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General Mills: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills Inc. (GIS) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $579.9 million. The Minneapolis-based company said it had net income of $1.03 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and restructuring costs,...
Woman accused of driving an SUV into a crowd in Minneapolis and killing a teenager
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman is facing murder and assault charges for allegedly driving an SUV into a crowd of people in downtown Minneapolis, killing a teenager and injuring at least five other people. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office on Tuesday announced charges of...
A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, Wiederien was registered as a Republican until months earlier. A...
Minnesota motorist kills 16-year-old by driving into a crowd
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman who was involved in a sidewalk brawl in downtown Minneapolis jumped in an SUV and drove through the crowd, killing a 16-year-old girl and injuring five other people. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the 22-year-old woman was arrested...
Jury awards $6M to family members of Black Lives Matter protester killed by a car on Seattle freeway
SEATTLE (AP) — A jury in Seattle ruled Thursday that the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Black Lives Matter protester on a closed interstate must pay the protester’s family $6 million. The same King County jury found the state of Washington was not negligent in the...
DHL sues MyPillow, alleging company founded by Mike Lindell owes $800,000
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Package delivery company DHL is suing MyPillow, alleging the company synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and election denier Mike Lindell owes nearly $800,000 for unpaid bills. The lawsuit is the latest legal dispute to emerge against MyPillow and...
Takeaways from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's response to violence after George Floyd's murder
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kamala Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate has revived the debate over how he handled the biggest crisis of his political career. Minneapolis and St. Paul erupted after a white Minneapolis police officer...
Sharp divisions persist over Walz's response to the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz faced the biggest crisis of his political career when Minnesota’s two largest cities erupted in protests and riots after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. The Black man's murder in 2020 sparked a nationwide reckoning over...
Hundreds of places in the US said racism was a public health crisis. What's changed?
More than 200 cities and counties declared racism was a public health crisis in the past few years, mostly after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis in May 2020. Racial justice advocates said they finally felt heard by the quick swell of political will to address disparities like...
2 dead and 4 injured after man drives his car through restaurant patio in Minnesota
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — A man drove his car through a restaurant patio where a group of medical workers were celebrating in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least four, police and hospital officials said. Surveillance footage captured a man,...
