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In the wake of a heated classroom moment caught on video, the Becker School District faces a wave of community concern and calls for transparency.

Millions of people have seen videos on social media, from multiple angles, of the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti. On Saturday, federal immigration agents shot and killed Pretti in Minneapolis. Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when...

MINNEAPOLIS — As tear gas and flash bangs filled a south Minneapolis block Saturday, help came from an unexpected place. Federal officers deployed tear gas and flash bangs near 27th Street and Nicollet Avenue, less than a block from where Alex Pretti had been killed about an hour earlier.

MINNEAPOLIS — A group of mostly retired veterans and former law enforcement officials gathered at Alex Pretti's memorial site in south Minneapolis on Tuesday and said Minneapolis is a testing ground for federal abuse of power. “We're the test state," Coleen Rowley said. "We’re the experiment, Minnesota." Rowley...

Locally-owned restaurants faced the difficult decision of whether or not to close last Friday in observance of Minnesota's general strike against ICE, and many of them received criticism no matter which call was made. Some faced further allegations that they’re not doing anything to support workers at all. The...

THE man accused of dousing Representative Ilhan Omar with a mystery liquid sent a chilling text to a neighbor days before the chaos. The message has resurfaced as cops dig into the suspect’s background after the shocking incident. The attacker warned his neighbor that he “might get arrested” at...

A benefit concert featuring renowned rock musicians will be held Friday Jan. 30 at First Avenue in Minneapolis to raise money for two families affected by recent ICE enforcement actions, Rolling Stone reported. The Concert of Solidarity & Resistance to Defend Minnesota was announced Wednesday by former Rage Against...

Alondra Espejel, the former Minneapolis City Council member who served in office as Alondra Cano, was sentenced earlier this month in connection with an October crash outside City Hall, a case that quickly drew attention because of her history as a prominent activist and elected official. According to court filings...

Recent news happening in the Twin Cities is impacting the perception of Minnesota around the nation. Minneapolis public relations expert Stacy Bettison says the deaths of two Minnesotans by federal agents, along with the murder of George Floyd, have created heartbreaking headlines. “I would say Minnesota has a PR...

Tucked away in South Minneapolis, Fat Lorenzo’s isn’t just hiding some of the best pizza in the Twin Cities – it’s harboring a frozen Italian secret that might change your life. Behind that vibrant blue exterior with its cheerful orange awning lies a gelato experience so...