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  • 5 days ago | cbsnews.com | David Schuman |Hillary Clinton

    A witness to Sunday's deadly mass shooting at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis says he heard bullets everywhere in what sounded like nearly continuous gunfire. The shooting killed one woman and injured six others. Cortez Rice says he saw multiple shooters with their faces covered. "I see everybody just start running," he said. "I turn my music down [in my car] and I can hear the shots going off, 'Pop pop pop.'"Rice pulled up to the park right when the shooting started.

  • 6 days ago | cbsnews.com | David Schuman |Hillary Clinton

    Minnesotans react to the air quality alert affecting the state All of Minnesota is under an air quality alert through Monday evening, which is when the heaviest haze could set in. Gary Rother noticed the poor air quality while he was setting up the beach volleyball courts Sunday at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis. "At times it gets really smoky, and at times it's not as bad," he said.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | David Schuman |Hillary Clinton

    Metro Transit is teaming up with law enforcement and social service providers in the Twin Cities to improve the experience of Green Line riders, as well as help riders in need. It's part of an ongoing effort to make the Green Line on St. Paul's University Avenue safer after incidents of violent crime and drug use over the years.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | David Schuman |Hillary Clinton

    Minnesotans honored those we've lost on Monday to mark the Memorial Day holiday. Maria Tran, a Brooklyn Park city council member, reflected on her father. She says Dang Tran was a Vietnamese officer who fought shoulder to shoulder with Americans during the Vietnam War. Tran credits her father for instilling in her a commitment to public service. "I think a lot about him every day," she said. When the war ended, Tran says Dang was imprisoned for years, eventually dying while trying to escape.

  • 2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | David Schuman |Hillary Clinton

    Sunday will mark five years since a police officer murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis. Kya Brown cuts hair at Ralph's VIP Barber Lounge, a few storefronts down from where it happened. She wasn't sure at first her business would find success there. "I'm like, 'I can't work here! Oh my god, this is right at the George Floyd Square. People are really not going to come here,'" Brown said. Many of the businesses around the Square have lasted for years now.

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