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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz doesn't talk much to Vice President Kamala Harris these days. The governor and his former running mate have spoken only "a couple times" since November's election, Walz revealed to The New Yorker's David Remnick in an interview published Sunday. Asked why the pair didn't call or text more frequently, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee joked to Remnick, "Well, maybe she doesn't want to talk to me after we got this thing done." He added that they left in a "good place" and that his daughter Hope missed her greatly. (snip) "I'm doing my job, and...

Four men and one juvenile are charged in connection with an assault on a Fridley basketball player with a tire iron during a high school basketball game on Tuesday.Dursa Muktar Mohamed, 18; Ayub Mohamed Ali, 19; Yahya Abdul Khanyare, 18; Mubashir Nasir Ali, 18; and a 16-year-old juvenile were all charged with one count each of second-degree assault and second-degree riot. Mohamed was additionally charged with fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle.None of the suspects were Cooper High School students or affiliated with Robbinsdale Area Schools.All five suspects were arrested Tuesday following the attack at Cooper High School...

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” host and NBC News Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell stated that 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) hasn’t been attacking his Democratic counterpart, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D), service, but has found “criticism, a lot of it verified, about the way he accounted for his service.” While speaking to Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mitchell said, “Talk to me about Tim Walz, because you know him so well. He’s the Governor of your state. And he’s being attacked, he’s a 24-year veteran of the National...

A Minnesota judge on Friday sentenced former police officer Kim Potter to two years for fatally shooting a Black motorist 10 months ago. Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu handed down the “significant downward” punishment for the former Brooklyn Center police officer after emotional courtroom statements from the victim's loved ones and the defendant herself. Chu ordered Potter to spend two-thirds of her sentence behind bars and one-third of it on supervised release. She's already served 58 days behind bars, which will go to her credit.