Minnesota

Protesters used a rope to pull down a 10-foot bronze statue of Christopher Columbus outside the Minnesota State Capitol on Wednesday.

Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Keung and Tou Thao made their first court appearance in Minneapolis on Thursday.

Protests continued around the country Wednesday as charges were filed against four former officers in the death of George Floyd.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the new charges Wednesday.

A week of civil unrest has led some Minneapolis residents near the epicenter of the violence to take steps to protect their homes and neighborhoods.

“The culture permeates all of us, a culture that allows things to happen, a culture where the public cannot trust,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday during a news conference announcing a civil rights charge against the Minneapolis Police Department.

Thousands of people marching on a closed Minneapolis freeway on Sunday over the death of George Floyd ducked for their lives when a semitrailer rolled into their midst

President Donald Trump on Friday offered his condolences to the family of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis while he was handcuffed and an officer was kneeling on his neck. The president also addressed the protests that have organized across the country, saying that while he supports peaceful protests, “we cannot allow a situation like what happened in Minneapolis to...

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson spoke out at a protest in Minneapolis following the fatal arrest of George Floyd. Jackson, like Floyd, is from Houston and they were friends.

Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, spoke out about the killing of George Floyd, saying, “It’s like my son was saying, ‘Mama, do something about this.'” Carr’s son died in 2014 after being placed in a police chokehold.

Minnesota State Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell addressed the media on Sunday after a semi-truck drove into a crowd of people on the I-35 interstate.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the state’s attorney general will take the lead in any prosecutions in the death of George Floyd.

Target is temporarily closing 105 stores in 10 states after several were broken into during the recent protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week.

Protesters returned to the streets around the country on Saturday, in some cases defying official curfews, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

Fires burned unchecked and thousands protesting the police killing of George Floyd ignored a curfew as unrest overwhelmed authorities for another night in Minneapolis

Thousands of protesters in the state took to the streets to raise their voices and signs after other protests have broken out around the country. The series of protests come after a viral video of 46-year-old George Floyd being detained and pinned down to the ground by former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin. “Black and brown people are just being murdered…

Hundreds rallied in Hartford Friday to speak out about the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white officer knelt on his neck. A video that showed Floyd begging for air as a police officer was seen kneeling on his neck has sparked outrage and protests across the country. Some have turned violent, leading...

Hundreds rallied in Hartford Friday to speak out about the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white officer knelt on his neck.

Connecticut leaders are speaking out about the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white officer knelt on his neck. A video that showed Floyd begging for air as a police officer was seen kneeling on his neck has sparked outrage and protests across the country. Some have turned violent, leading to looting…