Minneapolis, George Floyd
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Five years after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the city is still reckoning with the calls for police reform that followed. Police Chief Brian O'Hara, who was sworn in two years after Floyd's death in November 2022,
The Sheraton Minneapolis Downtown Convention Center, which sits on the site of the historic Capp Towers Motor Hotel, reopened on Thursday, May 21. Until it was closed in November, the hotel was known as the Millennium Hotel Minneapolis.
The Office of Latine Achievement originally faced 70% cuts as the district deals with a steep deficit. Now both OLA and a similar program serving Black students will each lose a third of their budget.
Despite a staffing shortage, Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says he is determined to build trust between police and the community. Police in Detroit have confiscated over $40,000 worth of cocaine and 12 guns,
A man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a fatal shooting at a Minneapolis homeless encampment last year. Ahmed Ali Abdi, 38, was sentenced to 386 months in prison in Hennepin County court on Friday.
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Minneapolis Police officers responded to a reported stabbing Sunday morning on the 3600 block of Lyndale Avenue.
A packed Target Center was howlin' Saturday night. Fans started showing up hours before the game started decked out in team colors.
Minneapolis weather forecast suggests a sunny week with highs in the 70s leading up to Memorial Day, with a peak of 85 degrees on Saturday.
The May 29 conversation will draw a line between the Robinsons, subjects of the Minnesota Star Tribune’s podcast “Ghost of a Chance,” and George Floyd’s murder.