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Three law enforcement agencies are firing back after a statewide report found that they have the most untested rape kits in the state — an accumulation of evidence that has raised concerns. The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office and the Duluth and St. Cloud police departments say the statewide report doesn’t show the full picture. They say that they’re following the law by saving every shred of evidence while processing only those kits that have value in a criminal case. http://www.startribune.com/agencies-say-they-re-following-t...
The results of two investigations into the University of Minnesota’s athletics department will be presented Tuesday at a special meeting of the Board of Regents. The findings are expected to shed light on the extent of sexual harassment and other problems during Norwood Teague’s three-year tenure as athletic director. The reports will be posted on the board’s website, regents.umn.edu, at 10 a.m., the university said. http://www.startribune.com/university-of-minnesota-s-athletic-department-investigation-will-be-public-tuesday...
BEIRUT — Decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated flow of weapons into Iraq have contributed to the Islamic State group's accumulation of a "vast and varied" arsenal which is being used to commit war crimes on a massive scale in Iraq and Syria, an international rights group said Tuesday. Amnesty International's report, based on expert analysis of verified videos and images, says most of the extremist group's weapons, ammunition and equipment were looted from the Iraqi army. It says the weapons were manufactured and designed i...
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The San Bernardino killers had been radicalized "for quite some time" and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one instance just days before the attack that left 14 people dead, the FBI said Monday. In a chilling twist, authorities also disclosed that a year before the rampage, Syed Farook's co-workers at the county health department underwent "active shooter" training in the very conference room where he and his wife opened fire on them last Wednesday. http://www.startribune.com/woman-in...
The Special Chiefs Assembly starts tomorrow in Gatineau, Quebec and many hope Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's attendance means real change is coming, especially on the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women. Trudeau will be the first prime minister to attend the assembly since his father did so during his time in office. It's a sign of changing times, says one First Nations leader. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/special-chiefs-assembly-1.3353990...
The federal government will announce on Tuesday some of the details of a much-anticipated national public inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. The announcement comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to address a special assembly of chiefs organized by the Assembly of First Nations in Gatineau Tuesday morning in an effort to re-set the relationship with Canada's indigenous people. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/missing-murdered-women-inquiry-1.3354369...
The news cycle often defines the political story. So instead of a thoughtful conversation about climate change, or last week’s vote in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or even guns and violence, we turn on the television and terrorism dominates our discourse. This is where the narrative of fear trumps the data. Yes, terrorism is a problem. And It’s frightening. But it’s hardly the most important (or deadly) one that this nation faces. Vox World (before the San Bernardino massacre) pointed out: “More than 10,000 Americans are killed...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A former Navajo Nation interim chairman who oversaw the tribe during one of its most tumultuous times has died. Leonard Haskie died Sunday after a battle with cancer, said his daughter, Lenore. He was 71. Tribal lawmakers elected Haskie to serve as interim chairman in 1989 after then-Chairman Peter MacDonald was put on leave over a corruption scandal. Haskie was at the helm when MacDonald vowed to take back the chairmanship, and MacDonald's supporters tried to overthrow the government, inciting a deadly riot in Window R...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears ready to impose limits on lawsuits in a Native American court against people who are not members of the Indian tribe. The justices heard arguments Monday in a closely watched appeal by Dollar General Corp. over a civil lawsuit in the court of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The Tennessee-based company was sued in tribal court in 2005 over allegations that a store manager made sexual advances toward a 13-year-old boy placed in his store by a tribal youth employment program. Dollar General a...
Dec 7 Conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared unwilling to allow a Native American tribal court to oversee a child sexual molestation lawsuit against retailer Dollar General Corp. The nine-justice court heard a one-hour oral argument in an appeal brought by Dollar General, which argued that the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' tribal court should not be permitted to hear the case. The lawsuit should have been filed in state court because it involved a non-tribe member, the company contended. If Dollar General...
On Monday, the Dollar General Corporation—a huge chain-store enterprise with revenues of nearly $19 billion and more than 100,000 employees—will ask the Supreme Court to hold that none of America’s Indian tribal courts—not one of the more than 175 operating in the country—is fit to adjudicate ordinary tort disputes involving non-Indians. Tribal courts, the company argues, are poorly organized and badly run; lack independence from tribal governments; don’t respect constitutional rights; and enforce “tribal law, custom, and traditions” r...
Two prominent voices are speaking out against Gonzaga Middle School, a 60-student private Jesuit school set to open in Winnipeg's inner city next fall. The Catholic school will "divide" and "impoverish" the community, says Mark Wasyliw, chair of the Winnipeg School Division board. "You're basically trying to pick, in your mind, winners and losers," Wasyliw said. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jesuit-school-outrages-indigenous-leader-winnipeg-school-board-chair-1.3351344...
DULUTH, Minn. -- A Catholic missionary order on Tuesday released the names of seven former Minnesota priests who have been accused of child sexual abuse -- a list that includes five clergymen who worked within the Diocese of Duluth. The list, made public through a settlement agreement between the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and an abuse victim, includes previously unreported priests who worked at parishes throughout the country, including in Duluth, Superior, Wis., International Falls and Northome. All seven were members of the...
A First Nations community on Vancouver Island has declared a state of emergency as rising water levels threaten to flood as many as two dozen homes. Tseshaht Chief Councillor Hugh Braker said sandbagging operations began Sunday afternoon along the Somass River, which has swollen after severe rain. "Obviously the river is full. It can't hold anymore water," said Braker. "Rather than wait we have begun to prepare now for the flood." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-first-nation-declares-state-of-...
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of visitors stood in still silence at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery on a cool, overcast day as three Chickasaw veterans stepped out to lay a wreath at the tomb. Marked by the words “Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God,” the tomb is a sacred place to honor all those who have died in service to the United States. Jerry Tyson, of San Antonio; Joe Orr, of Frederick, Okla.; and Johnny Swinney, of Ranger, Texas agreed it was “a great honor” to be chosen to pay their respect...
