An investigation was launched in Dec. 2022 after Northwestern University received an anonymous complaint about hazing activities in the school’s football program.
Chief Brian O'Hara said he did not know a new officer allegedly used excessive force in a previous job before signing off on his hiring. Tyler Timberlake, who’s white, used a stun gun on Lamonta Gladney, who’s Black, and pressed his knees into his neck and back in 2020 in Fairfax County, Va.
The alleged victim’s mother says for three years, a BBC star funded her teen’s drug habit in exchange for explicit photos. It’s the latest scandal to rock Britain’s beleaguered public broadcaster.
As money is funneled to states, opioid councils wield significant power in determining how it gets spent. They face concerns about conflicts of interest and lack of representation by affected groups.
In 2007, Adam Bahner — aka Tay Zonday, a 25-year-old biracial man living in Minneapolis —created a song and video decrying racism that captured millions and millions of views.
A grant program gives states a path around a 1996 federal rule that prohibits the CDC from advocating gun control — a rule critics say has had a chilling effect on studying who has been shot and how.
Later this summer historians in Moorhead will install a statue on a city corner to honor a Black Civil War veteran. Moorhead might seem like an odd place for such a memorial, but the idea is to recognize a long-forgotten piece of history.
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham. She’s a sociologist, a primary care doctor and has big ideas for improving equity in health care.