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Divers recovered the remains of two people from a red pickup truck submerged in the Patapsco River, officials said Wednesday, nearly 35 hours after a massive container ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and sent it plunging into the water. Recovery efforts for remaining victims were called off as conditions made it impossible for divers to safely navigate the wreckage. Officials will now begin a salvage operation. Sonar has indicated that there are more vehicles near the unde...
A winning ticket for the estimated $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which was sold in New Jersey, was drawn on Tuesday, the third time the grand prize has topped a billion since January of last year. Tuesday's was the 31st drawing since the last jackpot win, a long run that pushed the pot above $1 billion. The winning numbers were 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38, with a "Megaplier" number of 4. If the winner chooses to take a lump sum in cash, the prize is $537.5 million. The full $1.13 billion can be...
Five families who sued the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for information on relatives' killed by police have settled for $165,000, setting new standards for how the agency responds to similar data requests. The families of Dolal Idd, Zachary Shogren, Okwan Sims, Tekle Sundberg and Brent Alsleben will split the money evenly, and their attorney Paul Bosman says members were given all data requested about their loved ones' death. Settlement terms also require the BCA to provide a one-page...
Two defendants pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to their alleged role in smuggling a group of undocumented Indian nationals over the Canadian border during a blizzard, resulting in a family of four freezing to death in January 2022. Authorities allege defendants Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand met at a casino near Orlando, Fla. According to charging documents, Patel allegedly hired Shand to illegally transport unauthorized immigrants over the Minnesota-Canadian border. The...
A 21-year-old man repeatedly broke into the Minneapolis Police Department's forensic garage and stole or disturbed evidence from numerous vehicles in connection with criminal cases, including one involving a homicide, according to charges. Dakoda S. Peplinski of Minneapolis was charged in Hennepin County District Court this week with three felonies: Receiving stolen property, theft and fleeing police in connection with the series of break-ins from March 10 until his March 22 arrest during a...
Two Los Angeles Times journalists trapped and targeted by Minnesota State Patrol troopers while reporting on civil unrest in Minneapolis following the killing of George Floyd have settled their federal lawsuit with the state agency for $1.2 million. The case stems from a violent encounter on the night of May 30, 2020, when photographer Carolyn Cole and Houston bureau chief Molly Hennessy-Fiske were battered with blunt projectiles, tear gas and chemical spray by troopers interfering with their...
NAIROBI, Kenya - The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to a new United Nations report. The U.N. Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report, published Wednesday, tracks the progress of countries to halve food waste by 2030. The U.N. said the number of countries reporting for the index nearly doubled from the first report in 2021. The 2021 report estimated that 17% of the food produced globally in 2019, or 931...
BALTIMORE - The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent ''routine engine maintenance'' in port beforehand, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday, as divers recovered the bodies of two of six workers who plunged into the water when it collapsed. The others were presumed dead, and officials said search efforts had been exhausted. Investigators on Wednesday began collecting evidence from the vessel that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the previous day. The...
ROCKFORD, Ill. - Four people were killed and seven were hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage across multiple locations Wednesday in a northern Illinois community, authorities said. A 22-year-old man is in police custody and was being questioned Wednesday afternoon, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd. She said one of the people who was wounded remained in critical condition. ''My heart goes out to the families right now that are suffering a loss,'' Redd told reporters....
On March 26th, Red Lake Gaming CEO Angela Dauphinais and CFO Sue Rosnow presented a donation check of $19,250.00 to the Red Lake Youth Foundation. Red Lake Tribal Treasurer: Vernelle Lussier accepted on behalf of the foundation.. To all our Sponsors & Seven Clans Team Members who plan and work this event every year, you make this possible - THANK YOU!! (In 2023, Seven Clans Casinos held it's 25th Annual Charity Golf Tournament. Each year, Seven Clans host an Adult and Youth Charity Golf...
MINNEAPOLIS – A member of the Minneapolis Highs gang has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon and to carrying a firearm while trafficking fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, in March 2023, investigators with the Minneapolis Police Department received information that James Edward Hollman, Jr., 32, who at the time was on supervised release for a prior felon-in-possession conviction, carried a firearm while conducting narcotics...
Prior Lake, Minn. – The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today that Hoċokata Ṫi (pronounced ho-cho-kah-tah-tee), the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC)'s cultural center, is among 30 finalists for the 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Hoċokata Ṫi is the only institution in Minnesota to be selected as a finalist for this award and is also the only Native American institution among the finalists. The National Medal is the nation's...
From her base in Gallup, New Mexico, Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who crisscross the sprawling Navajo Nation searching for patients who have tested positive for or been exposed to a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S.: syphilis. Infection rates in this region of the Southwest - the 27,000-square-mile reservation encompasses parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah - are among the nation's highest. And they're far worse than anything Wyaco, who is from Zuni...
Father George Ross will hold his last Sunday Service on Easter Sunday at St. Antipas Episcopal Church in Redby on March 31, 2024 at 9:30 AM. Everyone is welcome to listen and greet him as he retires. He is retiring, but will still be available for wakes and funerals. God bless you, Father George....
A "Walk of Remembrance" Walk was held on Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Red Lake at 3:30 PM. It was sponsored by 3.21.05 Memorial Fund Project...
Mountain Iron, MN, March 27, 2024 ─ Writing by hand is becoming a lost art. Come find it at your local library and keep calligraphy alive for future generations! April 1-19, Silver Bay Artist Lynn Prouty will be touring throughout the Arrowhead Library System (ALS) and presenting Beautiful Writing with Calligraphy, an experimental learning art experience. "Lynn is a master calligrapher!" explained Silver Bay Library Director Shannon Walz. "Her work is beautiful and her love and passion for...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” entered his plea during a brief teleconference with U.S. Magistrate Judge Leo Brisbois of Duluth. Steven Shand, 49, was hired by Patel to drive the Indian nationals from the Canadian border to the Chicago area,...
Winter in the Twin Cities was shaping up to be a cakewalk. By the time winter ended on the morning of March 20, Minneapolis had only seen 14.3 inches of snow - the second least by that point in the season on record. It had also been Minneapolis's warmest winter on record. Then Old Man Winter waltzed in at the last minute. The city saw 8.2 inches of snow on Sunday, a record for the date and the biggest snowstorm of the winter (and technically not even occurring during the winter at all). The...
Armored trucks, helicopters, and swarms of federal agents and police descended upon Sean "Diddy" Combs's Los Angeles home on Monday - part of a bicoastal raid carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, which also searched his Miami residence. A law enforcement official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said the searches are part of a sex trafficking investigation. Combs has long been considered one of the most influential people in the music...
All six missing victims in the Baltimore bridge collapse are presumed dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said, and the agency has ended rescue efforts. "At this point, we do not believe that we're going to find any of these individuals still alive," U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said a news conference Tuesday evening. Search and recovery efforts for the people's remains will resume at 6 a.m. Wednesday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/26/baltimore-key-bri...
An illegally possessed shotgun, and posts about killing law enforcement amid armed protests at the Minnesota Capitol in 2021, landed Dayton Sauke in federal prison for the first time. Now, the 25-year-old Owatonna man is being sent back to prison after authorities recently caught him trying to traffic drugs purchased on the dark web and attempting to get his hands back on that shotgun while making efforts to build his own firearms. All the while, probation officials added, Sauke hasn't let up...
The St. Louis County Attorney's Office has dismissed sex assault charges against a Duluth charter-school music teacher, while the investigation remains open, prosecutors said. John P. Horgeshimer, 49, of Hermantown, was charged on March 13 in St. Louis County District Court with first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the alleged encounter on March 5 at Duluth Edison's Raleigh Academy. "It is my understanding that there was an acknowledgment [by the girl] that the allegations were untrue and the product of a runaway...
A 32-year-old woman with a shaky driving record hit an Amish buggy in southern Minnesota and left the scene, while seven children and their parents occupying the horse-drawn carriage suffered injuries of varying degrees, according to charges filed Tuesday. Brittany N. Edgar of Spring Valley, Minn., was charged in Fillmore County District Court with two counts of criminal vehicular operation, leaving the scene of a crash, careless driving and two counts related to failure to carry proof of...
Winter's late arrival in the Twin Cities and across much of Minnesota held its grip on the state for a third straight day Tuesday, leading some schools to close and making for white-knuckle driving for motorists who ventured out on icy and snow-covered roads. By midday Tuesday, traffic crept along on Twin Cities freeways still littered with a rash of crashes and spinouts that started during the morning commute as rain with a little sleet tossed in turned to snow and the mishaps continued...
MOSCOW - Russian officials persisted Tuesday in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week's deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Without offering any evidence, Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, followed similar allegations by President Vladimir Putin, who linked the attack to Ukraine even as he acknowledged that the suspects who were...