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Biden, Harris and Walz attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was honoured for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral Saturday where former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris joined the over 1,000 mourners.

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Photos of funeral for slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed in what authorities are calling an assassination, were honored with a private funeral at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis.

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Biden, Harris and Walz attend funeral of Democratic lawmaker assassinated in Minnesota alongside her husband

The Democrats’ 2024 presidential and vice-presidential candidates came together for the funeral service of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were murdered in an apparently politically-motivated shooting spree this month

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Trump’s Iran strike knocked everything else out of the news, including the Minnesota shootings – and it was little surprise

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Biden to attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Hortman, who was killed in shooting

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to attend the funeral of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman on Saturday

The Independent UK

Minnesota shootings suspect complains to judge over jail treatment saying he hasn’t slept for weeks

Vance Boelter’s lawyer said another inmate in his unit had constantly been spreading feces on the wall

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Slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman lies in state alongside husband and dog

Minnesotans lined up outside the state capitol to pay their respects to the house speaker assassinated in her home

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Killed Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman’s beloved dog, Gilbert, lays in state with her and her spouse

Gilbert the golden retriever lay in state with his late owners on Friday

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Vance Boelter’s wife says family was ‘completely blindsided’ by shootings of Minnesota lawmakers

‘We are absolutely shocked, heartbroken and completely blindsided,’ Jenny Boelter said

The Independent UK

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman to lie in state as suspect faces court date

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday

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Minnesota Becomes Latest State Sued by Trump Admin Over Tuition for Undocumented Students

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota, challenging its policy of offering in-state college tuition and financial aid to certain undocumented students

Latin Times

Report: Top Pick in Second Round of NBA Draft 'Being Auctioned Off' by Timberwolves

Minnesota could move their selection to the highest bidder.

Sports Illustrated

An Alaskan brown bear has a new shiny smile after getting a huge metal crown for a canine tooth

An Alaskan brown bear at the Lake Superior Zoo in northeastern Minnesota has a gleaming new silver-colored canine tooth after a first-of-its-kind procedure

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NBA Officially Approves $1.5 Billion Sale of Minnesota Timberwolves, Lynx

The transaction should close later this week.

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NBA owners unanimously approve $1.5B sale of Wolves, WNBA's Lynx from Taylor to Lore-Rodriguez group

The $1.5 billion sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves from Glen Taylor to an investment group led by e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore and former baseball star Alex Rodriguez has gained unanimous approval by NBA owners more than four years after the deal was reached

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Minnesota GOP leader slams activists for ‘too soon’ protest against violent rhetoric outside of party’s state headquarters

Republicans hit back against ‘reckless’ demonstration just over a week after the killing of Melissa and Mark Hortman and arrest of Vance Boelter

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Minnesota lawmaker shot to death at home to lie in state at Capitol ahead of funeral

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, will lie in state in the state Capitol Rotunda on Friday, a day ahead of their funeral

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Worried about political violence, some want to scrub home addresses

Online info should be easier to remove for lawmakers and their families, they say, while privacy advocates see an opening for broader action.

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‘Our era of violent populism’: the US has entered a new phase of political violence

The political temperature is dangerously high – and shows few signs of cooling

The Independent UK

A tornado that swept through a rural town in North Dakota left at least 3 people dead

Three people are dead and a regional airport was heavily damaged after powerful winds, including a tornado, swept across the upper Midwest

The Guardian - US

Suspect in Minnesota killings accused of being ‘prepper’ preparing ‘for war’

Vance Boelter texted family that they needed to flee their house before ‘people with guns’ showed up, filings allege

The Guardian - US

The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era

The attacks on lawmakers and a US senator’s callous reaction tell a dark tale of modern America

The Independent UK

Move to unseat Mike Lee gains steam after Utah senator’s tweets mock Minnesota political shootings

Senator Mike Lee posted, ‘this is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way,’ after the fatal shooting of Democratic state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband

Salon

Democrat recounts assassination attempt

Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were seriously wounded by the same man suspected of assassinating another Democrat

The Independent UK

‘Without Hope, we wouldn’t be here right now’: How Minnesota lawmaker’s daughter ‘saved countless lives’

Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife credit their daughter Hope’s quick thinking for saving lives after gunman Vance Boelter injured them and killed another lawmaker and his wife.

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