AP / Josh Funk Swimming Session Turns Deadly as Child Dies from Brain-Eating Infection There were 154 cases reported between 1962 and 2021 in the United States, with only four survivors. Cases also are rare globally. By The Associated Press August 19, 2022
Star Tribune / Youtube screen shot Friend of George Floyd Who Witnessed His Death to Plead the Fifth in Trial of Ex-Minneapolis Police Officers Morries Lester Hall, a friend of George Floyd's with him on the day of his death, invoked his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to testify. By Matthew Holloway August 18, 2022
monkeybuisnessimages / Getty ImagesCommentary New School-Union Contract Has 'Educators of Color Protections' That Put White Teachers on the Chopping Block Determining who gets to keep their jobs based on skin color is unequivocally racist, but that's what this union asked for. By Grant Atkinson August 15, 2022
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office - File / AP ; Hennepin County Sheriff's Office - File / AP Officer in George Floyd Killing Rejects Plea Deal, Says He Would Be 'Lying' to Accept Any Offer Two Minneapolis police officers have rejected plea deals in connection with the death of George Floyd, setting the stage for a trial. By The Associated Press August 15, 2022
George Rose / Getty Images Report: Americans of All Stripes to Foot the Bill for Expansive Charging Network, Whether They Have an Electric Vehicle or Not It's not just the billions of tax dollars for electric vehicles. If you turn on the lights, you will pay for EV owners to charge their cars. By Jack Davis August 9, 2022
Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesCommentary Two Congressional Democrats Turn on Biden, Call for Replacement in 2024 Election The whispering has been going on for awhile. Now, two Minnesota members of Congress are saying it out loud. By Mike Landry August 4, 2022
Kerem Yucel - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary 'Defund the Police' Failure Has Minneapolis Residents Taking Matters into Their Own Hands Amid Crime Surge Like all ideas from the left, the defund-the-police movement not only collapsed, but made the citizens of Minneapolis less safe. By Warner Todd Huston July 23, 2022
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office / AP Family of George Floyd Angered After Judge Gives Officer Involved in Fatal Incident an 'Insulting' Prison Sentence The family of George Floyd was angered by the sentencing of one of the officers involved in his death. By The Associated Press July 20, 2022
Ringo Chiu - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary City Council That Started 'Defund the Police' Movement Starts Movement to Publicly Fund Abortions Minneapolis' mayor said his city would be a 'haven for abortion.' Activists want him to put his money where his mouth is. By C. Douglas Golden July 19, 2022
Hemker Park & Zoo / Facebook screen shot Forget Tigers: Camel Attacks Zoo Worker, Biting His Head and Dragging Him 15 Feet A fellow employee finally got the cranky camel to drop its victim, but then the camel bit the intervening employee in the head, too. By Amanda Thomason July 15, 2022