on deadly force
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A judge has suspended Minnesota’s new stricter standards on when police can use deadly force, halting a change in state...
New challenge looms for Minneapolis ballot measure on police
MINNEAPOLIS — Lawyers for a former Minneapolis City Council member objected Wednesday to new language for a ballot measure on the future of policing...
Minneapolis mayor, Council spar on policing ballot wording
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey sparred Friday over the language on a ballot proposal to dismantle the city's police...
Bonus pay for essential workers varied widely across states
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — For putting their health on the line during the coronavirus pandemic, prison guards in Missouri got an extra $250 per...
Study says hunting, poaching reduce Wisconsin wolf numbers
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As many as one-third of Wisconsin's gray wolves likely died at the hands of humans in the months after the...
Schools across US brace for surge of kindergarteners in fall
School districts across the United States are hiring additional teachers in anticipation of what will be one of the largest kindergarten classes ever as...
Judge grants delay in civil rights case over Floyd’s death
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — A magistrate judge has delayed until September the arraignment of four former Minneapolis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in...
Labor negotiations escalate at South Dakota pork plant
<p>SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — In a sign of meatpacking workers becoming emboldened by the pandemic's health threats and economic repercussions, the union at a...
EXPLAINER: Conviction on lesser murder count might not stick
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors fought hard to add a third-degree murder charge against former police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, but...
EXPLAINER: Conviction on lesser murder count might not stick
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors fought hard to add a third-degree murder charge against former police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, but...