Teach for America Twin Cities will host a nationally acclaimed activist at its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion event this week. Brittany Packnett Cunningham, an activist, speaker and member of former President Barack Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, will … Continued
The perpetrator that ran roughshod through an electrical substation in St. Paul this weekend — knocking out power to some 1,600 customers in and around downtown — has been identified as nature’s own masked bandit, the wily raccoon. Xcel Energy … Continued
By JONATHAN MATTISE (Associated Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Protesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school … Continued
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison. David Joseph … Continued
A motorist was driving more than three times the speed limit when he struck and killed a man in St. Paul’s Summit-University neighborhood last summer, according to charges filed this week. Abdirahman Ali Hassan, 20, of St. Paul, continually increased … Continued
Na Eng, an award-winning journalist and humanitarian, was inducted into the Johnson High School Hall of Fame on April 15. The ceremony marked a historic moment as Eng became the first Asian-American and the second youngest individual to receive the … Continued