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What’s behind the highly unusual move to block Minnesota officials from investigating ICE shooting

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Mutual distrust between federal and state authorities derailed plans for a joint FBI and state criminal investigation into Wednesday’s shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer, leading to the highly unusual move by the Justice Department to block state investigators from participating

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DHS said a woman attempted to run over ICE officers before being shot in Minneapolis. Here’s what videos show

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In the aftermath of an ICE officer shooting and killing a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, President Donald Trump claimed in a post online that video from the incident showed the woman “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over” the officer. The Department of Homeland Security, in the initial wake

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Members of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office look on as people gather near the scene of a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says ICE agent was justified in fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman after mayor disputes DHS account

By Emma Tucker, Taylor Romine and CNN Staff Minneapolis (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to Minneapolis Wednesday after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in the city earlier in the day. Noem defended the agent’s actions, saying the woman had attempted to run an agent over in an act of “domestic

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Legal experts question ICE agent’s self-defense claim in deadly Minneapolis shooting

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal experts are weighing in on the deadly shooting in Minneapolis involving an ICE agent that left one woman dead on Wednesday. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were on a residential street as they heighten their immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security claims the ICE agent shot

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Boone County Sheriff’s Office to welcome first recruit class to $20 million training center next month

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office gave an inside look at its new $20 million Law Enforcement Training Institute on Wednesday. The facility will hold classes and trainings for prospective and current officers 48 weeks out of the year, sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Brian Leer said. “We averaged just over 30 students per academy,

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol building in St. Paul

House Oversight hearing over fraud allegations in Minnesota drew shouting and partisan fury. Here are the takeaways

By Danya Gainor, CNN Washington (CNN) — At a swiftly scheduled House Oversight Committee hearing in the US Capitol Wednesday, Republican Minnesota state lawmakers testified that tax dollars intended for child care aid in their state are being absconded by criminals to purchase luxury homes and cars, property in Turkey and apartment buildings in Kenya

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Chinese national faces federal felony charge, accused of illegally photographing Whiteman Air Force Base

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chinese national was charged in the Western District of Missouri on Wednesday after authorities claim he took photographs of military installation and equipment without authorization, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Qilin Wu, 35, is accused of driving a minivan on Dec. 2 at Whiteman Air Force

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What to know about Diosdado Cabello, the powerful Venezuelan minister who may be in jeopardy next

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Lee nuestra cobertura en español. In the wee hours of Saturday, shortly after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, blindfolded and taken to the United States, video emerged of Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello surrounded by a group of armed men in Caracas. Maduro’s abduction “was a criminal, terrorist attack

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Martin Luther King Jr. Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Personal Birth date: January 15, 1929 Death date: April 4, 1968 Birth place: Atlanta, Georgia Birth name: Michael King Jr. Father: Martin Luther King Sr., Baptist minister Mother: Alberta (Williams) King Marriage: Coretta Scott King

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