Ex-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd killing
A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. As part of the plea deal, Thomas Lane will have a count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder dismissed. Lane, along with J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, has already been convicted on federal counts of willfully violating Floyd's rights during the May 2020 restraint that led to the Black man's death.
news.yahoo.comMinneapolis man found guilty of lying in vote fraud trial
A Minneapolis man was found guilty Tuesday of lying to a federal grand jury about abusing a process for submitting absentee ballots for other voters during Minnesota's primary election in August 2020. After a day of testimony, the jury of 10 women and two men took just 40 minutes to convict Muse Mohamud Mohamed of two counts of making false statements to a grand jury, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Mohamed, 34, was accused of falsely telling the grand jury last fall that he had obtained three absentee ballots for the primary on behalf of three voters who then filled them out before he returned them to the election office.
news.yahoo.com13-year-old Minnesota youth set to graduate from college
A 13-year-old boy from Minnesota will soon earn his bachelor's degree from college — with a major in physics and a minor in math. Elliott Tanner is maintaining a 3.78 grade point average at the University of Minnesota and is participating in undergraduate research while also tutoring classmates. “I have an incredible passion for physics,” he said.
news.yahoo.comKershaw pulled with perfect game through 7 innings vs. Twins
Clayton Kershaw took a perfect game through seven innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his season debut, dominating the Minnesota Twins with 13 strikeouts in 21 batters on Wednesday. Manager Dave Roberts pulled Kershaw after 80 pitches on a cold afternoon at Target Field. Alex Vesia relieved him for the eighth and gave up Minnesota's first hit, a single by Gary Sánchez.
news.yahoo.comPolice won’t be charged in shooting of Amir Locke during no-knock raid
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a predawn, no-knock raid in February will not face charges in the killing, prosecutors announced Wednesday. They said they could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Officer Mark Hanneman, who fatally shot Locke, had violated the state’s use-of-deadly force statute that authorizes officers to use such force. Locke was hit twice in the chest and once in the wrist and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Asked why the police had initially described Locke as a “suspect,” interim Minneapolis Police chief Amelia Huffman blamed a lack of information in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. On Tuesday, Frey implemented a new policy that he said prohibits the Minneapolis police from applying for or executing no-knock search warrants.
washingtonpost.comBoerne man, self-described member of ‘Boogaloo Bois’ sentenced for shooting during Floyd protest
A Texas man who says he is affiliated the anti-government “boogaloo” movement has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for opening fire on a Minneapolis police station during civil unrest over the 2020 death of George Floyd.
Gunman dead after firing more than 100 rounds, officer hurt
A gunman fired more than 100 rounds in his suburban Minneapolis neighborhood, seriously wounding a police officer before the suspect was shot and later died, police said Wednesday. Officers in Roseville responded to a report of shots fired around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and encountered a chaotic scene as they immediately came under fire, Police Chief Erika Scheider said during a briefing. An officer was shot in the face and his colleagues dragged him to a squad car and rushed him to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, Scheider said.
news.yahoo.comBueckers can't do it all as UConn comes up short for title
At the tail end of the third quarter, Paige Bueckers picked up her first personal foul and plopped down on Connecticut's bench for her only break of the night — a whole 53 seconds of game time. The Huskies had to lean on their sophomore star as hard as they could against superior South Carolina on Sunday, and against any other team in the country she might have been enough. Bueckers, playing just 10 miles from where she honed her game as a sharp-shooting, slick-passing and ace-ballhandling guard at Hopkins High School, finished with a team-leading 14 points on 6-for-13 shooting with six rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal.
news.yahoo.comBeverley, Hill ejected in feisty Bucks-Timberwolves matchup
Minnesota's Patrick Beverley and Milwaukee's George Hill were both ejected in the first quarter Saturday in a matchup between the surging Timberwolves and defending champion Bucks. Milwaukee's Serge Ibaka and Minnesota's Taurean Prince got tied up after a Timberwolves free throw attempt and were talking to each other when Beverley raced in and pushed Ibaka.
news.yahoo.comDeshaun Watson picks to go to Cleveland Browns, could still face discipline from NFL
USA TODAY's Mike Jones provides the details of the shocking trade that will send Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns. Jones also revealed Watson could still face discipline from NFL for the 22 different civil lawsuits claiming sexual assault and harassment against the QB.
news.yahoo.comVikings redo Adam Thielen's deal for salary cap relief
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen has restructured his contract to give the team salary cap relief, his agency announced on Friday, with a new deal that gives him $18 million guaranteed. Thielen’s previous contract was carrying a cap hit for 2022 of more than $16.8 million that the Vikings can now reduce by lowering his base salary and spreading out his new signing bonus money.
news.yahoo.comSun Country to begin direct flights to Cancun from VIA
HARLINGEN — Minneapolis-based Sun Country Airlines announced nonstop flights from Valley International Airport to Cancun beginning June 1. “We know there is pent-up demand for convenient, affordable travel, and we’re here to help folks enjoy the vacations they’ve been dreaming about.”The Sun Country flights to Cancun will be the first direct flights to the Mexican resort available from any airport in the Rio Grande Valley. Viva Aerobus offers flights to Cancun from Harlingen but with a stopover at its hub in Monterrey. “For many years, Sun Country has been a valued airline partner at the premier airport in south Texas — Valley International,” said Mayor Chris Boswell. “Since 1997, Sun Country Airlines offered incredible air service to and from Minneapolis and we are so happy to learn of this new nonstop destination,” said Marv Esterly, director of aviation at VIA.
myrgv.comSentence, state trial loom for ex-cops in Floyd's killing
Three former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights now face federal sentences that one expert says could range from less than five years in prison to as much as the 25 years prosecutors are seeking for Derek Chauvin.
3 ex-Minneapolis cops convicted of rights violations in George Floyd killing
Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted Thursday of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, as a federal jury rejected their arguments that inexperience, improper training or the distraction of shouting bystanders excused them from failing to prevent Floyd’s killing.
news.yahoo.comDaunte Wright's mother angered by Potter's smiling mug shot
A prison intake photo of Kim Potter that showed her smiling widely after she was convicted of manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death flared up at her sentencing Friday, with Wright's mother saying it showed Potter wasn't genuinely sorry for his death. Potter's attorney said no disrespect was intended and Potter was simply doing as instructed by the prison staff. Katie Wright brought up the mug shot as she addressed the court.
news.yahoo.comFormer Minneapolis officer says he detected no ‘serious medical need’ as he restrained George Floyd
But he said he wasn’t alarmed when Floyd stopped talking about 4½ minutes into his restraint by the officers. When prosecutor Manda Sertich asked the former officer if he thought Floyd had a “serious medical need” when he was on the ground, Kueng replied, “I can’t say I did, ma’am. Chauvin, a 19-year veteran of the Minneapolis force, had been Kueng’s field training officer for roughly half of his five months of field training. “Chauvin is no longer your FTO [field training officer] at this point,” she said. The former officer, an eight-year veteran, said under department policy, Lane and Kueng were in charge of the scene.
washingtonpost.comLieutenant: Officers should have intervened in Floyd killing
The head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide unit says three former officers on trial for violating George Floyd’s civil rights should have intervened to stop fellow Officer Derek Chauvin when he had his knee on the Black man’s neck.