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The courthouse-turned-museum in downtown Las Vegas for years has showcased the area's storied past in organized crime. But visitors now can also learn about the complexity of the decisions that officers face when they encounter situations that may require the use of deadly force. ... MORE
Just before midnight Friday, St. Paul police officers responded to a domestic incident in the Frogtown neighborhood, police spokesperson Steve Linders said. Linders said a woman called police to say her boyfriend was threatening her 14-year-old son with a machete. ... MORE
Amnesty International gave former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick its Ambassador of Conscience Award on Saturday for his kneeling protest of racial injustice that launched a sports movement and might have cost him his job. ... MORE
The road work will affect traffic on I-35 between State Highway 97 and U.S. Highway 8 in Columbus and Forest Lake, as crews prepare to resurface the road. ... MORE
The site visit, confirmed by the Organization of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, would allow the agency to proceed with an independent investigation to determine what chemicals, if any, were used in the April 7 attack that medical workers said killed more than 40 people. ... MORE
"Their training is really rigorous, they have incredible ears. They can improvise and they play all sorts of music. They're all classically trained and they love jazz, too," said Cuban American Youth Orchestra Executive Director Rena Kraut. ... MORE
Gun violence protests may be a pivotal moment for the generation coming up behind millennials. Events that occur when we're young can have an outsized impact on shaping our political outlook. ... MORE
The move follows widespread outrage over the recent rape and killing of an 8-year-old girl in India's Jammu-Kashmir state, the alleged rape of a girl by a ruling party lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh state and several other rape cases involving girls in the country. ... MORE
The Minnesota Twins have company now in their campaign against people actually playing the game of baseball against them. ... MORE
Allowing cinemas is part of a modernization drive by the Saudi government, which hopes to create more business opportunities and become a regional film hub. But it's a tough place to be a filmmaker. ... MORE
According to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Nongame Wildlife Program supervisor Carrol Henderson, ducks, geese and other waterfowl are waiting for open water. However, he said that when ice-out does come this year, the migration is likely to be rapid. ... MORE
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening Thursday, is a project of the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative, a legal advocacy group in Montgomery, Alabama. The organization says the combined museum and memorial will be the nation's first site to document racial inequality in America from s ... MORE
Friday's shooting at Forest High School in Ocala happened on a day planned for a national classroom walkout to protest gun violence. A 17-year-old boy was taken to a hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening wound to his ankle. ... MORE
The snow in my front yard was piled high last Sunday, but I can see the grass in many areas right now. The remaining piles of snow along the sidewalk should disappear by Sunday afternoon. It’ll take a bit longer to melt the “sneaky snow” that’s hiding in the shadows behind th ... MORE
"It couldn't have gone any worse at the start for us, and it couldn't have gone any better for them," Minnesota's Eric Staal said. "They got the momentum and ran with it, especially early." ... MORE
James Comey's memos are released - in redacted, unclassified form - at the end of a week of Comey mania. And Michael Cohen drops a civil suit about the Trump-Russia dossier. ... MORE
North Korea says it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site. ... MORE
Video of the incident posted to social media shows several people kicking and punching the driver outside the number 18 bus as it's parked along Nicollet Mall. ... MORE
Snow rapidly melting across Minnesota. ... MORE
The event in St. Paul coincided with a national school walkout. ... MORE

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