ATF seeking information on persons of interest in St. Paul arson investigations

Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are asking for the public's help as they work to make arrests in dozens of fires set last week.

Groups working to raise money to rebuild Lake Street after riots

As the situation in Minneapolis begins to calm down, attention is now turning towards rebuilding the area that saw some of the worst damage during riots last week.

Minneapolis City Council moves to ban police officers from using chokeholds

At an emergency meeting on Friday, held in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis, the city council put in place new restrictions for the Minneapolis Police Department while promising more significant change moving.

Minnesota DFL lawmakers seek police changes in wake of George Floyd’s death

About 40 Minnesota Democratic lawmakers called for more regulations on police in the wake of George Floyd's death and said they would demand changes during a likely legislative special session starting on June 12. Among the policing policy changes that the Minnesota House People of Color and Indigenous Caucus want is moving the investigative and prosecution powers for police killings to the Minnesota Attorney General’s office, away from the county attorney.  A Democrat, Keith Ellison, holds the attorney general's office now. However, Ellison beat Republican Doug Wardlow in 2018 by just a 49-45 margin, the closest statewide race that year.  

'Change starts with me': Minnesota athletes host supply drive for community impacted by George Floyd's death

Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph and other Minnesota sports figures hosted a food and supply drive at Cub Foods in south Minneapolis on Friday to help people impacted by the officer-involved death of George Floyd.

Demonstrators vow to sustain momentum until change happens

Protesters stirred by the death of George Floyd are vowing to turn an extraordinary outpouring of grief into a sustained movement as demonstrations shift to a calmer, but no less determined, focus on addressing racial injustice.

57 Buffalo cops resign from response team after officers suspended for shoving 75-year-old man to ground

All 57 officers of the Buffalo Police Emergency Response team resigned Friday afternoon in support of two police officers who were suspended without pay after shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground during a protest.

Witness: George Floyd didn't resist arrest, tried to defuse things

The changes are part of a stipulation posted online between the city and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which launched a civil rights investigation this week in response to the death of George Floyd. The City Council was expected to approve the agreement Friday.

Minneapolis café decides to leave 'black lives matter' street art, asks artist to make it permanent

Many restaurants in the Twin Cities are cleaning up after fires and looting last week, but one that sustained only minor damage in the form of street art has made the decision to leave it. 

DC street near White House renamed ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser officially renamed a section of 16th Street, 'Black Lives Matter Plaza' Friday ahead of what is expected to be a massive weekend demonstration by the group in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

Buffalo officers suspended after throwing elderly man to ground

Video of a police officer appearing to shove an elderly protester who falls and cracks his head in Buffalo has drawn widespread condemnation.