Abdelhamid Al-Madioum was 18 when he slipped away from his family while they were on vacation in Morocco. Federal documents say the FBI found a flow chart of how he planned to transfer money through various accounts, as well as a rehearsed story for getting past Turkish border guards.
City leaders and criminal justice reformers say the traditional cash bail system unfairly punishes people with jail time before they’ve been convicted by a court.
Right-wing media on social media platforms falsely claim that a video shows Somalis brutally beating and robbing a man near Target Field. Police say those arrested aren’t Somali. Twitter, Facebook and Google executives are silent as a dangerous lie spreads.
Cities and counties around the country want alternatives to jail and emergency rooms for people in a mental health crisis. Some, including Ramsey and Hennepin counties, are turning to Forensic Assertive Community Treatment, or FACT, teams which help people find the services they need.
The 31-year-old man who was fatally shot by a St. Paul police officer Sunday confronted the officer with a knife and ignored commands to drop it, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The BCA identified the officer as Steven Mattson, who has less than one year of service in the department.
City staff identified speeding — along with running red lights, unsafe turns, driving under the influence and while distracted — as the most common threats to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
Fort Snelling State Park is the state’s busiest, with about a million day visitors every year. Extended flooding shut the park down for six months and covered parts of it with as much as 3 feet of silt this year. But it reopened Tuesday, just in time for the fall colors to start to turn.
Dozens of people responded to an MPR News query about electric scooters, after a story on injuries related to them. Many complain about e-scooters blocking sidewalks and riders not wearing helmets.