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May 25, 2021

Biden to meet with George Floyd's family on death anniversary as he misses police reform bill deadline

President Biden is scheduled to host the family of George Floyd at the White House on Tuesday – though Congress missed Biden’s deadline of getting the federal police reform bill with Floyd’s namesake passed by the one-year anniversary of Floyd's killing by a Minneapolis officer.

May 24, 2021

Minneapolis police seeks federal, state reinforcements after mass shooting kills college kid before graduation

Grappling with a shortage of officers and increased crime, Minneapolis is seeking federal and state resources after the latest bout of violence in the city included a mass shooting that left a college student dead hours before his graduation Saturday. 

May 24, 2021

George Floyd's family holds rally, march in brother's memory

Members of George Floyd’s family, and others who lost loved ones to police encounters, joined activists and citizens in Minneapolis on Sunday for a march that was one of several events planned nationwide to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death.

May 23, 2021

Minnesota shooting victim ID’d as student who was set to graduate Saturday

Charlie Johnson was supposed to graduate from college on Saturday – but his sister accepted his diploma instead. That’s because hours earlier, Johnson was among two people killed in an early-morning shooting.

May 22, 2021

Minneapolis Police: 2 dead, 8 injured in downtown shooting

A shooting in downtown Minneapolis killed two people and wounded eight others, police said early Saturday.

May 20, 2021

Minneapolis activist's granddaughter, 6, dead after being shot while riding in car

Minneapolis police on Wednesday confirmed that a 6-year-old girl shot in the head when her mother drove through what authorities believe was a shootout between rival gangs has died.

May 20, 2021

Appeals court hears case of 3 ex-cops charged in Floyd death

The Minnesota Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Thursday on whether three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd 's death should face an additional count of aiding and abetting third-degree murder.

May 20, 2021

Dermot Shea says NYPD did ‘phenomenal job’ during George Floyd protests

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea defended his department’s handling of the weeks-long Black Lives Matter protests across the Big Apple last year.

May 20, 2021

Minnesota police arrest husband of Heidi Firkus in her 2010 homicide

A suspect was arrested Wednesday in connection with the 2010 cold case murder of his wife in St. Paul, Minnesota, authorities said. 

May 19, 2021

George Floyd Square vandalism: Ax-wielding man wreaks havoc at memorial display

A video has emerged purportedly showing an ax-wielding man ripping off signs and wreaking havoc at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis over the weekend.