Stephen Swanson

3 days ago | cbsnews.com | Stephen Swanson

Mikayla Raines, the force behind the Minnesota-based Save A Fox rescue who found fame on YouTube for her devotion to helping animals, has died by suicide at 29, according to her husband. In a video published on her rescue's Facebook page on Monday, her husband, Ethan Raines, announced she died on Saturday. "From a young age, she dedicated every waking hour of her life to helping [animals], whether it was helping a snapping turtle cross the road, we're saving 500 foxes from a terrible fur farm.

4 days ago | cbsnews.com | Stephen Swanson

Slain lawmaker to become first woman to lie in state at Minnesota Capitol Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, say two 15-year-old boys are expected to survive after they were shot late Monday night near a community center. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at about 10:35 p.m. in the area of Wales and Arch streets near the Mt. Airy Community Center.

4 days ago | cbsnews.com | Stephen Swanson

Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their dog, Gilbert, will lie in state on Friday, nearly two weeks after they were killed by a gunman inside their Brooklyn Park home, the office of Gov. Tim Walz announced on Tuesday morning. Vance Boelter, 57, is accused of killing the Hortmans and their dog in the early morning hours of June 14. Boelter was arrested near his Sibley County home some 36 hours after the shootings.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Stephen Swanson

Hoffman family speaks out after assassination attempt, and more headlines Recently unsealed court documents shed more light on the mindset and actions of the man charged in connection to the deadly shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses this past weekend in the Twin Cities.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Beret Leone |Stephen Swanson

State's prosecution of Vance Boelter to follow federal case, HCAO says The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says it has no plans to drop the state charges against Vance Boelter, the man accused of killing Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark this past weekend inside their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, both survived being shot multiple times inside their Champlin home.