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  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Anthony Bettin

    A former Minnesota state trooper has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a crash that killed a teenage girl and injured five others. Prosecutors said Shane Roper was speeding in his Minnesota State Patrol squad car, lights inactive, when he hit a Ford Focus in an intersection in Rochester, Minnesota, on May 18, 2024. A third vehicle was also struck.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Anthony Bettin

    The Minnesota Lynx have yet to lose a game this season, thanks in large part to the play of superstar Napheesa Collier. For her efforts, Collier has earned the WNBA's Western Conference Player of the Week title. The award only covers the Lynx's first four games, during which she averaged 29.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Anthony Bettin |Stephen Swanson

    The son of a former lawmaker who is standing trial for the killing of five young women in a 2023 crash in Minneapolis plans to argue that someone else was behind the wheel, according to court documents. Defense attorneys for Derrick Thompson filed a motion Tuesday informing the court of a planned "alternative perpetrator" defense. Thompson is charged with five counts of third-degree murder and 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide. Jury selection in his trial began Tuesday.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Anthony Bettin

    Pigeon on a plane disrupts flight out of MSP Airport The old adage says birds of a feather fly together, but they probably didn't mean they fly commercial. A Delta Air Lines flight leaving Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Sunday was briefly waylaid when two pigeons attempted a coup on the plane. According to one of the passengers, baggage handlers boarded the plane, caught the first pigeon and removed it.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Anthony Bettin

    Minnesota lawmakers prepping for special session, and more headlines All evacuation orders prompted by wildfires north of Duluth, Minnesota, have been lifted, officials said Monday. The evacuation zones connected to the Brimson Complex Fire, which includes the Camp House and Jenkins Creek fires, were deactivated as of 8 a.m., according to the Eastern Area Incident Management Team. Both fires show minimal activity.

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Anthony Bettin
Anthony Bettin @anthony_bettin
2 May 25

One of the best parts of having a son is calling him “the boy” like I’m Homer Simpson

Anthony Bettin
Anthony Bettin @anthony_bettin
22 Apr 25

Season 35 episode of The Simpsons making me cry…it’s more likely than you think…

Anthony Bettin
Anthony Bettin @anthony_bettin
22 Mar 25

Pixar should do a movie called CIGARETTES, about the world of cigarettes. And in the movie it should feel good for the cigarettes to get smoked. It shouldn’t hurt them