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US jail put in lockdown after inmates stage protest
A prison in the US state of Minnesota was placed into lockdown on Sunday after dozens of inmates refused to return to their cells. The protest, staged by around 100 prisoners, was later "resolved without incident", officials said. Inmates were (...)

04 - 09 - 2023
Ex-police officers guilty in George Floyd death
Three ex-Minneapolis policemen present at the death of George Floyd denied the unarmed black man of his civil rights, a jury has found. The officers were charged with showing "deliberate indifference to [Mr Floyd's] serious medical needs" during the (...)

25 - 02 - 2022
Minneapolis voters reject move to replace police department
Voters in Minneapolis have rejected a proposal to replace the city's police with a new department of public safety, BBC reported. The decision comes six months after a white Minneapolis officer was convicted of murder for killing George (...)

03 - 11 - 2021
Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for murder of Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years on Friday for the murder of George Floyd. The sentencing closes a chapter in a case that sparked global outrage and a reckoning on racial disparities in America, (...)

26 - 06 - 2021
Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd
Former US police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 270 months or 22.5 years for the murder of George Floyd last year in the US city of Minneapolis. The sentencing closes a chapter in a case that sparked global outrage and reckoning on (...)

25 - 06 - 2021
US defeats Guyana 4-0 in Gold Cup opener
The United States got their Gold Cup title defense off to a flying start with a 4-0 win over Guyana in Saint Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday. The United States opened the scoring in the 28th minute when Weston McKennie delivered a pass to Paul Arriola, (...)

19 - 06 - 2019
Inspirational runner Grunewald dies of cancer at age 32
Tributes have flowed for United States runner Gabriele Grunewald, who died in Minneapolis on Tuesday from complications of cancer at the age of 32. Grunewald inspired thousands by chronicling on social media her battle with a rare form of cancer of (...)

13 - 06 - 2019
Odorizzi outduels Verlander
Ehire Adrianza homered, and Jake Odorizzi pitched seven shutout innings to outduel Justin Verlander as the Minnesota Twins edged the Houston Astros 1-0 on Monday night in Minneapolis. It was the third consecutive win for Odorizzi (3-2), including (...)

30 - 04 - 2019
Bobby Jones, Moncrief, Westpal, Divac make Hall of Fame
Bobby Jones, Sidney Moncrief, Paul Westphal, Vlade Divac, Al Attles and Chuck Cooper will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this year, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported late Friday night. The official announcement is (...)

06 - 04 - 2019
Turner's triple-double lifts Blazers
Rodney Hood scored 21 points, and Evan Turner came off the bench for a triple-double as the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away for a 132-122 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday night in Minneapolis. Turner went 5-for-5 from the field (...)

02 - 04 - 2019
Warriors fall in controversial finish
Karl-Anthony Towns made a tiebreaking — and controversial — free throw with a half-second remaining in overtime Friday night, giving the Minnesota Timberwolves a 131-130 victory that dropped the visiting Golden State Warriors into a tie for the top (...)

30 - 03 - 2019
1 dead, 1 missing after explosion at Minneapolis school
Firefighters were searching for a man believed to be buried in the rubble of a collapsed school building in Minneapolis on Wednesday after an explosion killed another school employee and injured several others, according to AP. The blast occurred in (...)

03 - 08 - 2017
Australian woman killed in Minneapolis police shooting
The family of an Australian woman who was shot and killed by police in Minneapolis says they're trying to understand why it happened. In a statement released by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the family of the woman — who (...)

17 - 07 - 2017
Indians take over AL Central lead
Lonnie Chisenhall hit two home runs for Cleveland in the second game after Jose Ramirez went deep twice in the opener, helping Cleveland take over first place in the AL Central by sweeping a doubleheader from the Minnesota Twins with 9-3 and 6-2 (...)

19 - 06 - 2017
Astros on a homer spree
George Springer hit two homers among four hits and the Houston Astros hammered a season-high six home runs to complete a series sweep against the Minnesota Twins with a 17-6 victory. Evan Gattis had four hits, including a solo homer, and three RBIs. (...)

02 - 06 - 2017
Timberwolves snap Blazers' 6-game run
As Karl-Anthony Towns powered through Portland's smaller frontcourt, the Trail Blazers found out just how much they're going to miss big man Jusuf Nurkic down the stretch. Towns had 34 points and 12 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped (...)

05 - 04 - 2017
Wiggins lifts Wolves over Warriors
Andrew Wiggins scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half and hit the go-ahead free throws with 12.8 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 103-102 NBA victory over the scuffling Golden State Warriors Friday night. Ricky Rubio had (...)

12 - 03 - 2017
Cavs withstand Wolves' attack
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving each scored 25 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers withstood a huge night from Andrew Wiggins to record a 116-108 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Canada's Wiggins finished with a game-high 41 points for the (...)

16 - 02 - 2017
3 people arrested in Dakota Access pipeline stadium protest
Three people are in custody Monday awaiting formal charges after two Dakota Access pipeline protesters rappelled from the roof of the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis to hang a banner during the Minnesota Vikings' season finale against the Chicago (...)

02 - 01 - 2017
Troopers arrest 41 blocking highway traffic in Minneapolis
Minnesota state troopers have arrested 41 people after demonstrators blocked rush hour traffic on an interstate in downtown Minneapolis, according to AP. Authorities also impounded four vehicles used by the protesters to block traffic on southbound (...)

14 - 07 - 2016
Protests over shootings block roads in US cities, arrests made
Protests against the shootings of two black men by police officers shut down main arteries in a number of US cities on Saturday, leading to numerous arrests, scuffles and injuries in confrontations between police and demonstrators. Undeterred by (...)

11 - 07 - 2016
3 Minnesota men convicted of conspiring to join Daesh
Three Minnesota men were convicted on Friday of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Daesh (so-called IS) militant group, the US Justice Department said. Jurors convicted Guled Omar, 21, Abdirahman Daud and Mohamed Farah, both 22, (...)

05 - 06 - 2016
Minnesota woman who traveled in Honduras has Zika virus -officials
A Minnesota woman who had traveled in Honduras has tested positive with the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, federal and state health officials said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The woman, who is in her 60s, began to show symptoms on Jan. 1 (...)

28 - 01 - 2016
Clinton says US needs ‘360-degree' anti-terror strategy
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that the American people "cannot give into fear" in the aftermath of attacks in Paris and California, laying out a multi-pronged strategy to protect the homeland and prevent (...)

17 - 12 - 2015
3D printed UAV makes debut
A jet-powered, 3D-printed unmanned aerial vehicle has been unveiled this week by Stratasys Ltd and Aurora flight sciences, according to UPI. The UAV has a nine-foot wingspan, weighs just 33 pounds and has a speed of more than 150 miles per hour, (...)

13 - 11 - 2015
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