Driver Killed In Crash On Highway 62
One person has died after a four-vehicle crash in south Minneapolis on Thursday morning.
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One person has died after a four-vehicle crash in south Minneapolis on Thursday morning.
Gov. Tim Walz says law enforcement officers should be "judicious" when using certain crowd-control tactics, like tear gas, on protestors, but that non-lethal means can be necessary to defuse "really dangerous situations."
More than 140 businesses and properties in Minneapolis have been vandalized in the past few days.
Closing arguments are set for Monday in the Derek Chauvin trial after a dramatic final day of testimony.
Wright's death came as the broader Minneapolis area nervously awaits the outcome of the trial for Derek Chauvin, the first of four officers charged in George Floyd's death.
It was a high-stakes decision. Taking the stand could have helped humanize Derek Chauvin to jurors who haven't heard from him directly at trial.
The funeral of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man shot and killed by a white Brooklyn Center police officer, will be held in north Minneapolis next week.
State officials say Minnesota's unemployment rate dipped to 4.2% in March, down from a revised 4.4% in February, though people of color continue to feel the deepest impact of job loss due to the pandemic.
A bill introduced Thursday in the Minnesota Legislature would repeal a law that prohibits objects hanging from the rearview mirror while driving, a traffic violation in Minnesota that Daunte Wright's mother said her son told her on the phone was the reason he was pulled over before he was shot and killed.
Health officials in Minnesota reported 2,736 additional cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths on Thursday. Over 2.16 million eligible Minnesotans have received at least one vaccine dose.
Behind it all was the sudden death of a skinny, smiling young man who loved making people laugh and who, after becoming a father in his teens, relished the role of doting young dad, according to his family and friends.
Vaccinations geared towards the local music and arts community will be given out at the First Avenue in Minneapolis next week.
UnitedHealth raised its full year profit forecast to adjusted earnings of $18.10 to $18.60 per share, up from an outlook of $17.75 to $18.25 per share that it debuted in December.
For the fourth consecutive evening, the intersection outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department was the epicenter of calls for justice over the deadly police shooting of Daunte Wright.
As protests go on for the fourth night in a row Wednesday in Brooklyn Center after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, families who live nearby are fed up and scared.
