Feb 20 Watch 6:25 Deadly Minnesota shooting sheds light on nation’s growing domestic violence problem By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings, Shoshana Dubnow A shooting outside of Minneapolis over the weekend is putting the spotlight once again on domestic violence. Two police officers and a paramedic responding to a domestic-abuse call were killed. Rachel Louise Snyder, who covers domestic violence and is author… Continue watching
Feb 18 Officials say 2 police officers, 1 paramedic shot and killed at domestic call in Minnesota By Steve Karnowski, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press A desperate call for help from a home in suburban Minneapolis early Sunday turned deadly for two police officers and a first responder who were shot and killed, according to officials. A suspect in the shooting also died, officials said. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 5:26 St. Paul makes history as 1st major U.S. city to elect all-female city council By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane In the last election, the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, did something it had never done before: elect an all-female city council. The state’s capital became one of the largest American cities to hold that distinction. Special correspondent Fred de… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 5:13 How Minnesota redesigned its state flag to remove insensitive imagery By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson State flags have become part of the national reckoning over cultural sensitivity and the historical treatment of Native Americans by white settlers. Ali Rogin reports on how Minnesota is poised to get a new flag in May, redesigned to get… Continue watching
Jan 03 What to know about Minnesota’s new state flag and seal By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Love it, hate it or yawn at it, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that brought up painful memories of conquest… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 7:45 Church leader hopes hand-written and illustrated Bible can heal religious divides By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster When the printing press was invented nearly 600 years ago, it put an end to centuries of hand-written manuscripts in which scribes, mostly in monasteries, tediously wrote and illustrated sacred texts, such as the Bible. Fred de Sam Lazaro revisits… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch 4:57 Remains of 5 Native Americans returned home 120 years after graves were looted By Kaomi Lee, Twin Cities PBS A Native American tribe in Minnesota recently welcomed home five of its ancestors more than a century after their remains left the state. Their burial sites had been looted by a white landowner who took them to Connecticut and the… Continue watching
Nov 20 Why this widespread form of homelessness is often overlooked and unsupported By Hannah Grabenstein Millions of people experience homelessness by living "doubled-up." Here's why they're often ineligible for assistance. Continue reading
Nov 08 Minnesota Supreme Court dismisses ‘insurrection clause’ challenge and allows Trump on 2024 ballot By Steve Karnowski, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit citing the Civil War-era provision that sought to prevent Trump from running for the White House again. He is currently dominating the GOP presidential primary. Continue reading
Nov 08 Minnesota city is believed to be the first in the U.S. to elect a Somali American as mayor By Associated Press The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that she campaigned in support of investing in community policing and programs to make homeownership more affordable. Continue reading