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  • Three people killed in North Dakota after tornado hits upper midwest

    Officials say two men and a woman killed around town of Enderlin as region experiences powerful winds and hail

    Powerful winds – including a tornado – that swept across parts of the upper midwest left three people dead and a regional airport heavily damaged, while nearly 150 million Americans were under a heat advisory or warning as the weekend warmed up in much of the US.

    A complex storm system wreaked havoc in parts of North Dakota, northern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, with reported tornadic activity, large hail and strong wind gusts, according to Brian Hurley, meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.

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  • Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker’s killing was ‘prepper’ preparing ‘for war’

    Vance Boelter had texted his family that they needed to flee their house before ‘people with guns’ showed up

    The man charged in connection with the recent shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses was a doomsday “prepper” who instructed his family to “prepare for war” as he tried to evade capture, according to new court filings.

    Vance Boelter, 57, faces multiple federal and state murder charges after allegedly shooting dead the Democratic Minnesota state house speaker emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in the early hours of 14 June. Boelter is also accused of shooting and seriously wounding the Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, about 90 minutes earlier.

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  • ‘True model of humility’: hundreds pay tribute to victims of Minnesota killings

    Candlelight vigil honoring Melissa Hortman and husband at state capitol was attended by Tim Walz and couple’s son

    Hundreds gathered at the Minnesota capitol on Wednesday night to honor the state Democratic representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed at their home on Saturday night in what authorities have described as a “political assassination”.

    Some mourners reportedly brought flowers to place in front of this memorial, while others held candles. Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor, grew teary at the vigil, and consoled attenders, as a brass band from the Minnesota Orchestra performed, according to the Associated Press.

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  • Congress reviews security boost after deadly Minnesota shooting

    Lawmakers cite rising threats and hit list naming Democrats as calls grow for more protection

    Members of Congress are urgently reviewing security arrangements following the weekend Minnesota shootings that claimed the lives of a Democratic state legislator and her husband, with many demanding extra funds to beef up their own protection.

    Fears of increasing levels of political violence were further heightened by the discovery of “dozens and dozens” of names of Democratic politicians on a hit list found in the car of Melissa Hortman’s accused assassin. One, Michigan congresswoman Hillary Scholten, cancelled a town hall in Muskegon on Monday.

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  • Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker killing visited other legislators’ homes, say authorities

    Vance Luther Boelter, who shot two lawmakers, went to two other legislators’ homes that night intending to kill them

    A man accused of dressing up as a police officer and shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers in their homes – killing one and her husband – also showed up at the houses of two other legislators the same night intending to assassinate them too, authorities revealed on Monday.

    Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was captured on Sunday night after a major two-day manhunt and charged by state prosecutors with the second-degree murder of Democratic representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their residence in Brooklyn Park early on Saturday.

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  • Suspect in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers apprehended – reports

    Vance Boelter accused of killing legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding John Hoffman and his wife

    The man suspected of opening fire on two Minnesota legislators and their spouses on 14 June, killing one legislator and her husband, was apprehended late on Sunday night, officials told the Associated Press and New York Times.

    Vance Boelter, 57, stands accused of fatally shooting the Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their residence. Boelter is also suspected of shooting the state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home, seriously injuring them.

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  • Minnesota police search for suspect after Democratic lawmaker shot dead and another wounded

    Governor Tim Walz condemns ‘politically motivated assassination’ as search continues for Vance Luther Boelter

    A prominent Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband were killed and another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife were shot in the early hours of Saturday.

    State representative Melissa Hortman died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. Walz said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”. Hortman was the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and the former speaker. The Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were both shot multiple times and are out of surgery, and Walz said he was “cautiously optimistic” both will survive.

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  • Manhunt continues for suspect in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers

    Gunman believed to have left Minneapolis region after killing one legislator and her husband and wounding another legislator and his wife

    The hunt for the man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses while impersonating a police officer, killing one legislator and her husband, continued on Sunday more than 24 hours after the killings.

    Vance Boelter, 57, now on the FBI’s most wanted list, is believed to have left the Minneapolis region after allegedly gunning down Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their home, according to CNN. Boelter is also suspected of shooting Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their residence, gravely injuring them.

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  • George Floyd’s family fights for sacred ground where he took his last breath: ‘That’s my blood’

    Minneapolis site where Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin in 2020 faces tense debate over how best to honor his legacy

    Last May, Roger Floyd and Thomas McLaurin walked the lengths of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, passing a roundabout with a garden, and a vacant gas station with a large sign that read: “Where there’s people there’s power.” Though it had been four years since the murder of George Floyd, their nephew and cousin, respectively, concrete barriers erected by the city to protect the area still cordoned off the corner of the street where he was killed by the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on 25 May 2020.

    Behind those barriers stands a memorial with a black-and-white mural of George Floyd on the side of a bus stop shelter. “That’s my blood that was laying there taking his last breath. What was he going through?” McLaurin recalled thinking as he stood in front of the mural. Flowers and stuffed animals from visitors surrounded the memorial. Roger said he was struck with a range of emotions from sadness to peace. “You think about the racist demeanor that these individuals had toward him, and it was just like his life did not matter,” he told the Guardian. “The entire space to me is just sacred.”

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  • Critics say the movement to defund the police failed. But Austin and Seattle are seeing progress

    The rallying cry from 2020 Black Lives Matter protests pushed some US cities to divert money towards housing and community services

    After George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, protesters who swarmed the streets across the US shouted the refrain: “Defund the police.” An idea that was once viewed as radical – to redirect money from law enforcement to other city departments and social services – became a rallying cry overnight.

    As a result of continued pressure, dozens of jurisdictions throughout the nation promised to reduce their police budgets. While most of them backtracked and increased law enforcement funding in the next year or two, several cities changed policies or added new public safety and homeless services departments.

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