Day one of the former Brooklyn Center police officer's trial is complete, with four jurors chosen.
| | Nov. 30, 2021 St. Paul School Board members have signaled they may reject much of a downsizing proposed by the district's administration. Some board members unveiled an alternative Monday night to the Envision SPPS plan rolled out this fall by Superintendent Joe Gothard. That plan proposed closing a number of schools and distributing students to other locations, to create bigger programs and respond to declining enrollment. Board members expressed doubts, but administrators say the economics can’t be put off. A vote is scheduled for Wednesday. Subscribe to our Minnesota Today podcast to get up-to-date Minnesota news twice daily. — Tim Nelson, MPR News
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| Biden sells infrastructure bill at Minnesota tech college | | President Joe Biden used a visit to Dakota County Technical College Tuesday to highlight how his $1 trillion infrastructure law will create jobs and help train workers — and to make the case for nearly $2 trillion more in spending. | | |
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| Authorities: Student kills 3, wounds 8 at Michigan school | | Authorities say eight people were wounded in an attack at a Michigan high school in which three students were killed. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said at a news conference that two of the wounded were undergoing surgery as of 5 p.m. | |
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| The future of abortion access in Minnesota | | The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear on Wednesday a case that challenges Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks and is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Three legal experts talk about how we got here and what will happen to abortion rights and access in Minnesota if Roe v. Wade is overturned. | |
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| Brazil and Japan report first cases of the omicron variant | | Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm. | | |
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