NEW YORK (AP) — An advocacy group is warning of increased Islamophobia after a New York man was charged with threatening the life of a Muslim Congresswoman. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Saturday it welcomes the FBI's arrest this week of Patrick Carlineo Jr. but warned of ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A western New York man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Patrick Carlineo Jr. was arrested after placing a threatening call to Omar's office in Washington D.C. last month. Authorities did ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A St. Paul man has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for beating a man and causing his death seven months after the attack. Thirty-year-old Terry Williams pleaded guilty to second-degree unintentional murder and was sentenced Thursday for punching and stomping ...
SHAMROCK TOWNSHIP, Minn. (AP) — Investigators say a cigarette apparently started a fire that killed two people in Aitkin County. The sheriff's office has identified the victims as 80-year-old Raymond Jackman and 69-year-old Sandra Lee Neumann. Autopsy results show both died of smoke and soot ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a Minneapolis officer was assaulted by a man he was trying to arrest. Authorities say the officer was making a traffic stop about 8 a.m. Friday just north of downtown Minneapolis when he discovered an outstanding felony warrant. Police say the officer called for ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Rochester police have identified the six officers who were present when a man died during a struggle outside a Rochester grocery store. Thirty-nine-year-old Albert Dashow, of Rochester died during the altercation, which happened he was pulled over for erratic driving ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — All Minnesota residents would be allowed to obtain driver's licenses regardless of their immigration status under a bill that passed the state House on Friday but the measure faces long odds in the Republican-controlled Senate. The ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A western New York man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Patrick Carlineo Jr. was arrested after placing a threatening call to Omar's office in Washington D.C. last month. Authorities did ...
By JEFF BAENEN Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a former Minneapolis police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed woman joined the media's challenge Friday to a judge's restrictions on what video evidence may be seen by the public during the trial. Hennepin County ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Police Department is enacting several changes in how it handles sexual assault investigations, including requiring officers to prioritize the well-being of victims and taking steps to make it easier for victims to come forward. Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gun control is dead for the session if House Democrats wrap two of their priority bills for addressing gun violence into an umbrella public safety budget bill, the top Republican in the Minnesota Senate said Thursday. Majority Leader Paul Gazelka made the statement to ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge and attorneys have excused seven more people from the jury pool for the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman who had called 911 to report a possible rape near her home. Mohamed Noor is charged with murder in the July ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate gave bipartisan approval Thursday to a package of Republican-authored bills aimed at making health care more affordable, accessible and transparent. The bills included one for greater oversight over and licensing for pharmacy benefit managers — ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz used his first State of the State speech on Wednesday night to call on Minnesota to "write a new story" about how a government divided between Democrats and Republicans can put aside ideology and come together for the good of the people. The Democratic ...
HINCKLEY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the death of a man who hit his head after he was pushed by a friend at the Grand Casino Hinckley is being investigated as a homicide. Fifty-eight-year-old Donald McElderry Jr. died at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale 12 days after he was ...
WARROAD, Minn. (AP) — A northern Minnesota police officer is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager many times in recent years and stalking his victim while on duty in his squad car. The Star Tribune reports that 29-year-old Joshua M. Demmerly, of Warroad, was charged Wednesday in Roseau ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge and attorneys winnowed the jury pool Wednesday for the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman who had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home. Another four prospective jurors were excused from the ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrats who control the Minnesota House unveiled a transportation budget Tuesday that expands on Gov. Tim Walz's spending and taxing proposals, while a Republican-controlled Senate committee, in a largely symbolic move, voted down his transportation tax increase ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has placed Stearns County under an emergency quarantine after a tree-killing insect was found in the city of Sauk Centre. Authorities say city workers noticed several trees that showed signs of emerald ash borer damage and state ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pediatric health system in Minnesota is opening a new clinic meant to provide comprehensive care for youth who identify as transgender or gender-diverse. Children's Minnesota officials announced Tuesday that the clinic will provide an array of services, including hormone ...