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All Stories for Minneapolis
Explained: The $250-million COVID-19 pandemic aid scam in America
• 2 years agoThe US Department of Justice has charged 48 people in Minnesota for stealing $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals for needy children during the coronavirus pandemic
Protests erupt in Minneapolis after Black man shot dead by US Marshals
• 4 years agoPolice said 27 people have been arrested in the protest, with 26 accused of rioting and one facing a weapons charge
Minneapolis shooting: Two dead, eight wounded as gunmen open fire near nightclub
• 4 years agoIt was not the only shooting in the city overnight as five people were shot at in separate incidents. One of them later died, reports said
George Floyd murder: US federal grand jury indicts four ex-police officers from Minneapolis
• 4 years agoA three-count indictment unsealed Friday names Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J Kueng and Tou Thao in the case
'Justice served': Indian-American lawmakers hail conviction of Derek Chauvin in George Floyd murder case
• 4 years agoThe jury verdict, which could send the ex-police officer to prison for decades, comes after numerous cases of cops not being charged or convicted after killing Black men, women and children
Derek Chauvin found guilty in George Floyd murder; verdict brings rare rebuke of police conduct
• 4 years agoGeorge Floyd, 46, was a grandfather, a rapper known as Big Floyd and a security guard who had lost his job during the coronavirus pandemic
Minnesota sports games in NBA, MLB, NHL shut down after police shooting of a Black man
• 4 years agoThe shooting, which comes with Minneapolis already on edge because of the Derek Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd, sparked protests and looting overnight.
Clashes erupt in Minneapolis after police shoot dead 20-year-old Black man
• 4 years agoThe mother of Daunte Wright told a crowd earlier Sunday evening that he called her to say he had been pulled over by police. Soon after, her son's girlfriend told her he had been shot
Derek Chauvin trial puts Court TV's revival in the public eye
• 4 years agoOriginally started by journalist Steven Brill in 1991, Court TV became known for coverage of sensational trials involving OJ Simpson and the Menendez brothers.
In Minneapolis, an immigrant street struggles to recover in the aftermath of George Floyd's death and protests
• 4 years agoLake Street cuts a long path through Minneapolis, from the upscale bars at the street’s west end, through the immigrant commercial enclaves, to the leafy neighbourhoods of middle-class bungalows that reach to the Mississippi River. It also cuts a path through the city’s history of immigrant life and deeply embedded inequality.