Twin Cities

Minneapolis sees more protests after man killed by deputies
Crowds marched Sunday evening in response to Thursday's fatal shooting of 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith Jr. in the Uptown area. Officers stood watch during the demonstrations. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests stemming from Sunday's protests.
Simone Biles claims 7th U.S. gymnastics title; St. Paul's Sunisa Lee 2nd
Simone Biles’ two-day total of 119.650 was nearly five points better than runner-up Sunisa Lee and good friend and teammate Jordan Chiles. Biles' all-around score on Sunday of 60.100 was her highest since 2018 and served notice she is only getting better with the Tokyo Games less than seven weeks away.
U.S. Marshals: 1 dead during arrest attempt in Minneapolis
The U.S. Marshals Service says one person died when authorities who were part of a task force fired their weapons after the person displayed a handgun in Minneapolis’ Uptown district. 
Minneapolis starts to reopen George Floyd Square, but some push back
Mayor Jacob Frey said Thursday’s clearing of barriers at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue was the start of a reopening of the site, which has been closed in the year since George Floyd was murdered. Some, though, called the process an affront to Floyd’s memory.
After a grueling year in the ICU and at George Floyd Square, an unexpected friendship
More than a year after two epidemics — of COVID-19 and racial injustice — collided in Jeanette Rupert’s world, the nurse and social justice activist says she’s learned no one person can go it alone. It’s a lesson that was underscored for her by a letter from a stranger. 
9-year-old girl dies from injuries suffered in Minneapolis shooting
A 9-year-old girl shot while playing on a trampoline outside a Minneapolis home earlier this month has died — the second child to die from a gunshot wound in the city in as many weeks.