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A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries

A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries

Linda Tirado lost her eye and suffered a brain injury after being shot by Minneapolis police in 2020. The National Press Club said she developed dementia as a result and “is at life’s end.”
by Rachel Treisman

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Video: Suspect who shot Minneapolis officer Mitchell kept shooting as police came to help

Video: Suspect who shot Minneapolis officer Mitchell kept shooting as police came to help

Police body camera video released Friday detailed how a 911 call for help in south Minneapolis on May 30 turned quickly into an officer-down emergency with officer Jamal Mitchell slain by someone he tried to help.
by Matt Sepic

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Wright County attorney: Deputy was justified in fatal shooting of pipe-wielding man

Wright County attorney: Deputy was justified in fatal shooting of pipe-wielding man

The BCA said Chapman drove about two blocks, stopped his car, got out and walked toward Feenstra, holding what the deputy believed was a knife. It turned out to be a nine-inch metal rod. Feenstra fired his handgun, and Chapman died at the scene of multiple gunshot wounds.
by Kirsti Marohn

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FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings

FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings

Nearly three decades after two young women were found with their throats slashed in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities announced Thursday that they have identified a now-deceased serial rapist from Ohio as the person they believe was responsible for the killings.
by The Associated Press

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Flooding and heavy rains to close out June

Flooding and heavy rains to close out June

On a statewide basis, this June ranks among the top 20 wettest in state history according to climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley. It will be the third consecutive month with above normal rainfall.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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Here’s the landscape 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion

Here’s the landscape 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion

Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the debate over abortion access is playing out in elections and the courts. The 2022 ruling has opened the door for implementing bans in most GOP-controlled states, and some of those bans are being litigated.
by The Associated Press

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