May 17, 2021 COVID restrictions: What states have eased rules following updated CDC guidance The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its guidance on masks, allowing states to ease or outright remove certain COVID-19 restrictions.
May 17, 2021 Soldiers shave heads for battle buddy's sister fighting cancer A Minnesota National Guard member found support from his fellow soldiers when he shaved his head in solidarity with his sister.
May 17, 2021 Minnesota officer charged in death of Daunte Wright to appear in court A former suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright is scheduled to appear in court via videoconference Monday.
May 16, 2021 Jim Trusty: Biden's aggressive Justice Dept – Civil Rights Division putting local police on notice. Here's how The Civil Rights Division is quickly establishing itself as the most powerful and hardline division within the Biden administration’s DOJ. Pattern and practice (P&P) investigations into local police departments are back, and with a vengeance.
May 15, 2021 Minnesota city OKs police changes following Daunte Wright shooting death The city council in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, approved a number of police policy changes Saturday night as part of the repercussions of the April 11 police shooting death of Daunte Wright, which drew national attention.
May 14, 2021 New York among states waiting to lift mask mandate for vaccinated people While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dropped mask indoor mask mandates for people fully vaccinated against coronavirus, some states are hesitant to immediately do away with facial covering requirements.
May 14, 2021 Over a dozen states report half of adults fully vaccinated against coronavirus More than a dozen states are reporting over 50% of their residents 18 and older are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, with a number of others nearing the feat.
May 13, 2021 George Floyd death: Minnesota judge postpones trial for 3 ex-police officers until March 2022 The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd will be pushed back to March 2022, a judge ruled Thursday.
May 13, 2021 Ilhan Omar fundraises off backlash to anti-Israel comments Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is fundraising off of backlash she's received for her latest anti-Israel comments as violence between Israel and Hamas heats up.
May 13, 2021 George Floyd death: Ex-Minneapolis cop Thao defense argues medical examiner 'coerced' to alter autopsy finding Lawyers representing former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao argued in a new court filing late Wednesday that the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on George Floyd was “coerced” by a prominent doctor in Washington, D.C., into altering its findings – and that prosecutors were aware.
