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George Floyd's Arresting Officer Charged With 3rd-Degree Murder, Manslaughter

3:47pm May 29, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer who planted a knee on the black man's neck, has been detained by state officials. For days, a video of the arrest has elicited fury across the country.

Protesters set fires at the 3rd Precinct of the Minneapolis Police Department, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, the black man who died in police custody, continued in Minneapolis for a third straight night.

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Minneapolis Police Station Set Ablaze As Protests Spread Over George Floyd's Death

6:49am May 29, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Prosecutors say a probe of the unarmed black man's death in Minneapolis is underway and federal charges are possible. Violent protests erupted for a third night.

Protesters react in front of police as they gather in downtown Los Angeles on May 27, 2020 to demonstrate after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died while being arrested by a police officer in Minneapolis who pinned him to the ground with his knee.

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PHOTOS: Protests Over George Floyd's Death Grow Violent: 'It Is How We Express Pain'

11:10pm May 28, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he will defend the right to protest over George Floyd's death but urges peaceful demonstrations, saying, "It is how we express pain, process tragedy, and create change."

A makeshift memorial, seen Tuesday, has grown near where George Floyd died while in the custody of Minneapolis police. Mourners have been visiting the site with flowers, signs and balloons in the black man's memory.

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George Floyd's Death Stokes Calls For Minneapolis Officers To Be Charged

2:45pm May 27, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Neither Floyd's family nor Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are satisfied by the firing of four officers, after a video depicting an officer's knee on Floyd's neck inspired national outrage this week.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, shown here in February, decried the man's death, saying, "All I can come back to is that he should not have died. What we saw was horrible and completely and utterly messed up."

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4 Police Officers Fired After A Black Man Dies In Minneapolis Police Custody

5:46pm May 26, 2020

by Austin Horn

In a video, the man repeatedly cries out and says, "I cannot breathe," while the officer continues to push down on the man's neck with his knee. The man has been identified as George Floyd.

Arts

Southeastern Tour Brings National Lutheran Choir To NC

3:33pm February 18, 2020

by David Ford

The National Lutheran Choir begins a rare tour of the southeast with stops in North Carolina this week.

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Bitterly cold temperatures continue to grip the Great Plains and Upper Midwest. People are seen here walking along the frozen lakefront on Wednesday in Chicago.

Polar Vortex's End Is Near, Forecasters Say, Promising A Strong Warmup

5:46pm January 31, 2019

By Saturday, the National Weather Service says, the central Plains area will see temperatures in the low 60s — nearly 20-25 degrees above normal.

A photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office shows Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, the founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com, who was arrested over the weekend in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal

Police In Minneapolis Say Chinese Billionaire's Arrest Was For Alleged Rape

4:57pm September 05, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, was arrested on Friday in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal sexual misconduct. He was later released and has returned to China.

A memorial for Thomas Blevins Jr. was set up on June 25 in the alley where he was shot and killed two days earlier by Minneapolis police. On Monday, the district attorney announced he would not be charging the officers in Blevins' death.

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No Charges For Minneapolis Police Officers In June Shooting Fatality

5:27pm July 30, 2018

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Thurman Blevins was killed on June 23 by two police officers. On Monday, the district attorney said there was "no basis to issue criminal charges" against them for shooting the armed suspect.

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Minneapolis School Mourns Receptionist And Janitor Killed In Explosion, Collapse

1:35pm August 03, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Ruth Berg had worked at the school for 17 years and was engaged to be married. John Carlson, in his 80s, was an alumnus who loved handing out ice cream bars to students.