MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – When some children are back to school, there is another virus to look out for. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of an expected peak in acute flat myelitis, or AFM – a polio-like disease that affects children. It was July of 2018, and Minneapolis’s …
Read More »University of Minnesota first in country to open clinical trial in new COVID-19 treatment
Governor Tom Wolf via Flickr The University of Minnesota has become the first institution in the United States to launch a clinical trial in a new type of COVID-19 treatment. The U of M announced Thursday the treatment of a patient with COVID-19 and lung failure in a new trial …
Read More »“Umbrella Man” caught breaking windows during Minneapolis protest is white supremacist, police say
Only two days after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in May, a masked man was seen holding an umbrella breaking windows and helping to incite violence during protests in Minneapolis. Now, the city police department believes it has identified the man as a white …
Read More »Alleged White Supremacist ‘Umbrella Man’ Police Suspect Minneapolis Mayhem
A man seen breaking windows in a viral video of the Minneapolis protests is suspected of being a known member of a group of white supremacists, police officers alleged in a search warrant affidavit. The man in question, Mitchell Carlson, has not been charged with a crime. The video, shot …
Read More »Three of the four officers charged with the death of George Floyd are now on bail.
One of the former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd was released from jail on July 4 after posting bail of $ 750,000. He is now the third of four officers involved in Floyd’s death to be released while awaiting trial. Tou Thao, 34, posted bail …
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