SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Privacy Notice 15 correctional officers, 7 inmates positive for COVID-19 at Douglas County Department of Corrections The the Douglas County Department of Corrections announced Thursday that 15 correctional officers and one contractor with the Douglas County Department of Corrections…
Minneapolis attorney Bonnie Smith, who is representing eight correctional officers in a discrimination case against the Ramsey County jail, speaks outside the facility in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday. Jon Collins/MPR News hide caption toggle caption Jon Collins/MPR News Minneapolis attorney Bonnie Smith, who is representing eight correctional officers in a discrimination case against the…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…