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Minnesota governor apologizes for arrest of CNN crew

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Correspondent Omar Jimenez and two colleagues were handcuffed and led away by the Minnesota State Patrol while reporting live on the network Friday morning.

Read the complaint charging ex-officer Derek Chauvin with George Floyd’s death

By Dan Cooney

"Police are trained that this type of restraint with a subject in a prone position is inherently dangerous," the complaint said.

‘We want justice’ for George Floyd, local activist says as violence erupts in Minneapolis

Communities in Minneapolis are reeling from the death of George Floyd, the bitter dynamic many residents feel with law enforcement and how protests have changed over the past day. Minnesota’s governor called in the National Guard Thursday to help quell…

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What we know about George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody

By Yamiche Alcindor, Amna Nawaz

Bystander video captured a white police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck for several minutes, despite the man’s pleas that he could not breathe.

4 Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man who pleaded ‘I can’t breathe’

By Amy Forliti, Jeff Baenen, Associated Press

Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander's video provoked widespread outrage.

This artist asks how we can come out of the pandemic ‘better than we went in’

By Joshua Barajas

Carolyn Olson has been paying tribute to all kinds of workers deemed essential during the pandemic. For their sake, Olson also wants the rest of us to do better.

Native American woman removed from Land O’Lakes packaging

By Associated Press

The Native American woman who has graced the packaging of Land O’Lakes butter, cheese and other products since the late 1920s has quietly disappeared.