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A federal grand jury in Minnesota has returned an eight-count indictment charging naturalized U.S. citizens Benedict Nwana Kuah, 51, and Pascal Kikishy Wongbi, 52, with organizing, financing, and directing kidnappings, bombings, and killings in their native country, the Republic of Cameroon. Kuah and Wongbi were arrested this morning in the District of Minnesota and made their initial appearances this afternoon. Kuah …

A Minnesota man walked out of prison on Thursday after spending nearly three decades behind bars for a murder that he not only didn’t commit but might have been carried out by the trial’s key witness, prosecutors and advocates said. Bryan Hooper Sr., 54, was released from Stillwater Correction Facility after a state judge on Wednesday vacated his first-degree murder …

A Minnesota man wrongly convicted of murder who spent nearly three decades in prison after being falsely implicated by a woman who has since confessed to the crime has been released. State district court judge Marta Chou had vacated Bryan Hooper Sr’s first-degree murder conviction the day before. He was released on Thursday morning from Stillwater correctional facility, a Great …

One of baseball’s ugliest streaks came to an end Wednesday night as the floundering Minnesota Twins allowed the Chicago White Sox to rally for a 4-3 win with three runs in the ninth inning. The White Sox had lost 205 consecutive games when trailing after eight innings, including 72 this season alone. But when trailing 3-1 in the ninth inning …

Annunciation parents to Vice President Vance: ‘Move your feet’  Minnesota Reformer ‘Tone-deaf’ protesters heckle Vance outside Minneapolis church shooting site  Fox News Parents of Minneapolis shooting victim press Vance to take action on gun violence during VP’s visit  NBC News Here’s what parents of an Annunciation shooting survivor said to JD Vance  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Vice President JD Vance to visit Minneapolis to …

Walz to call special session on gun control, propose assault weapons ban  Minnesota Reformer Walz says he plans to call special session on gun laws in wake of Annunciation shooting  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Students, parents rally at Capitol after deadly school shooting to call for gun restrictions  MPR News Annunciation shooting: Minnesota youth rallies for action on gun violence prevention  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul …

Doctors have found a bullet fragment lodged perilously close to the carotid artery in the neck of a 10-year-old boy who narrowly survived the mass shooting in Minneapolis last week after a friend shielded him from the gunfire. Fifth-grader Weston Halsne recounted running under a pew and covering his head while shots fired by the alleged shooter, Robin Westman, came …

Pope Leo urges end to “pandemic of arms” after Minnesota shooting  Axios Haunting footage shows suburban Minneapolis home where trans gunman plotted school attack  Fox News In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass Murder  The New York Times Ohio family travels to Minneapolis, cooks free pancake breakfast for grieving community  CBS News Annunciation Church shooting: Victim count increases to 23  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. …

Pope demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting  Politico Annunciation Church shooting: Victim count increases to 23  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Pope Leo urges end to “pandemic of arms” after Minnesota shooting  Axios Haunting footage shows suburban Minneapolis home where trans gunman plotted school attack  Fox News In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. History’s first U.S. pope spoke in English as he denounced the attack and the “logic of weapons” fueling wars around …