Man found guilty of murder in Twin Cities road rage killing
| July 21, 2022 There's a bright spot in the economy today in new unemployment data from the state. For starters, a tight labor market is putting Minnesota job seekers in the driver’s seat and leading to wage increases in the highest-demand areas. And the state’s jobless rate fell again in June. Average wages are now $34.21 an hour in Minnesota. That’s up more than five percent year over year but still lags rising cost pressures due to inflation. Subscribe to our Minnesota Today podcast to get up-to-date news twice daily. | |
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| Man found guilty of murder in Twin Cities road rage killing | | Jamal Smith was convicted Thursday of first-degree intentional murder and second-degree murder during a drive-by shooting last year on U.S. Highway 169 west of Minneapolis that killed Jay Boughton, a youth baseball team coach returning from a game with his son. | |
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| Preservation group hopes to reignite conversations with DNR about fate of Manfred House | | The fate of the Frederick Manfred House in Blue Mounds State Park is still undecided. It’s been closed to the public for years after suffering extensive water damage. A preservation group wants it repaired and reopened, but its current owner, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is proposing another plan which will only save the famed novelist’s writing room. | |
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| Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has 'mild symptoms' | | President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions. | |
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| Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 187 minutes as Capitol attacked | | The House Jan. 6 committee aims to make the case in its final hearing Thursday night that Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen election fueled the grisly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. The panel will delve into 187 minutes in which it says Trump did nothing to stop the violence but instead “gleefully” watched on television. | |
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