State laws limit Minneapolis' ability to eliminate officers

A Minneapolis police promotion ceremony in 2019. Ahead of a pivotal vote about the Minneapolis City Council’s plan to remake policing, an analysis shows the council faces legal barriers to eliminating officers.

— GLEN STUBBE - Star Tribune

The analysis by the City Attorney's Office was recently released ahead of a key vote scheduled for Wednesday on a police charter amendment.

Minnesota's COVID-19 case growth now standing out

Tony Jaros River Garden owner Dan Jaros poured a "Greeney," the establishment's signature drink, Wednesday night. ] aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Min

Minnesota and other northern states are reporting more growth in cases over the past two weeks than hard-hit Southern and Western states.

Man is shot to death in Minneapolis for the city's 42nd homicide of the year

Minneapolis police said they responded about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday to a report of shots fired and a man down in the area of 19th Street and S. Elliot Aven

The man, believed to be in his 30s, did not have a pulse so officers began CPR. He later died at HCMC.

Minnesota DFL hits Antone Melton-Meaux with campaign finance complaint

Antone Melton-Meaux, shown in April. a spokesman for Melton-Meaux’s campaign, called the FEC filing baseless and an attempt to distract from Rep. Il

An FEC complaint alleges Melton-Meaux's campaign violated federal election law by "conspiring to intentionally obscure" the identity of political consultants listed as limited liability corporations.

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

Firefighters doused a blaze at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020.

A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.

Voter suit aims to block mask mandate at Minnesota polling places

Election judge Chris Yang placed a voting sign in the parking lot at the Arlington Hills Community Center in St. Paul in November 2019.

The lawsuit, backed by GOP legislators, is the 11th legal challenge to Gov. Tim Walz's COVID-19 restrictions.

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